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• Victorian Magistrates Courts to roll out digital proceeding service

  Victorian Magistrates Courts are set to introduce a digital court triage service where proceeding times and status can be viewed in real time on tablets or display screens.

• Lockheed Martin to open $8m Melbourne ICT engineering centre

  Lockheed Martin Australia (LHA) has announced plans to open an Asia Pacific ICT engineering centre in Melbourne, which will lead to the creation of 150 jobs over the next five years.
  

• Victoria to tip $3M into IT

  The Victorian government today announced a $3 million package aimed at attracting people to IT jobs to drive innovation and growth across the state.
  

• US tech firm enters Victoria, creates 300 jobs

  US technology company Asurion has invested $3.7 million to setup two technical support centres in Victoria, creating 300 jobs in the state.
  

• Victoria government revamps ICT procurement

  The Victoria government has launched a new cloud-powered system for ICT procurement. The new eServices Register will be used by all government departments and agencies in the state and replaces the old eServices Panel.

• Huawei trains Australian ICT students in China

  Chinese mobile device manufacturer Huawei has sent 11 Australian ICT undergraduate students to China for a three-week education program.

• SAP creates 120 ICT jobs in Melbourne

  Up to 120 ICT roles will be created in Melbourne as SAP establishes a mission control centre (MCC) in the city.

• Grantly Mailes to drive Coalition ICT strategy in Victoria

  The former first CIO of the South Australian government has been named the first 'chief technology advocate' of Victoria.

• Vic government’s ICT strategy claims 15 per cent in savings

  The Victorian Coalition government has unveiled its whole of government ICT strategy, which it claims will result in a 15 per cent cost reduction in the state’s annual $1.5 billion technology spend by the end of 2014.

• Vic Government's ICT strategy to save state $400m

  The Victorian Government is looking to shave hundreds of millions off its technology expenditure with an ambitious overhaul of its technology resources and services strategy across all agencies.

• Round two of Vic government Digital Futures Fund opens

  The Victorian Coalition government has announced that the second round of funding in the $11 million Digital Futures Fund is now available to organisations in the state.

• Telstra ramps up data centre investment

  Telstra has announced the next stage of its $800 million cloud services investment with new data centres set to go live in WA, SA and ACT in Q1 of 2013.

• Victorian data centre investment hits $500 million: Rich-Phillips

  More than half a billion dollars has been invested in data centres in Victoria since December 2010 with the state becoming an “important hub”, according to its technology minister Gordon Rich-Phillips.

• Victorian government backtracks on eServices panel

  The Victorian government has backtracked on changes to its eServices panel, announcing a restructure that will be finalised by the end of October.