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  • WA Health renews outsourcing deal

    Western Australia's Department of Health has renewed its information management contract with a Fujitsu Australia-led consortium for five years under a deal worth AU$75 million.

  • iiNet customers face outage

    Customers of Australian ISP, iiNet, faced a five hour service outage last night reportedly caused by an electrical storm.

  • IBM scores WA smart meter deal

    IBM has won a deal with Western Australian energy provider Western Power as a systems integration and project management partner for a smart meter pilot.

  • WA confirms Roche as shared services chief

    The Western Australia Department of Treasury and Finance's mammoth shared services initiative received formal leadership late last year, it was revealed today, with acting executive director Brian Roche being permanently appointed to the position.

  • Western Power flags smart meter roll-out

    Western Power is looking to install 10,500 smart meters as part of a four-year smart grid trial.

  • WA utility takes remote control of customers' aircon

    Western Australian energy company Western Power has reduced peak power energy use by 27 percent, or 3.5kW per home, by remotely switching off the compressors in trial customers' air conditioning units for a few minutes.

  • WA Health issues $4 million Cisco contract

    The Western Australian Department of Health is upgrading its networks and has issued a two-year, $4 million tender for Cisco switches and systems integration services.

  • Kentz wins $150m Gorgon telco deal

    US oil giant Chevron has awarded a $150 million contract to Irish engineering firm, Kentz, to build telecommunications infrastructure for the Gorgon gas project in Western Australia.

  • WA moves to new procurement framework

    Western Australia is transitioning its IT service providers to a new procurement framework so that the old framework can be decommissioned by the end of the year.

  • Booze and gambling: CIO needed

    Western Australia's Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor last week started looking for an IT executive to fill its newly created chief information officer position.

  • WA Health spends on iSOFT

    Western Australia's Department of Health has decided to implement Australian e-health company iSOFT's patient administration system and is in the throes of finalising a five-year support deal with the supplier.

  • Western Australia hires broadband chief

    The Western Australia state government has hired a key executive to oversee the development of its planned AU$1 billion state-wide broadband network (SBN).

  • WA Govt bins $1bn broadband network

    The Western Australian Government has decided to bin its plan to roll out a statewide broadband network.

  • WA agencies seek IT outsourcer

    The Western Australian Departments of Corrective Services and the Attorney General have advertised for a single contractor to manage their IT infrastructure over the next five years.

  • WA lays out NBN wish list

    The Western Australian Government has named a backhaul telecommunications link between Perth and Geraldton as its top priority in negotiations with the Federal Government on the $43 billion National Broadband Network.

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