Category : Technology news

Government-focused media, research and events firms join forces

Westwick-Farrow Media, publishers of GovTech Review magazine and www.GovTechReview.com.au, have joined forces with leading research and events company Public Sector Network to provide enhanced services to the government technology sector. For those...

Vodafone trials '4.9G' in Sydney's west

Vodafone has deployed what it is calling a ‘4.9G’ mobile phone site in Sydney’s Parramatta in a trial of pre-5G technology. The site uses massive multiple input, multiple output (massive MIMO) and frequency division duplex (FDD) technology on the 18...

Small increase in New Zealand’s IT budget

The New Zealand Government has allocated NZ$3.9 million of new operating funding over four years to the country’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT). Announced in last week’s 2018 Budget, the measure aims to boost New Zealand’s ability to respo...

Mastercard, NSW Govt partner on smarter transport

Mastercard has teamed up with Transport for NSW to address future transport challenges around the state. The aim is to deliver smarter cities through the launch of a Future Transport Digital Accelerator. The partnership, which also includes CBA, Am...

Lawyers exposing clients to potential cyber attacks

The cybersecurity practices of lawyers could be putting their client data at risk, according to new research. Researchers from Edith Cowan University’s Security Research Institute (ECUSRI) surveyed 122 lawyers about their cybersecurity habits, and r...

Australian location data offered 'as a service'

PSMA Australia has begun offering national location data on an as-a-service basis, with the launch of a new concept known as Geoscape. Geoscape combines high-resolution satellite imagery, machine learning and big data processing to create a digital...

Australians lost $340m to scammers in 2017

Australians lost a record $340 million to scammers in 2017, with more than 200,000 scam reports to government agencies throughout the year, according to the ACCC. The total losses for the year were the highest in the nine years since the regulator b...

NSW govt developing data usage guidelines

The NSW Government is working on updating its digital.nsw digital government transformation portal with a suite of online resources aimed at helping agencies improve their data capability. The new guidelines will be aimed at helping agencies find th...

Tech start-ups launch to Israeli Landing Pad

Ten artificial intelligence and machine learning start-ups in NSW are being given the opportunity to meet with global innovation experts in Tel Aviv, Israel. Federal Trade, Tourism and Investment Minister Steven Ciobo and NSW Minister for Innovation...

US DHS releases security strategy

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has unveiled a new strategy detailing its approach to identifying and managing cybersecurity risks at a national level. “The cyber threat landscape is shifting in real time, and we have reached a historic...

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Chinese e-commerce opened to Vic businesses

Local Victorian businesses will receive state government support to break into the Chinese e-commerce market, following a new partnership with Australia Post. The agreement will speed up access to the Chinese market for Victorian businesses through...

TechnologyOne SaaS adopted by Moreton Bay Council

Moreton Bay Regional Council will adopt TechnologyOne’s full enterprise software as a service (SaaS) solution. This comes as a 20-year partnership between the two organisations is extended for another eight years. The multimillion-dollar deal inclu...

Telstra back on the air after outage

Telstra says its mobile voice and data services “have returned to normal levels” following a widespread outage that hit this morning. “We’ll closely monitor network stability and performance and continue supporting our customers to restore their ser...