Industry News
Qld community infrastructure gets $100m funding boost
Three regional councils in Queensland will receive a share of $100 million for community infrastructure projects, in an initiative that could create 2500 jobs. [ + ]
SA explores feasibility of exporting hydrogen to Europe
The South Australian Government will explore the feasibility of exporting locally produced green hydrogen to the Port of Rotterdam. [ + ]
DTA signs permanent MoU with AIIA
The Digital Transformation Agency has signed a permanent extension to its collaboration MoU with the Australian Information Industry Association. [ + ]
Esri joins Digital Twin Consortium
GIS software developer Esri has joined the Digital Twin Consortium as part of plans to introduce a degree of consistency in digital twin deployments. [ + ]
AVEVA acquires OSIsoft to boost industrial enterprise digitalisation
AVEVA has acquired OSIsoft to enhance its ability to accelerate the digital transformation of the industrial world. [ + ]
Gender equality target to boost diversity in local government
Local Government Professionals Australia aims to achieve a gender balance of 40% women, 40% men and 20% any gender in local government leadership roles by 2025. [ + ]
Check In Qld seeing rapid uptake
COVID-19 contact tracing app Check In Qld has already been used to record more than 1m visits to hospitality venues since its launch less than a month ago. [ + ]
US govt employees using outdated mobile OS
Over 99% of US government employees using an Android phone and 32.2% using iOS phones are still using outdated versions of the operating systems, research shows. [ + ]
Dept of Agriculture selects TechnologyOne for SaaS solution
The Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment will use TechnologyOne's software-as-a-service platform to store its finance system. [ + ]
Fujitsu to provide end-user computing and support for Defence
Fujitsu has signed a three-year contract with the Department of Defence, to provide end-user computing and support for the agency's ICT environment. [ + ]
Upcoming Keysight Conference to display measurement solutions
The Keysight Multi-Industry Virtual Live Conference will showcase test and measurement solutions that accelerate innovation for a range of industries. [ + ]
CompTIA welcomes US govt's IT spending plans
CompTIA has welcomed the new US government's decision to invest nearly US$2bn in strengthening agencies' IT and security capabilities. [ + ]
DTA releases Hosting Certification Framework
The Digital Transformation Agency has released the Hosting Certification Framework to help agencies source appropriate hosting and related services. [ + ]
HealthEngine to build COVID-19 vaccine booking platform
The Department of Health has selected HealthEngine to provide the fallback booking platform for the COVID-19 Vaccination Information and Booking Service. [ + ]
Services Australia has most readable govt website
Services Australia has the government website with the highest overall readability score, according to Ethos CRS research. [ + ]
