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  • NICTA nabs Clunies Ross Awards

    Three executives from the National Information and Communication Technologies Australia (NICTA) have been recognised for their excellence in science and technology by wining ATSE (Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering) Clunies Ross Awards, presented in Melbourne.

  • CSIRO team wins Clunies Ross Award

    A team of five CSIRO scientists have been presented with the Clunies Ross Award by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

  • The Grill: The business of research

    Dr Ian Oppermann, the CSIRO’s new ICT Centre Director, talks about his new role, the state of Australian R&D and the commercialisation of CSIRO research.

  • CSIRO: IT driving global megatrends

    The CSIRO has included the convergence of the digital and natural worlds driven by the rapid growth in Internet usage and skyrocketing number of connected devices as one of five "megatrends" changing the world.

  • BoM makes water data flow freely

    The Bureau of Metrology has developed a new data standard which promises to eliminate the need to clean up hundreds of non-compliant forms on available water resources.

  • Social networking, personalisation form core of new CSIRO intranet

    Social networking and personalisation features lie at the core of CSIRO's new intranet, which is currently being deployed by digital agency Next Digital. The government organisation chose the SiteCore content management system (CMS) to replace several platforms currently in use. The CMS will also form the basis of revamped CSIRO websites, once intranet deployment in completed in September this year.

  • CSIRO to renew high performance compute cluster

    The CSIRO’s Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) division is to renew its IBM e1350-based high performance compute cluster located at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Head Office in Docklands, Victoria.

  • AARNet begins search for ASKAP fibre provider

    The Australian National Research and Education Network (AARNet) has begun the search for a supplier to undertake the construction and installation of the fibre optic cable in Western Australia from the Murchison Radio Observatory near Boolardy to the CSIRO-run support base in Geraldton.

  • Linux.conf.au: Birds of a Feather

    The Linux.conf.au conference is not all about keynote speakers. Some of the most interesting sessions come from the <i>Birds of a Feather</i> gatherings, where people come together to talk about all things open source.

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