News archive 2010 - Pre December
News archive 2010 - Pre-December |
| Mr John Lenders MP was Minister for Information and Communications Technology from 29 December 2008 to 2 December 2010. Mr John Brumby MP was Premier of Victoria from 30 July 2007 to 2 December 2010. This information is available for archival purposes only. Mr Gordon Rich-Phillips MLC is the current Minister for Technology. Mr Ted Ballieu MP is the current Premier of Victoria. |
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November 2010 19.11.2010 A sign language animator that converts text and speech to sign language via a 3D animated character took out ICT Geelong’s inaugural $40,000 ICT Invention Test at The Geelong Innovation Forum in early November.
11.11.2010 Victorian-based food safety and traceability technology companies are in Shanghai this week as part of an information and communication technology (ICT) trade mission that kicks off today.
02.11.2010 UK company Mezzo Movies Ltd recently announced it has opened a new office in Port Melbourne to service Australian markets.
01.11.2010 The latest report identifying the current and emerging trends for Victoria’s ICT workforce shows VET enrolments are on the rise for the first time since 2002.
01.11.2010 Global telecommunications company Tellabs will open an Innovation Solutions Research Lab in Melbourne, creating 25 jobs in Melbourne over the next three years.
28.10.2010 NZ ICT company Xero Limited has chosen Melbourne for its Australian headquarters, with the expectation of creating more than 50 new jobs over five years.
28.10.2010 Hot off being featured in Channel Nine’s current "The Secret Millionaire" series, Melbourne entrepreneur Karl Redenbach is starting a new venture called Online Services Corporation.
27.10.2010 A special two day event starting today is aiming to boost the number of young Victorian females entering a career in Victoria’s exciting and diverse ICT industry.
25.10.2010 Eight leading Victorian ICT companies attended one of the world’s largest and longest running ICT trade shows last week in Dubai.
21.10.2010 Round 2 of the collaborative Internet Innovation Fund opens today, with $5 million of funding available for the development of technology applications and pilot projects that innovatively use high-speed broadband.
14.10.2010 The Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Premier of Victoria John Brumby today announced IBM will establish a global research and development laboratory at the University of Melbourne.
13.10.2010 Victoria is set to capitalise on securing the hub of the $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) and create a new era of economic prosperity with a $110 million Information and Communication Technology (ICT) action plan to create jobs and keep Victoria ahead of the pack.
11.10.2010 Victorian-based information and communication technology (ICT) companies are in Asia until 20 October as part of an ICT Digital Connectivity trade mission that commenced yesterday.
05.10.2010 Victorian ICT companies triumphed picked up seven awards at the 2010 Governor of Victoria Export Awards held in Melbourne on Monday 5 October.
04.10.2010 Global telepresence and communications leader, Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM) has chosen Melbourne as the location for its latest Innovative Technology Solutions Centre, creating 20 new highly skilled jobs over the next two years.
30.09.2010 RMIT researchers have developed an open standard for embedding GPS coordinates in text messages, known as geotagging.
29.09.2010 Victorian businesses will have the opportunity to increase their competitiveness by using small technologies in their products, processes or services, thanks to a $6.5 million Brumby Labor Government program.
25.08.2010 Job opportunities in Victoria’s information and communications technology sector received a timely boost today with global technology and business services giant Vertex deciding to establish its Asia Pacific Headquarters in Melbourne and expand its operations, creating another 400 Victorian jobs.
23.08.2010 Young people from across Victoria are getting a hands-on feel for what it’s like to work in information and communication technology (ICT) through a series of Upload Your Future events being held throughout Victoria.
06.08.2010 Richmond games studio Firemint was among the Victorian technology companies awarded tonight at the prestigious national iAwards, highlighting the state's leadership in the ICT sector.
29.07.2010 Victorian-based computer game companies are in Shanghai this week as part of an ICT trade mission that kicks off today.
27.07.2010 Aconex has been selected to service the Panama Canal Third Set of Locks A$3.6 billion project.
26.07.2010 Young Victorians should consider a career in the State’s booming ICT industry to take advantage of the raft of jobs expected to flow after securing the hub of the $43 billion National Broadband Network.
19.07.2010 Young people heard the real story about a diverse and rewarding career in information and communication technology (ICT) as the first of the Victorian Government’s Upload Your Future events got underway in Broadmeadows last week.
16.07.2010 In early July, SECIA (eSecurity Innovation and Awareness), supported by Multimedia Victoria, held a regional seminar in Ballarat to inform delegates of the latest developments in eSecurity best practice.
14.07.2010 Another 100 Victorian ICT jobs will be created at NetApp Australia and its partners, on top of the 2206 jobs created in Victoria’s ICT sector so far this year with support from the Victorian Government.
08.07.2010 Some of the best in hi-tech talent was awarded last night at the prestigious Victorian iAwards, recognising the best work being undertaken by Victorian ICT innovators.
07.07.2010 The National Broadband Network hub has delivered its first spin off with a new super-fast broadband training centre to be set up in Melbourne, creating training opportunities for over 1,000 students.
06.07.2010 The digital company responsible for providing services to projects such as 'MasterChef Australia', 'Australian Idol', Network TEN AFL and Baz Luhrmann’s 'Australia', has set up shop in Melbourne, and will create 65 new jobs for Victoria.
06.07.2010 The Game Developers’ Association of Australia (GDAA) announced the introduction of a new committee at its recent Annual General Meeting on Friday 2 July.
