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Health Technologies

ANZ vendors respond to Australian govt budget announcement

IT vendors in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia Pacific welcome new investments in cyber skills and digital cadetship.

By Shannon Williams • 6 min read • Wed, 12th May 2021

Fintech

Aussie businesses want more support from Government - Xero survey

High expectations for Australian businesses ahead of the country's Federal Budget 2021-2022, says Xero survey. 27% want more support.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 4th May 2021

Supply Chain

6clicks partners with Microsoft to bring greater security to Aus Government

Global GRC company 6clicks has launched 6clicks for Government, a cloud-based software that automates risk and compliance management using AI.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Apr 2021

Digitisation

Skill Finder wins $2.7m grant from Australian Government

Australian Government grants $2.7 million to Skill Finder, a digital micro-skills marketplace, to offer free training to workers affected by COVID-19.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Apr 2021

Robotics

Think 5G for business innovation is out of your company's reach? Think again

Australia Embraces Innovation with 5G Technology: Opportunities and Benefits for Various Industries. Government grants available.

By Gavin Wilson • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Mar 2021

Hyperscale

Macquarie launches IC5, new sovereign data centre worth $17m

Macquarie Data Centres and Macquarie Government are set to launch a new Government-certified, highly secure data centre facility in Canberra.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 1st Mar 2021

Australian Government

Zscaler first cloud security vendor to complete IRAP assessment

Zscaler completed IRAP's two security assessment stages, as dictated in the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM).

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Oct 2020

Cybersecurity

In the shadow of COVID-19, a cyber health crisis looms

Rising ransomware cases targeting the healthcare sector in Australia have raised concerns ahead of the release of the Cyber Security strategy.

By Bruce Perry • 3 min read • Tue, 1st Sep 2020

Malware

State-based cyber attack targeting Australian government and businesses

Prime Minister Scott Morrison told media on Friday morning that a 'malicious' attack by a state-based cyber actor is underway in the country.

By Nick Forrester • 2 min read • Fri, 19th Jun 2020

Hyperscale

Macquarie to build Government data centre in Canberra

With construction due to commence in July, the initial investment of AU$17 million will be used to build stage one by December 2020.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2020

Supply Chain

Coronavirus: Australian government announce stimulus package to assist retailers and SMEs

Amid growing coronavirus concerns, Australia unveils a stimulus package to support retailers and SMEs, aiming to stave off a potential recession.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 17th Mar 2020

Stories from Other Regions

Australian Government stories

Productivity

Productivity Commission seeking feedback on Right to Repair report

The report explores ways in which governments and manufacturers could improve their products and repair processes for independent repairers and consumers.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 15th Jun 2021

Unified Communications

Why continuous digital transformation should be top of mind for government agencies

Australian government accelerates digital transformation efforts, embracing cloud-based platforms & continuous transformation strategy.

By Brendon Trezise • 4 min read • Fri, 14th May 2021

Data Analytics

Snowflake completes IRAP assessment, looks to enable Aus Govt

Snowflake achieves protected status for Australian Government agencies after completing IRAP assessment. Secure data sharing now enabled.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Apr 2021

Artificial Intelligence

AIIA pushes for Aus Govt to fund AI research and commercialisation

Australian Government urged to allocate $250 million in May budget to support AI research and commercialisation, says AIIA.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Apr 2021

Cybersecurity

Australian Department of Defence renews license with archTIS for NC Protect

Nucleus Cyber, a subsidiary of archTIS, has renewed its software subscription contract with the Australian Department of Defence.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Jan 2021

Edge Computing

Catalyst Cloud brings open source-based web hosting to NZ

The platform, which utilises Catalyst Cloud's hosting infrastructure and amazee.io's open source hosting platform called Lagoon, based on Kubernetes.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 11th Sep 2020

Data Privacy

Major changes to Australian internet legislation needed says report

We look at the a recent indepenedent report into the controversial legislation that Australian Security agencies use to intercept digital communications.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 31st Jul 2020