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• NSW govt touts ERP as-a-service

  The NSW government claims it will make it easier for technology suppliers to provide enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to agencies as part of its procurement reforms.
  

• Fujitsu shuttles NSW government email to the cloud

  Fujitsu will provide a cloud email service for 27,000 mailboxes across the New South Wales government.

• Updated: NSW govt opens door to startups

  The NSW government is asking startups to bid for short-term contracts worth up to $250,000 in a reform of ICT procurement policy.

• NSW government invites RFPs from ICT shared services applicants

  The NSW government has invited 50 companies that filled out a registration of interest (ROI) for ICT shared services in March 2014 to submit their plans via a request for proposal (RFP) process.
  

• NSW government adds to ICT advisory panel

  The NSW government has appointed six new members to its ICT Advisory Panel, including a new chair, qualified lawyer and former Australian Computer Society president, Anthony Wong.
  

• NSW government releases ICT investment policy for agencies

  The NSW government has unveiled a new ICT policy designed to help government agencies with technology investment and planning decisions.

• NSW govt touts e-health future

  The NSW government has unveiled its Blueprint for eHealth in NSW, aimed at improving collaboration between agencies and the development of a strategy to provide services to rural and remote areas.
  

• NSW government calls for ICT advisory panel nominations

  The New South Wales government is seeking five IT professionals for its ICT advisory panel.

• NSW government releases cloud computing policy

  The New South Wales government has launched a cloud services policy designed to help agencies evaluate cloud computing when undertaking ICT procurements.

• NSW government ramps up data centre consolidation

  The New South Wales government’s consolidation of 130 data centres has begun in earnest with agencies already beginning the migration over to one of two new facilities.

• NSW financial reporting changes welcomed by Chartered Accountants

  The Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (ICAA) has welcomed NSW government treasurer Mike Baird’s new approach to financial reporting, which is expected to put internal agencies under greater scrutiny.

• NSW rail agencies seek CIO and head of IT

  NSW Transport is on the hunt for a Sydney Trains CIO and a NSW Trains head of IT to drive the development and implementation of IT strategies for the respective rail agencies.

• NSW government revamps IT services procurement

  The NSW government today announced an overhaul of its primary ICT contract processes, claimed to make it easier for agencies to procure the services they need.
  

• 98 IT jobs to be created in Illawarra, NSW

  Up to 98 new IT jobs could be created in the Illawarra region of New South Wales following CSC Australia’s $2.76 million government funding grant to create two centres of excellence within its Illawarra Technology Park campus.

• NSW govt calls for applications for collaborative solutions program

  The NSW government has called for applications for the second round of its collaborative solutions program with a project to focus on the development of mobile technologies to improve government services.