Grantly Mailes to drive Coalition ICT strategy in Victoria
The former first CIO of the South Australian government has been named the first 'chief technology advocate' of Victoria.
The former first CIO of the South Australian government has been named the first 'chief technology advocate' of Victoria.
The Victorian Coalition government has unveiled its whole of government ICT strategy, which it claims will result in a 15 per cent cost reduction in the state’s annual $1.5 billion technology spend by the end of 2014.
The Victorian Coalition government has announced that the second round of funding in the $11 million Digital Futures Fund is now available to organisations in the state.
Telstra has announced the next stage of its $800 million cloud services investment with new data centres set to go live in WA, SA and ACT in Q1 of 2013.
More than half a billion dollars has been invested in data centres in Victoria since December 2010 with the state becoming an “important hub”, according to its technology minister Gordon Rich-Phillips.
The Victorian government has backtracked on changes to its eServices panel, announcing a restructure that will be finalised by the end of October.