http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/MediaReleases News Contractor Abigroup has selected Aconex for the AU$190 million Partnerships Victoria in Schools (PViS) programme – a PPP development that involves the design, construction, finance and management of eleven new schools in Melbourne's main growth corridors. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsMelbournePPPschooldevelopmentsonschedulewithAconex Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Aconex has been selected by home furnishing retailer IKEA to provide its service to the company’s flagship store refurbishment in Wembley, London. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsIKEAselectsAconexforrefurbishmentofflagshipLondonstore Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Information and Communication Technology Minister John Lenders has launched the review 'Research that Matters: NICTA Victoria Research Laboratory 2004-2009' at the laboratory's fifth anniversary celebration at the University of Melbourne. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsLeadingVictorianresearchinstitutecelebratesfiveyears Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Richmond game developer Firemint has been named Arts and Entertainment Exporter of the Year at the prestigious 2009 Governor of Victoria Export Awards. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsGameonforRichmondfirmsExportKudos Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Mulgrave firm Future Fibre Technologies has won the Small to Medium Manufacturer category of the prestigious 2009 Governor of Victoria Export Awards. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsHighfibredietwinsMulgravefirmExportAward Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 South Melbourne company Tantalus Media has been named Information and Communication Technology Exporter of the Year at the prestigious 2009 Governor of Victoria Export Awards. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsSouthMelbournefirmprovesitsgameforExportAward Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian ICT companies celebrated success picking up a total of eight awards at the 2009 Governor of Victoria Export Awards held in Melbourne on Wednesday 21 October. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsTriumphforICTcompaniesatVictorianExportAwards Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Researchers at Victoria’s Monash University have developed revolutionary new optical fibre technology that could be used to deliver high speed broadband to Australian homes through the Commonwealth Government’s National Broadband Network. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsBroadbandbreakthroughshowswhyVictoriadeservesNBNheadquarters Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Eight leading Victorian ICT companies will be at one of the world’s largest and longest running ICT trade shows in Dubai. Gitex Technology Week runs from 18-22 October 2009. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictorianinnovationcompaniesonshowattheGITEXTechnologyWeekinDubai Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 World Courier opened today its first Clinical Trial Storage and Distribution Facility in Australia at Tullamarine, in response to the increasing demand from global pharmaceutical companies that conduct clinical trials in Australia. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsOpeningofAustraliasfirstClinicalTrialStorageandDistributionFacility Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 A team of specialised Victorian ICT companies are flying to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau and China this week to further enhance current export and trade opportunities with their East Asian counterparts. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVTEAMonaSmartLivingtrademissiontoEastAsia Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ICT Minister John Lenders today launched the Melbourne Australia Pavilion (MAP) program, creating dedicated office pods for Victorian companies in the Plug and Play Tech Centre in Silicon Valley. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsPlugandPlayoffersVictorianfootholdinUSICTmarket Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian Games developer Rob Murray was last night awarded the 2009 Victorian Pearcey Award. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsRobMurraywinsthisyearsVictorianPearceyAwards Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Premier John Brumby will meet with Indian business representatives over the next two days in Bangalore to discuss investment and trade opportunities with Victoria, creating more local jobs. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsPremierpromotesVictoriantechnologyinBangalore Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Yesterday international and local game luminaries attended the Victorian Government's Digital Distribution Summit: Small Games, Big Market. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsInternationalgamesgurusdescendonMelbournetodiscussachangingmarket Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian innovation, excellence and technical expertise were highlighted last night at the fifth annual Victorian Spatial Excellence Awards. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictoriansshineatSpatialExcellenceAwards Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The new Unigateway website has been established to provide an easy entry point for businesses and government to access Victorian University expertise. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsUnigatewayConnectingbusinesseswithVictorianuniversityexpertise Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Sixty secondary students from Benalla and surrounding areas heard all about the extensive and rewarding career opportunities available in ICT at an interactive Upload your Future session this week. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsBenallastudentsswitchedontoacareerinICT Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Technology created by Victoria's SISSIT Group will soon allow Jetstar airline passengers to receive their boarding passes via SMS. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsSISSITbringsSMSboardingtoJetstar Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victoria’s Revolution IT was named as the 2009 VIC Telstra Business Awards Winner (Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award) on Friday 31 July. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsRevolutionITnamed2009VictorianTelstraBusinessAwardwinner Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian secondary students are being encouraged to consider a rewarding career in the information and communication technology industry as part of National ICT Careers Week, held between 27 July and 1 August. