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Android fragmentation steers Vic Health

Android fragmentation steers Vic Health

Fragmentation issues in Android were a key concern for the Victorian Department of Health when it came to designing its Better Health Channel app; so much so that the department has opted to design a web app for the platform, rather than going native.

4 days ago in Mobile Phones by Luke Hopewell 4 Comments Vote
Vic scraps HealthSMART system

Vic scraps HealthSMART system

The Victorian Government has made the decision to scrap its HealthSMART system, which was years overdue and had run hundreds of millions of dollars over budget.

May 18th, 2012 in Government by AAP, and Luke Hopewell 3 Comments 1 Vote
Fujitsu in $60m datacentre upgrade

Fujitsu in $60m datacentre upgrade

Fujitsu's Victorian datacentre is set to benefit from a $60 million cash injection that will give the 24-year-old facility a boost in security, connectivity and availability.

May 11th, 2012 in Servers by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote
CenITex to slash staff numbers

CenITex to slash staff numbers

Victoria's IT agency, CenITex, is set to slash 200 jobs and cancel 80 vacancy advertisements, in a bid to balance the budget of the troubled and costly IT shop.

May 9th, 2012 in Jobs by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote
E-health, Myki the big Vic budget winners

E-health, Myki the big Vic budget winners

As the Victorian Government looks to cut spending and produce a surplus, the majority of tech funding in the Victorian Budget, released yesterday, targets e-health investments and the state's troubled transport smart card Myki.

May 2nd, 2012 in Government by Josh Taylor Comment 1 Vote
US R&D security firm opens lab in Vic

US R&D security firm opens lab in Vic

US research and development (R&D) company Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has set up shop in Victoria, with plans to set up a regional cybersecurity centre in Melbourne.

April 17th, 2012 in Security by Michael Lee Comment Vote
Vic govt pans NBN three-year roll-out

Vic govt pans NBN three-year roll-out

Victoria's Coalition government has taken the Federal Government to task over the newly released three-year deployment plan for the National Broadband Network (NBN), with ICT Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips claiming that Victoria will receive a disproportionately small number of connected premises compared to other states.

March 30th, 2012 in NBN by Luke Hopewell 49 Comments Vote
Vic Police Tasers now come with cameras

Vic Police Tasers now come with cameras

Victorian police officers on the beat are set to get their hands on new Taser stun guns after a 12-month trial proved successful for the force. The guns are designed as the new alternative to lethal force and will have high-resolution cameras attached to monitor their use at all times.

March 12th, 2012 in Government by Luke Hopewell 3 Comments Vote
$11m Vic collaboration fund opens doors

$11m Vic collaboration fund opens doors

Victorian Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips has today launched Victoria's $11 million technology fund, providing funding for Victorian companies that want to collaborate on ICT problems.

March 7th, 2012 in Government by Suzanne Tindal Comment 1 Vote
Vic Police not equipped for future: report

Vic Police not equipped for future: report

The Victorian Government has faced criticism that the state's police force is ill equipped, with a poor IT outlook and shoddy attitude towards project planning. This week, the state's deputy premier has promised change.

March 2nd, 2012 in Government by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote

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Vic Uni's mean green machines: photos

After Victoria University opened its datacentre in Sunshine, Victoria in 2009, it has been progressively migrating its infrastructure services over from its old, inefficient centre in Footscray to the new site, and plans to ramp up the migration over the next six months.

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3 minutes ago by Beta on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

LOL, you wanted the money I was going to donate to the "bubububu please stop the nbn waste fund" Since I was only going to donate somethi...

47 minutes ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

I think everyone is missing the big picture here and that is the anti-NBN zealots have effectively admitted defeat by complaining about t...

58 minutes ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

Internet users certainly want the speed once they can get it#NBN

NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/JTQbWghv via @zdnetaustralia

It will be intersting to know what residences will sign up for when the NBN Co stops subsidising it all. 'NBN Co, the public-private par...

2 hours ago by advocate on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

RT @zdnetaustralia: NSW outs datacentre deal details: http://t.co/DmebN1on

Australian NBN subscribers are opting for 100/40 over 12/1 speeds: http://t.co/QsWk7u6Y That's the least surprising news I've ever read! :)

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RT @juhasaarinen: NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

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5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

I think that a CBA is unlikely because with the high proportion of customers now electing for the highest rate (50% of connections in Apr...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN cost-benefit analyses are so 2011

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5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on National Botnet Network coming: Earthwave

Please stop with the analytical, common sense and facts, Gregory. Those opposed to the NBN don't want to hear such things, which is why ...

5 hours ago by Beta on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

But, yet again, Turnbull is clearly in error when he says that other companies cannot roll out copper. In South Brisbane Telstra chose to...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

Not much point running fiber back to the exchange if that exchange itself is connected by copper. It is access to fiber backhaul that de...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

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5 hours ago by Beta on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

So instead you want these estates wired up with fiber and then left, unconnected with no service, until the fiber rollout reaches them in...

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

@paulbrislen @juhasaarinen Prices compared here: http://t.co/WnZzXP5Z

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Water, roads and electricity were all rolled out by government because there private companies weren't interested as the ROI in the early...

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NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

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The case you outline, South Brisbane, is in fact the coalitions prefered model. They WANT the incumbent telco, Telstra, to provide the f...

6 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Five pros and cons of the NBN

Cybersecurity #collaboration between the US & Australia. http://t.co/p2uKLSBi

So, over time, the Coalition policy will cost much much more than Labor's because they intend to subsidise the broadband of farmers and t...

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Any form of science training counts against you as a politician, in the coalition parties, doubly so. There may be others who keep quiet...

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Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

7 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

7 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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