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• ac3 locks down NSW government smartphones

  The security of smartphones used by NSW government staff is set to improve by quarter one of 2012 when managed IT services firm, ac3, rolls out its mobile device management services (MDMS) program.

• NSW government commits $3 million to Interactive Media Fund

  Digital media companies in NSW are set to get a boost with funding of $3 million over the next two years while an ICT industry taskforce has been developed by the state government to create a NSW Digital Economy Industry Action Plan.
  

• NSW makes play to be premier ICT state

  The NSW Government has sought to lay claim to being Australia’s leading ICT state with the launch of a new ICT Governance framework.
  

• TransGrid switches on desktop virtualisation

  NSW electricity grid operator, TransGrid, will move as many as 500 of its desktop PCs to virtualised thin clients in an effort to reduce costs and extend the hardware refresh cycle to seven years.
  

• CeBIT 2011: NSW Govt awards 11 grants to mobile tech projects

  Projects designed to aid the digital economy in New South Wales, and inject approximately $30 million into the state, have been awarded grants by the NSW Government.

• NSW government pledges $150,000 to Tech23 awards

  The New South Wales Government has thrown its support behind technology entrepreneurs, pledging $150,000 towards the Tech23 technology showcase to be held in Sydney in August.

• NSW Government rolls out 4300 interactive whiteboards

  The NSW State Government has announced plans to roll out 4300 interactive whiteboards across the state, with the $23 million project set to make learning more interactive.

• TransGrid begins business process modelling project

  NSW state-owned electricity transmission network operator, TransGrid, has started a three-month business process modelling system (BPMS) project to deliver process modelling capability across its enterprise in a standard way.

• NSW DSTA adds risk management software

  The NSW government department tasked with the state’s data centre reform program, the Department of Services Technology and Administration, has the green light to procure a software package to support internal audit and corporate risk management.

• Sydney Water asset IT project nears completion

  The largest NSW state water authority, Sydney Water, is completing an IT project to consolidate two asset management applications and is seeking support services to aid the transition to the new system.

• NSW Labor pledges to save IT jobs

  The NSW Labor party has pledged to protect more than 5700 jobs in the IT industry if re-elected.

• NSW govt opens up data for app development

  Software developers will have the chance to create mash up data and innovative applications as the NSW government opens up information on public transport, energy use and the environment for community use.

• NSW Transport Construction Authority gets new CIO

  Former NSW housing CIO, Vladas Leonas, has taken the top IT job at another NSW government department, the NSW Transport Construction Authority (TCA).

• NSW Govt opens applications for $6 million collaborative program

  The NSW Government has called for applications for the first stage of its $6 million collaborative solutions program, the ‘Mobile Concierge’, seeking mobile and wireless solutions for the tourism and retail sector.

• NSW government appoints acting CIO

  The NSW Department of Services, Technology and Administration (DSTA) has appointed Andrew Gavrielatos to the position of acting CIO while it seeks a replacement for former CIO, Emmanuel Rodriguez, who exited the role late last year.