The Bureau of Meteorology is working on integrating an upgrade to its HPC infrastructure into a major multi-year ICT transformation program that is intended to deliver a significant boost to information security at the agency.
Unisys has won a three year, $16.48 million contract to design, build and manage secure cloud infrastructure for the Bureau of Meteorology.
The government will continue funding a push to boost the security and resilience of the Bureau of Meteorology’s IT systems and observations network infrastructure , but will not reveal how much it plans to spend on the initiative.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s IT chief, Lesley Seebeck, will join the federal government’s Digital Transformation Agency as its chief investment and advisory officer.
The Bureau of Meteorology is set to launch a number of APIs to deliver easier access to its data.
The government will spend $10.7 million over four years to create a Cyber Security Advisory Office (CSAO).
The Bureau of Meteorology has released a request for tender for the supply and support of a supercomputer.
The geomagnetic space storm that was created after a solar eruption and affected high frequency shortwave radios across the globe last week will inevitably happen again, warned scientists.
Fires, floods and hurricanes will be predicted more accurately with the introduction of a data modelling system by the Bureau of Meteorology, which can deliver precise seven-day predictions.