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• In photos: TechEd Sydney 2014

  Microsoft TechEd arrived this week in Sydney with a brand new format.

• In pictures: Westpac Group's innovation centre

  Westpac Group opened its $4 million innovation centre, The Hive, in Kogarah, Sydney this week.
  The 800-metre centre will be used by Westpac Group staff to work on a number of projects including mobile development. It launched a St George Bank mobile banking app MoneyMeter on the Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch at The Hive.

• IBM launches on-shore SoftLayer cloud services in Australia

  SoftLayer will launch its first Australian data centre next month in Melbourne, the cloud provider and its parent IBM have announced.

• Symantec opens $12m Sydney office

  Symantec has invested $12 million in a new office in Kent Street, Sydney.

• UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT to embed sensors, data visualisation

  The University of Technology, Sydney is preparing for the opening of its Faculty of Engineering and IT building located near Broadway, which will have embedded sensors and a data visualisation room.

• In pictures: ASX Liquidity Centre

  The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) took the media on a tour of its Australian Liquidity Centre data centre in Gore Hill, Sydney.

• Sydney's Opal smartcard more advanced than Oyster: NSW

  Transport for NSW said it’s aiming to have the most technologically advanced transportation smart card in the world with its upcoming Opal system in Sydney.

• Sydney data centres withstand heat wave

  Despite temperatures in Sydney hitting 45.8 degrees Celsius on 18 January, data centres in the area did not encounter any power failures or heavy demands on cooling infrastructure, say operators.

• Startup wants to be Australia's Mint.com

  Pocketbook, a Sydney-based startup, seeks to build a simpler and more useful service for managing spending than current offerings in Australia.

• Optus speeds 4G, 3G+ deployments

  Optus is preparing 4G launches early next year in Adelaide and Canberra while simultaneously making enhancements to its existing 3G network, according to Optus managing director of networks, Guenther Ottendorfer.

• Digital Realty Trust’s Sydney data centre open for business

  Global data centre provider, Digital Realty Trust, has officially taken the covers off the first phase of its Sydney facility in Erskine Park.

• Sydney Swans record $750,000 loss for 2009

  Chairman vows to step up efforts to sign new members