News archive 2011
News archive 2011 |
| 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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December 2011 08.12.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced funding of $100,000 to support the activities of ICT Geelong – the Geelong region ICT cluster.
25.11.2011 NBN Co today unveiled its facilities in Melbourne’s Docklands, including the Network and Services Operations Centre, the National Test Facility and a Discovery Centre, as well as a mobile demonstration centre that will tour the country.
23.11.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today welcomed news that professional services firm Cordelta has invested significant resources in Victoria and committed to creating 50 jobs by the end of 2013.
16.11.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today welcomed news that Chinese ICT company VanceInfo Technologies Australia will make Melbourne its Australian and New Zealand headquarters with a commitment to create 100 new local jobs by the end of 2012.
15.11.2011 Global software company The Attachmate Group Inc today opened its Asia Pacific headquarters in Melbourne and committed to create 40 new highly skilled Victorian jobs.
15.11.2011 The Victorian eLearning Excellence Awards 2011 celebrate and reward the best eLearning projects developed in the year as well as presenting the breadth of the industry’s work taking place in the state.
11.11.2011 The Victorian Government today unveiled its new $85 million plan to support continuing growth, development and global competitiveness in Victoria’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector, and promote ICT-enabled innovation across the economy.
03.11.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips was in Ballarat today to announce a new project that will revolutionise access to healthcare in Western Victoria.
03.11.2011 Victorians can now access up-to-the-minute information for events throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria from their smartphone, thanks to a free app from the Victorian Government.
03.11.2011 The Victorian Government today announced a new expanded eServices panel providing more opportunities for local ICT companies and greater competition in the provision of ICT services to government.
03.11.2011 Data#3 Limited, one of Australia’s leading ICT solutions companies, today opened its new Integration Centre in Braeside bringing an additional 25 new jobs to Victoria.
20.10.2011 The 2011 Governor of Victoria Export Awards - the State's most prestigious export awards - were announced last night at Government House, Melbourne. Six information and communication technology (ICT) companies picked up awards.
14.10.2011 A world-first IBM global R&D Laboratory today opened in Melbourne allowing researchers to work side-by-side to help tackle international issues such as natural disasters, natural resource management and life sciences.
10.10.2011 Applications are now being sought for projects that develop innovative broadband solutions to boost productivity, Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips announced today.
27.09.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced a new laboratory which will act as a test-bed for businesses to explore and develop new and innovative applications that will make use of high-speed broadband.
26.09.2011 Mailman, a unique multi-faceted online media agency opened an office in Melbourne last week. The company has set-up a work place here to service its growing Australian client base and the demand for Chinese language social media platforms.
20.09.2011 Zendesk, the leading provider of cloud-based helpdesk software, today opened its Asia Pacific headquarters in Melbourne, bringing at least 20 new jobs to Victoria over the next 12 months.
15.09.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips has congratulated the winners of the Victorian Spatial Excellence Awards after attending the industry awards ceremony in Melbourne last night.
29.08.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced $2 million for new initiatives which will secure a skilled information and communication technology (ICT) workforce and support Victoria’s future economic growth.
26.08.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today officially opened the new Melbourne head office for home-grown information and communication technology (ICT) company DB Results and announced the company’s commitment to creating 100 new jobs by 2015.
26.08.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips yesterday opened the eighth annual Young Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Professionals’ Conference in Melbourne (YITCon) – the only event of its kind in the world.
23.08.2011 Juniper Networks, a world-leader in designing and developing high performance networking solutions, today opened its new Melbourne headquarters, bringing 50 new jobs to the state and cementing Victoria’s reputation as a dynamic technology hub.
08.08.2011 Victorian names have been etched in information and communication technology (ICT) history after being recognised at the 2011 iAwards in Melbourne last week.
27.07.2011 Young Victorians considering a career in the booming ICT industry have been getting involved in the 2011 National ICT Careers Week.
14.07.2011 The Victorian Government today announced that a refresh of the Victorian Government eServices Panel would be completed by 31 October 2011.
06.07.2011 Victoria’s high quality and innovative information and communication technology (ICT) companies and individuals were today recognised at the Victorian State iAwards in Melbourne.
28.06.2011 GreenWave Reality—a global innovator in home-energy management—has announced a partnership with Swinburne University of Technology to open an Australian first, Energy Management Research Centre (EMRC) in Melbourne.
23.06.2011 Officially opening the Intel Capital Investor Forum in Melbourne this week, Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips said information and communication technology (ICT) is playing an increasing role in driving productivity and innovation and creating a competitive Victorian economy.
21.06.2011 Fifteen of Victoria’s most innovative information and communication technology (ICT) companies will attend CommunicAsia 2011, the 22nd International Communications and Information Technology Exhibition and Conference to be held in Singapore from 21-24 June.
