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• NEC files lawsuit over axed biometrics project

  NEC Australia has filed a lawsuit against over the cancellation of the government's Biometric Identification Services (BIS) project.

• NEC's facial recognition used to prevent examination fraud

  NEC Australia has been selected by Melbourne firm Genix Ventures to trial its facial recognition software and identify people brought into examinations as a substitute for the actual student.

• In pictures: How AI will shape your organisation's future

  IT leaders gathered in Perth last week to discover how artificial intelligence technologies are solving business problems across many industries today, and which solutions will dominate the landscape in the future. The luncheon was sponsored by NEC.

• Facial recognition algorithms promise early autism detection in children

  Perth children’s health research institute Telethon Kids has partnered with NEC Australia to explore how algorithms for eye tracking and facial recognition could be used to develop autism detection and diagnosis tools.

• Aussie tech companies take tax report to task

  Dicker Data is among the local technology companies that have moved to clarify their tax stance after the ATO released its latest tax transparency report.

• NT Department of Education to launch ICT support portal

  The Northern Territory Department of Education (DoE) is rolling out a ICT support portal called iCentre, which will provide staff with information including the status of IT networks, bandwidth, applications and servers at the click of a button.

• NT government renews NEC networking contracts

  The Northern Territory government has extended three networking contracts with NEC Australia for 12 months.

• NEC to provide ICT support to MPs and senators

  NEC Australia won a three-year contract with the Department of Parliamentary Services to provide managed ICT services and support to 260 electorate offices of Australian senators and members of Parliament across the country.

• NEC Australia creates CTO role

  Former NEC Australia enterprise IT architect technology strategist Tasso Mangos has been promoted to the newly created role of CTO.

• Seniors gain broadband, PCs in $15 million program

  NEC Australia has completed rolling out the Federal Government’s $15 million Broadband for Seniors initiative, marked by the installation of the 2000th live site in Victoria last week.