Industry News
Burnside launches interactive tree map
Adelaide's City of Burnside has developed an online interactive map for the Adelaide local government area's Urban Forest of public street and park trees. [ + ]
DocuSign launches Australian data centres
DocuSign's three new Australian data centres will be prioritised for public sector customers. [ + ]
DTA seeks to overhaul procurement panels
The Digital Transformation Agency is inviting feedback on a proposed revamp of the government's ICT procurement panel policy [ + ]
NSW, Microsoft partner for rich data solutions
NSW Government data scientists are using Microsoft's Azure to build a machine learning neural network that can analyse government spending. [ + ]
MAV launches new community website
The Municipal Association of Victoria has launched a new website to provide information and resources for the community. [ + ]
DTA picks latest cohort of data fellows
The Digital Transformation Agency has selected the next seven APS Data Fellows to be embedded at the CSIRO's Data61 data innovation group. [ + ]
Sunshine Coast Council ramps up cloud migration
Sunshine Coast Council has continued its push into the cloud with the procurement of an SaaS-based asset management solution from Pitney Bowes. [ + ]
NZ gets new assistant privacy commissioner
Jon Duffy has been appointed to the role of Assistant Commissioner, Policy and Operations. [ + ]
Tasmania awards electric vehicle charging grants
Electric vehicle charging stations will be deployed at 11 workplaces across Tasmania using grant funding from the state government. [ + ]
Joondalup takes action on business cyber safety
The City of Joondalup has opened registrations for its cyber business forum, and business stakeholders are urged to participate. [ + ]
Queensland digital hospitals boosting outcomes
The first eight of Queensland's digitally upgraded hospitals are improving patient outcomes, with plans to deploy 27 across the state by 2020. [ + ]
Queensland Rail migrating to IaaS model
Queensland Rail plans to stop directly owning its ICT infrastructure in favour of procuring cloud-based managed ICT services. [ + ]
ACT announces $9.75m priority tech program
The ACT Government has allocated $9.75m over three years for a priority investment program aimed at generating jobs in key technology and other sectors. [ + ]
Smart cities: The Buenos Aires Declaration
A forum on the future of Latin American cities has called for action on developing AI and IoT solutions for the public good. [ + ]
Qld transport staff trial body cameras
A number of TransLink Senior Network Officers will be equipped with body cameras while patrolling the public transport network as part of a four-week trial. [ + ]
