Esri Australia maps out app for VicRoads
A mapping application designed to improve road works in Victoria is set to go live next month.
Stories by Hamish Barwick
Queensland next in line for digital TV switchover: DBCDE
The Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) is continuing its digital TV rollout across Australia with registered households in southern, north and central Queensland next in line for the switchover as analog TV signals are slowly phased out.
ACS: ICT services exports key to establishing digital economy
The growth of ICT exports needs to be supported with an Australian ICT brand, the Australian Computer Society (ACS) has reported.
Ray White turns on to Google Apps
A complex IT shop and lack of development opportunities led Ray White IT director, Ben White, to Google’s door a year ago.
Fabric computing adoption, the next big thing: Gartner
Fabric computing will be implemented in data centres by 30 per cent of organisations globally by 2013, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Australia Post CIO talks enterprise IT transformation
During the Gartner Symposium 2010 in Sydney, a panel discussion was held to discuss how Australia Post and Leaseplan embarked on successful business transformations.
NSW Buses GPS gets green light
The NSW Government has committed $100 million to improving bus priority on strategic bus corridors, including a global positioning system (GPS) linked to traffic lights.
Westpac increases IT staff
Westpac (ASX: WBC) has announced that it has hired an additional 1930 staff to work on its technology transformation project.
National Library embarks on telephony rip and replace
The National Library of Australia is implementing a new Alcatel-Lucent telephony system as it ditchs an aging PABX setup.
SA Government delays prison biometrics rollout
Plans by the South Australian Government to roll out biometrics at a number of prisons acrosss the state have been delayed due to required construction work.
Telstra uses Salesforce for crowd sourcing
The use of the Salesforce Ideas internal forum has created more than 300 company initiatives for Telstra since it began using the application in March 2010.
Government invests $400 million in telehealth, video conferencing services
The Australian government has announced that from 1 July 2011 patients in remote, regional and outer metropolitan areas will receive greater access to specialists through new investments in telehealth consultations via the internet.
Australian IT executives concerned about shopping online at work: ISACA
Half of IT professionals in Australia expect company employees to do more online holiday shopping at work, which could lead to reduced productivity and increased security risks, a new survey from the risk management industry group, Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) has found.
In brief: NextDC to list on ASX
Neutral data centre provider NextDC has lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to raise $40 million as it plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
In brief: Australia and US collaborate on civil space
An agreement with the United States on civil space collaboration means Australian residents will be able to monitor natural disasters, climate change and weather patterns more effectively.