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• Free public Wi-Fi network coming to Victoria

  The Victorian government and iiNet have announced a free public Wi-Fi network in Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo.

• Victorian police spend $15m on IT refresh

  The Victorian police spent a total of $15 million on an IT refresh during the 2013-14 financial year, including the replacing of a distributed server network, transitioning from Windows XP to Windows 7 and designing new data centre

• Supercomputing facility to stay in Victoria after $6.65m grant

  The Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) can continue its supercomputing research in the state after a $6.65 million injection of funds from the Victorian government.

• Victorian emergency services’ dispatch system upgraded in response to audit

  An audit of Victorian emergency response ICT systems by the Victorian Auditor-General’s Office (VAGO) has led to a $13 million upgrade of a computer aided dispatch (CAD) system and associated networks.
  

• Lockheed Martin to open $8m Melbourne ICT engineering centre

  Lockheed Martin Australia (LHA) has announced plans to open an Asia Pacific ICT engineering centre in Melbourne, which will lead to the creation of 150 jobs over the next five years.
  

• NICTA Victoria creates director role

  National ICT Australia (NICTA) has hired Professor Jack Singh for the newly created role of Victoria director.

• Victorian government bears brunt of privacy complaints: report

  Victorian state councils, statutory authorities and government departments generated 29 information privacy complaints to Privacy Victoria, according to its annual report.

• Victoria to tip $3M into IT

  The Victorian government today announced a $3 million package aimed at attracting people to IT jobs to drive innovation and growth across the state.
  

• US tech firm enters Victoria, creates 300 jobs

  US technology company Asurion has invested $3.7 million to setup two technical support centres in Victoria, creating 300 jobs in the state.
  

• Grahame Coles makes start on Vic whole-of-government role

  Grahame Coles, formerly CIO at Victoria's Department of Human Services for almost five years, has begun his new executive director role for digital government at the Department of State Development and Business Innovation.

• NICTA confirms Victorian job cuts

  National ICT Australia (NICTA) has confirmed that redundancies are planned at its Victorian Research Laboratory (VRL) after the Victorian state government announced funding reductions.

• Microsoft Kinect research centre opens in Melbourne

  Researchers and academics will explore uses for social interactive technologies at a new $8 million research centre launched today at the University of Melbourne.
  

• Victorian Auditor General finds more than 100 security lapses during audit

  Victorian Auditor-General John Doyle's audit of 11 Victorian government agencies has found more than 100 breaches and lapses in information security practices.
  

• SAP creates 120 ICT jobs in Melbourne

  Up to 120 ICT roles will be created in Melbourne as SAP establishes a mission control centre (MCC) in the city.

• Vic government’s ICT strategy claims 15 per cent in savings

  The Victorian Coalition government has unveiled its whole of government ICT strategy, which it claims will result in a 15 per cent cost reduction in the state’s annual $1.5 billion technology spend by the end of 2014.