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/News2009NationalICTCareersWeekkicksoffinVictoria Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Victorian Government has strengthened its credentials to host the new National Broadband Network by investing $5 million to develop and trial next generation ICT applications. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictoriasNBNcaserampsupwith5millioninvestment Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian ICT firm Yarris has partnered with tech giant IBM to deliver a cutting edge “software-as-a-service” (SAAS) program. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictorianICTfirmgetsambitiouswithIBM Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian secondary students will hear all about the extensive and rewarding study and career opportunities available in ICT at a series of interactive sessions over the next month. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsYoungVictoriansencouragedtouploadtheirICTfuture Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian company Space-Time Research has won a part in the US Census, with its SuperSTAR software to be used in the data collection system for the US 2010 Census. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsSpaceTimeResearchpartnerswithLockheedMartinforUSCensusprogram Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Nominations are open for the 2009 Pearcey Medal and the 2009 Victorian Pearcey Award, which celebrate excellence in the Australian and Victorian ICT sectors. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNominationsforthePearceyAwardarenowopen Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 A new institute for broadband will be created at the University of Melbourne creating 64 highly skilled Victorian jobs with funding from the Victorian Government. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/News64jobsforanewVictorianbroadbandinstitute Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian teachers and students will have interactive access to two of the National Gallery of Victoria’s superb collections thanks to the Brumby Labor Government's Broadband Innovation Fund. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsInnovationbringsNGVtreasurestotheclassroom Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Freeplay independent game developers’ conference returns in 2009 as part of the Next Wave festival, with the support of the Victorian Government. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsGamedevelopersconferencefocusesongamescareersandinnovation Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Innovation Minister Gavin Jennings today launched the sixth round of funding for the joint Victoria-Israel Science and Technology R&D Fund called VISTECH which provides matching grants of up to $US500,000. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsJointtechnologyfundtoboostVictorianinnovation Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 NICTA's Gigabit Wireless Transceiver on CMOS Project has won the 2009 INNOVIC Next big Thing Award for Innovation Excellence. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNICTAsGigabitWirelessChipwinsNextBigThingAward Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1000 An innovative bushfire emergency warning system with early detection and community alerts is one of the technology projects to be developed under a $28 million Brumby Labor Government initiative. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsBushfirewarningpossibleunder28millionprogram Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Victorian Government today released its first guide specifically designed to assist ICT professionals looking to migrate to Victoria, Australia. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNewguideforICTprofessionalsconsideringmigrationtoVictoria Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian game developer Firemint’s Flight Control has topped 1,000,000 downloads today across the world, making it undoubtedly one of the world’s most popular games ever produced for the iPhone. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictoriasflightcontrolhitsonemilliondownloads Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 A Victorian based company has won a major role in the $600 million, five year program to digitalize data collection for the US Government during their upcoming national census. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsUSCensusdealputsVictorianCompanyontheMap Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 UK IT company 15Below Ltd has chosen Melbourne as the location for its Asia Pacific headquarters, creating 10 new technical jobs over the next three years. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/News10Victorianjobsat15BelowMelbourneheadquarters Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Securing exports, investment and collaborative projects will be the order of the day for a Victorian-dominated Australian ICT trade delegation heading to the CommunicAsia Trade Fair in Singapore this week. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictorialeadsthewayforAustralianICTatCommunicAsia Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian companies scooped ten prizes at the prestigious national iAwards in Melbourne last night, demonstrating the state’s ongoing leadership in the ICT sector. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictorianICTcompaniessweepupatNationaliAwards Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Leading US ICT company NetApp will expand its Australian operations in Melbourne, creating at least 68 Victorian jobs in the state’s innovative ICT sector. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNetAppexpansioncreates68newhighlyskilledjobs Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Held in Australia for the first time, the 4th Annual Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council Asia Pacific conference led more than 500 international and domestic delegates to Melbourne. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsMelbournehostsAsiaPacificFTTHconference Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Melbourne-based Prime Genetics and eB2Bcom have jointly developed an innovative system to fight fraud and counterfeiting. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsEinnovationfightsfraudandcounterfeits Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Health eGames - made famous by the immensely popular Nintendo Wii - was the top topic of conversation at the inaugural eGames for Health meeting last week. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsPlayingahealthegame Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Brumby Government is providing more than $1 million to Victoria’s leading-edge digital games and online applications developers to help with the final push to get their products on the global market. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsBrumbyGovernmentfundingboostmeansmoredigitaljobs Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Australian Information Industry Association and Australian Computer Society have launched a website dedicated to National ICT Week, 27 July – 1 August 2009. