Stories by Rodney Gedda

Ever since its flagship bionic ear first materialized in the late 1970s, Cochlear has become synonymous with Australian innovation and manufacturing success on a global scale

Special Minister of State Gary Nairn will launch a program tomorrow to increase the number of women in ICT-related professions.

The NSW Department of Commerce's Government Chief Information Office (GCIO) has embarked on a review of the Government Selected Application Systems (GSAS) program.

Joining the growing trend of federal government departments appointing supplier panels, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) intends to create a register of pre-approved organizations that can deliver and support ICT services and solutions.

This year's federal election will be the first to engage electronic voting when blind or vision impaired people will be able to vote at 29 locations across Australia.

In a sign enterprise search technology is becoming more appealing to federal government agencies, the national geoscience research and information organization. Geosciences Australia (GA), is looking to implement an enterprise search solution for its internal data.

Gartner's decision to end its consulting operations in Australia and Hong Kong and lay off 18 people has surprised other industry players, which say the move resulted from misguided strategy.

CSIRO's Business Enabling Technology Replacement (BETR) project has stalled with the science agency admitting original deadlines and budgets will not be met.

National welfare agency Centrelink will upgrade its business intelligence software to Cognos 8 in a multimillion dollar deal, according to the vendor.

Telstra has started offering a location-based mobile workforce management solution that enables companies to automate employee timesheets, and to monitor job activity and physical location in real time.

Like most CIOs, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Colin Knowles recognizes the importance of information lifecycle management. What distinguishes Knowles's role as director of technology and distribution at the national broadcaster is how the strategic importance of managing information over its lifecycle forms a fundamental pillar of the organization's business.

The Department of Communications Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) has revised the Ministerial ICT advisory board which will now have Microsoft Australia's managing director Steve Vamos as its chairman.

Despite a lacklustre policy towards Linux in schools, the NSW Department of Education will be dealing with more open source desktops as pilot projects begin across the state.

In a sign that Novell's new lease on life is garnering interest, some 200 people attended the Sydney leg of Novell's national Suse Linux Enterprise roadshow today.

In response to the Computerworld article "Online Census debuts with view to smartcard", the Australian Bureau of Statistics has moved to quell speculation that the electronic Census may be integrated with the proposed Human Services Access Card.