02.07.2010 More than 715 Victorian jobs will be created as part of the National Broadband Network roll out, following the announcement from NBN Co today that its National Operations and Test Facility (NOTF) will be located in Victoria.
25.06.2010 Global IT firm VMware today opened its new Victorian headquarters in Southbank, which will create up to 75 new jobs by 2013.
24.06.2010 Australia’s leading testing company, Enex TestLab, has expanded its Victorian operations by more than 20 staff and expects to add at least another 20 new employees by the end of 2010, Minister for Information and Communication Technology John Lenders announced today.
24.06.2010 Victorians living with vision and hearing impairments will now have more opportunities to experience online communications through a Brumby Labor Government funded program launched in Melbourne today.
23.06.2010 New research shows more than 219,000 Victorian households and businesses would take up an NBN grade service if it was offered today, Information and Communication Technology Minister John Lenders said today.
22.06.2010 Australia’s first environmental IT industry cluster will be launched today at a business session held by the Australian Information Industry Association, thanks to $100,000 from the Brumby Labor Government.
21.06.2010 Victoria’s budding tech experts have been rewarded for coming up with innovative solutions to everyday problems using web and mobile applications as part of the Victorian Government’s App My State competition.
17.06.2010 Vertex Australia has chosen Ballarat as the city to invest up to $11.5 million to establish a new 500-seat Ballarat Technical and Customer Support Centre.
15.06.2010 Fifteen specialised ICT companies are at the 2010 CommunicAsia International Communications and Information Technology Exhibition and Conference in Singapore this week.
04.06.2010 Premier John Brumby has announced funding for two high performance computers at the Australian Synchrotron at Monash University.
18.05.2010 Shanghai is getting a first-hand glimpse of Victoria’s world-class ICT innovations, with 27 companies visiting as part of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
17.05.2010 Victorians are invited to join online discussions about the issues and topics that will form part of Victoria’s next ICT plan.
15.05.2010 Global technology giant Huawei will expand its operations in Victoria to create 200 new jobs in Victoria’s ICT sector.
13.05.2010 Victorian telecommunications product developer and manufacturer Warren & Brown Technologies is the latest company to join the Industry Partner Program at the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society.
04.05.2010 Global information and communication technology (ICT) leader CSC last week announced an investment of $78 million in Victoria over the next 10 years, in the creation and operation of a new facility in Melbourne’s Docklands.
29.04.2010 A new $10 million Centre for Energy Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) will be established at the University of Melbourne, in collaboration with communication services company Alcatel-Lucent, creating 22 highly skilled local research jobs.
30.03.2010 India’s third largest ICT company, Wipro opened its new Australian Development Centre in Melbourne today, expanding its Victorian operations and bringing 100 jobs to the state.
24.03.2010 A new round of funding is available for Victorian companies to turn their innovative ideas into commercial products under the joint fund agreement between the State of Victoria and Israel.
19.03.2010 Melbourne games developers Firemint picked up four Pocket Gamer Awards at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco last week - including best iPhone developer and iPhone game of the year.
10.03.2010 Minister for ICT John Lenders has announced 22 businesses and community groups will receive grants of up to $500,000 in Round 1 of the Collaborative Internet Innovation Fund (cIIF).
03.03.2010 A new network to drive the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in the eHealth was officially launched today by Jaala Pulford, Parliamentary Secretary for Industry and Trade, representing the ICT Minister John Lenders.
03.03.2010 NBN Co has announced it will include Melbourne’s northern suburb Brunswick as one of the five first release sites for the National Broadband Network roll out.
26.02.2010 Premier John Brumby today launched the world’s biggest government apps competition App My State and encouraged entries from Victoria’s IT experts and novices alike.
16.02.2010 The unlikely combination of a mouse and an elephant has helped launch a new $7.3 million interactive website portal with a bang.
15.02.2010 Global software company Attra will expand its Melbourne headquarters with 50 new Victorian jobs announced by Minister for Information and Communications Technology Minister, John Lenders today.
15.02.2010 International software company Kovair Software Inc today announced it would open its new Asia Pacific headquarters in Melbourne, creating 50 new Victorian jobs.
15.02.2010 Victorian ICT company Business Intelligence Technologies (BIT) has landed a multi-million dollar contract to implement one of the world’s largest web-based project management and monitoring systems for an major Indian city council (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike), creating new jobs.
15.02.2010 The Victorian economy received another jobs boost with the announcement today that global ICT company Infosys had expanded its operations with 90 Victorian jobs.
11.02.2010 The Premier of Victoria John Brumby today announced a significant collaboration with IBM to build the world’s most powerful supercomputer dedicated to life sciences research in Melbourne.
11.02.2010 Victoria’s IT innovators will be invited to take part in a $100,000 online competition to create new applications to be formally launched later this month, as mentioned in the statement of government intentions released this week.
27.01.2010 After achieving one million downloads in the first three months of release last year, Flight Control has now reached a new milestone – reaching two million sales in just over 10 months.
27.01.2010 Nine Victorian healthcare exporters are attending the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress held this week (25-28 January) in Dubai.
21.01.2010 The 2009 ICT Skills Snapshot: The State of ICT Skills in Victoria was released today, confirming Victoria’s position as a leader in ICT.
20.01.2010 A new Victorian Government research report shows Victorian youth are more interested in studying information and communication technology (ICT) than health care and social services.
20.01.2010 Global telecommunications giant Huawei and the Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Friday 15 January 2010, which signifies a further strengthening of the broadband sector in Victoria.
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