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsLaunchofNationalICTWeekwebsite Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Young Victorians looking to delve into a career within the computer gaming industry will be flocking to Ballarat next weekend to attend the Ballarat GiG: Get into Games festival. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsBallaratGetintoGames Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Last night ICT student Joseph Lang won the Encouragement Award for the Best Student in Certificate IV (Business IT Department) at the Chisholm Institute’s Advanced Business Services Outstanding Students Awards. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/LocalStudentRatedAnOutstandingAchiever Fri, 08 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victorian gaming studio Firemint has created a stir with its Flight Control application for the iPhone, reaching #1 on the Top 25 downloaded applications on Apple’s iTunes store in April. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/WorldsATwitterAboutFiremintsFlightControl Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Local innovator Space-Time Research has won a 2009 Consensus Software Award winner for their SuperSTAR suite of products. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsSpaceTimeResearchwinsatthe2009ConsensusSoftwareAwards Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Melbourne-based Revolution IT has been ranked #43 on the BRW Best Companies to Work For 2009 in Australia list and #9 on the list of IT companies, in a report released today. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/RevolutionITAwardedBRWBestPlacesToWork2009 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Twenty secondary school students have kick-started their ICT careers, winning invaluable industry placements with some of Australia’s largest ICT companies. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsTopachieverslaunchtheirICTcareers Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Victoria University will be the first Victorian TAFE institution to benefit from a $20,000 grant under the Brumby Government’s $370,000 ICT Skills –TAFE Industry Based Learning Program. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNewfundinghelpsTAFEstudentsadvanceintoICTcareers Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Survivors of last year’s Sichuan earthquake will soon benefit from a unique information technology-based rehabilitation program unveiled at this year’s ICT Expo in Hong Kong by Victorian company Cicada. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictoriantechnologytohelpChinasearthquakevictims Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 ine specialised Victorian ICT companies focusing on delivering the latest up-to-date ICT products and services are flying the flag for Victoria at the 2009 Hong Kong ICT Expo this week. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictorianICTcompaniesreveallatesttechnologiesatHongKongExpo Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The cream of Victoria’s information and technology (ICT) innovators were recognised at the 2009 Victorian iAwards last night for their outstanding contributions to the ICT industry. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsVictoriasICTLeadersRecognisedatAwards Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000 A new network to drive the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in the greater Geelong region was officially launched today by Mr Michael Crutchfield, the Member for South Barwon, representing the ICT Minister John Lenders. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsLaunchofnewGeelongICTCluster Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1000 FirePro Australia has sealed a deal with one of Australia’s largest companies, creating an additional six jobs for the company in Melbourne. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsFireProOfficeSealsMajorDeal Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Fourteen of Victoria’s top computer games companies will this week get the opportunity to network and do business with leading figures from within the computer games industry during the prestigious annual Games Developers’ Conference in San Francisco. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsGameOnVictoriangamescompaniesaimtowinbiginSanFrancisco Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The world's most significant technical and commercial advances taking place in the global optical communications industry are on show this week in San Diego, California, and Victorian companies are there. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsTopVictoriansRepresentedinSanDiego Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Governor of Victoria, Professor David de Kretser, AC, officially opened the Monash Micro Imaging (MMI) Advanced Optical Imaging Facility last night at Monash University. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsGovernorlaunchesgiantmicroscopecentre Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Six Victorians were awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships at a presentation dinner in Hobart last night. The scholarship program enables recipients to undertake vital research and to build links with leading US institutions. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsSixVictorianswin2009FulbrightScholarships Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Saving energy, money and reducing carbon emissions have become easier with the announcement of a new breakthrough in smart metering technology through EcoEnergy Pty Ltd. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsNewjointventuredestinedtosaveenergymoneyandcarbon Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Speaking at an annual AIIA Business Briefing, the Minister for ICT, John Lenders, released the Progress Report which tracks the performance of the ICT Industry Plan 2005-2010 targets and program and initiatives supporting the ICT industry. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/ICTIndustryPlanProgressReport Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Brumby Government today launched its $28 million Smart Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Market Validation Program to help turn Victorian technology ideas into innovative new products and services. http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/News28MillionInnovationInvestmentDrivesSmartSolutions Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Families affected by the recent tragic bushfires will be offered a free computer to help them stay in touch with friends and family thanks to the Brumby Government and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). http://www.mmv.vic.gov.au/NewsFreeComputerstoHelpBushfireAffectedFamiliesStayinTouch Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1000