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• Carbon, transport costs set to plummet thanks to NICTA's Intelligent Fleet Logistics project

  Transport costs and carbon emissions could be slashed via a new Intelligent Fleet Logistics project under development by National ICT Australia (NICTA).

• NICTA set to tackle conservative Cloud adoption, collaboration

  Conservative adoption of Cloud computing and a lack of interaction between the research and design (R&D) and commercial sectors are two big issues that National ICT Australia’s (NICTA) new Cloud business strategist, Bruce McCabe, is keen to tackle.

• Cloud computing self-regulation needed: Analyst

  Self-regulation would lead to a more trustworthy, local Cloud provider industry and avoid contractual hassles, according to an analyst firm.

• NSW procurement changes highlight schism with industry

  The NSW Government has urged the state’s ICT industry to back forthcoming changes to procurement contracts but consternation among some have shown a continuing need to iron out differences.
  

• OK Labs' virtualisation deployed in one billion devices

  National ICT Australia (NICTA) has reported that its Open Kernel Labs spin-off has notched up the billionth deployment of its virtualisation software on a mobile device.

• Robotics guru automates cat herding for NICTA

  The next chief executive for government-funded innovation body, National ICT Australia (NICTA), has big plans when he assumes the role later this year.

• E-government cluster boots up with $250k funding

  A technology cluster aimed at supporting and strengthening government ICT industries in Australia will inject $150,000 into the industry in 2010, with a commitment for a further $100,000 per annum through to 2011-12.

• New Linux-based technology to make ‘smarter’ GPS

  Sick of having your GPS tell you to turn the wrong way up a one-way street or lead you to a dead end? Fear not: Linux-based technology developed at NICTA is on its way to help make personal navigation systems more accurate.

• NICTA opens its software to the world

  Research organisation National ICT Australia (NICTA) has stepped up its support for open source software by launching the OpenNICTA portal where people can view and download software developed and licensed by the organisation.