The Victorian branch of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called for more than $18 million in funding over four years from the state government to roll out iPads and supporting infrastructure to doctors.
The Victorian government’s ICT linkages program is under review as the initiative that formed Open Source Victoria has sought feedback from its cluster community.
UXC (ASX:UXC) has picked up two Victorian public sector contract wins, securing managed IT infrastructure contracts for up to five years with the Victoria WorkCover Authority and the Transport Accident Commission.
The Victorian Government is to implement a whole-of-government integrated library system as a means to remove geographic location and dependence on print resources as barriers to knowledge sharing.
The Victorian Government’s shared services IT agency, CenITex has opted for global software provider, BMC for its operations monitoring and management platform.
A re-elected Victorian Labor Government would introduce legislation demanding households and businesses opt out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout.
Since launching a month ago, the Melbourne Small Technologies Cluster panel has begun the process of issuing technology vouchers to small businesses and has approved 36 suppliers as deliverers of small technology expertise.
Victorian electricity distributor SP AusNet has nearly completed phase one of its rollout of some 680,000 smart meters in the state.
Victoria has claimed another win in its battle to become Australian's dominant ICT state with the announcement that two companies new to the local market will headquarter their businesses there.
The Victorian Government has announced an ICT action plan worth $110 million with the aim of creating ICT jobs and to reinforce its status as the IT hub of Australia
The Victorian State Government has unveiled a program where 500 iPads will be delivered to a number of hospitals in the state, as the Brumby Labor government continues to show a great deal of interest in the Apple platform.
The Victorian Government is to shortly progress to the third phase in its implementation of the National e-health Transition Authority’s (NeHTA) national product catalogue.
The Victorian Opposition is claiming that the Brumby Government’s decision to shelve its smart meter initiative will add as much as $8 million to the cost of the program.
Government engagement has been key to the success of the ICT industry in Victoria of late, according to Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) chief executive officer, Ian Birks, but other states are catching up.
The Victorian Government is continuing to push for the state to become a major exporter of ‘small technologies’, announcing the launch of a new $57 million research facility, the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication.