Stories about: Bureau of Meteorology

Australian IT managers are facing serious network disruptions after Juniper announced its decision to end the life of the DX line of hardware, software and licenses.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) will procure two high-performance computer systems to support its operational and research science requirements.

With Cyclone Larry initially, and now Monica taking a shining to Australia, it is not just the coast of far north Queensland that has taken a pounding in the past month. A Java software application developed by the Bureau of Meteorology to track cyclone direction and intensity has also been hit hard -- by forecasters, to provide critical information to help keep lives safe.

Even though the Australian government may have an effective IT security framework, a recent report shows that certain government agencies are not living up to it, highlighting a great concern.

In what is likely to be his last Budget between the Prime Minister's office or the back bench, Treasurer Peter Costello has bet the farm on a series of across-the-board tax cuts, backed by an ambitious series of welfare reforms where big picture IT simply does not figure - at least not for this year. IT Minister Helen Coonan's portfolio is marginally poorer, while security agencies including the Department of Immigration and Attorney have walked away with significant funding boosts for biometrics, identity management and data-drilling.

In an effort to break away from proprietary computer systems, the Joint Australian Facility for Ocean Observing Systems (Jafoos) has started rewriting its Quality Evaluation of Subsurface Temperatures (Quest) data management application in Java and will release its source code to the public domain.

NOIE-sponsored open source seminars may become a regular feature in Canberra after a successful gathering of speakers and CIOs from government departments and agencies earlier this week.

The increasingly influential role of open source software as an alternative to proprietary solutions has prompted the federal government to put together a new seminar looking at the demand for open source systems across departmental agencies.

Simulating the Antarctic environment may involve a wealth of scientific know-how, but for the team involved with the Tasmania Partnership for Advanced Computing (TPAC), it's also about having the most advanced and steadfast computing power at your fingertips.

The Linux operating system is finding a welcome home in Canberra as an increasing number of Federal departments and agencies look towards cost-effective open source solutions.

Furthering its studies into global atmospheric change by implementing a new VHF radar at the Davis station, Antarctica, is one of many key initiatives the Australian Antarctic Division's (AAD) Atmospheric Sciences Division has scheduled in for this summer. Yet as researchers pool their concentration into deploying the radar and exploring the atmosphere, the division's technicians are hard at work crafting unique IT control systems which not only run the equipment, but also manage the volumes of information being generated.