08.06.2011 Some of Victoria’s significant emerging players in the global Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) industry are heading to the Asia Pacific Forum on ITS to be held in Taiwan from 8 – 10 June 2011.
08.06.2011 Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES) and Ericsson joined forces picking up the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for 2011 in London last night for their 3D virtual-learning prototype, Uni TV.
25.05.2011 International science and education association Biodiversity Information Standards has adopted a premier modeling tool Enterprise Architect for development of its standards framework and to support international collaboration of biological database projects.
25.05.2011 Kinetic Education, a home-based eLearning program from Victoria, has been launched in Malaysia – underscoring the innovation of Victorian elearning companies.
23.05.2011 Ten Victorian eLearning technology companies are undertaking a Victorian Government Trade Mission to China between 23 and 28 May 2011.
19.05.2011 Melbourne-based company Nitero - a spin-off from National ICT Australia (NICTA) - yesterday received a $1.43 million Commercialisation Australia grant to bring their high-speed gigabit wireless communications technology (‘GiFi’) to market.
04.05.2011 US entertainment giant Electronic Arts (EA) announced plans to acquire successful Melbourne-based game developer Firemint and create EA’s third games studio in Melbourne.
28.04.2011 Victorian-based company, the ARRB Group is currently managing a road safety project in India, as part of an International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) which is funded by the Global Road Safety Facility.
21.04.2011 A Victorian firm that specialises in digital and electronic products including personalised cards, milestone and growth charts, calendars and personalised electronic products for mobile phones, iPads and iPhones has secured a major contract in India.
12.04.2011 Ten outstanding Victorian ICT companies are taking part in the Victorian Government’s 2011 Hong Kong ICT Expo Trade Mission, from 13 - 16 April.
12.04.2011 Two projects from the Victorian Government’s Collaborative Internet Innovation Fund picked up top gongs for their work involving effective use of broadband at the prestigious Australian Telecommunications Users Group (ATUG) 2011 National Awards.
07.04.2011 Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips has congratulated Victorian information and communications technology company SPATIALinfo on securing a highly-coveted broadband software contract with National Broadband Network (NBN) Co.
05.04.2011 Victoria emerged as a national leader last week, unveiling an innovative new technology, alerting local vehicles to hazards such as approaching trains at railway level crossings.
31.03.2011 The University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) is the recipient of a major contribution from Microsoft, to drive research into broadband services and applications.
30.03.2011 Icon Global Link (IGL), a risk management solutions provider, will implement its technology tool to manage the food and safety plans of Murray Goulburn Cooperative (MGC), the largest dairy manufacturer in Australia.
29.03.2011 Victorian companies have made their mark at this year’s Australian Interactive Media Industry Association Awards beating their competitors in five categories.
28.03.2011 Alcatel-Lucent’s new Bell Labs Centre for Energy Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) Joint Venture with the University of Melbourne was officially opened today by Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips and Bell Labs Global President Jeong Kim.
24.03.2011 Game developers Millipede from Melbourne released a much anticipated update for their popular app, Bullistic.
24.03.2011 Melbourne-based technology company OPTALERT has recently been named winner of the InterSystems 2011 Innovator Awards.
09.03.2011 Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips opened the 2011 Melbourne International Venture Capital Conference (MIVCC).
08.03.2011 Leading UK technology company HeathWallace has opened its new Australian headquarters office in Melbourne.
03.03.2011 Leading US cloud-based provider of integrated software solutions, NetSuite has officially launched its new office in Melbourne.
02.03.2011 Eighteen of Victoria’s top games companies are in San Francisco this week for the world’s largest professional games industry event.
18.02.2011 Victorian specialist IT consultancy and development business Quantum IT has signed a major deal with six UK universities to supply technology to manage their health faculty work placement program.
11.02.2011 Technology company Tait Radio Communications has opened a new office in Clayton to service its expanded business in Victoria.
04.02.2011 A second Canadian Government agency has opted to use the emergency management system developed by Victoria’s National Safety Agency.
02.02.2011 On 27 and 28 January local game developers and digital media professionals joined producers, directors, writers, designers and project managers across sectors to share their experience, knowledge and skills in transmedia development, production and business.
18.01.2011 Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva has congratulated Victorian company Warren & Brown Technologies and Victorian-based Corning Cable Systems Australia on securing highly-coveted broadband contracts worth up to $1.3 billion over the next five years.
13.01.2011 Victoria’s innovative games sector will receive a boost of more than $330,000 in the first round of the Victorian Government’s Games Investment program.
06.01.2011 Fibre optics start-up Future Fibre Technologies has been awarded Australian Exporter of the Year at the Federal Government’s Australian Export Awards.
05.01.2011 The creators of Flight Control and Puzzle Quest now under one roof, with games studio Firemint announcing it has acquired Victorian studio Infinite Interactive.
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