Stories by Stephanie McDonald

New ICT training academy launched

The Western Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW has launched an ICT training academy to help meet demand for workers in the sector.

Written by Stephanie McDonald10 Oct. 13 13:52

ASG wins $11.5m contract with Victorian govt department

ASG Group has won an $11.5 million contract with the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) in Victoria to provide cloud-based hosting and managed services.

Written by Stephanie McDonald09 Oct. 13 14:39

Optus scores $60m contract with Virgin Australia

Optus has been awarded a $60 million, five-year contract with Virgin Australia to provide domestic and international telco and managed services.

Written by Stephanie McDonald09 Oct. 13 10:47

Optus wins NSW govt contract for mobile services

Optus has won a contract with the NSW Department of Finance and Services to provide managed mobility services, replacing Telstra as the provider for its mobile services.

Written by Stephanie McDonald04 Oct. 13 11:38

Telstra to cut 1100 jobs

Telstra will cut around 1100 jobs from its operation business by June next year, around 6 per cent of its operations staff.

Written by Stephanie McDonald25 Sept. 13 15:00

QUT migrates 140K accounts to Office 365

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has recently migrated around 140,000 student accounts from Microsoft’s Live@edu to Office 365.

Written by Stephanie McDonald19 Sept. 13 09:00

Industry welcomes Turnbull as Comms Minister

Malcolm Turnbull has been appointed Australia’s newest Communications Minister, and the telco and IT industry is optimistic about the impact he might have on the sector.

Written by Stephanie McDonald17 Sept. 13 09:28

After the election: What next for the NBN?

The National Broadband Network, Australia's largest infrastructure project, is set for a shake-up as Tony Abbott slots into the top job.

Written by Stephanie McDonald06 Sept. 13 15:17

NICTA scores $42m in govt funding

National ICT Australia (NICTA) has received $42 million in federal government funding for 2015-16.

Written by Stephanie McDonald08 Aug. 13 14:44

CSIRO's new division led by farmer's daughter

A farmer’s daughter who studied peanuts in India for her PhD is heading up a new division for the CSIRO, and she's hoping data-driven research will help to facilitate real world decision-making for industry and the government.

Written by Stephanie McDonald08 Aug. 13 11:07

Telstra reports strong growth in cloud business

Revenues at Telstra’s Network Applications and Services (NAS) division increased by 17.7 per cent to $1.5 billion, with strong growth across all its products.

Written by Stephanie McDonald08 Aug. 13 10:25
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