Strengthened buying power and improved IT services for 50,000 students
Monash University is rolling out a shared services initiative set to strengthen buying power with standardised hardware and software platforms and improve IT services for its 50,000 students.
Alan McMeekin is set to retire after 11 years in the role and having steered the university through its first two years of a five-year IT transformation plan
Monash university’s CIO of 11 years, Alan McMeekin is to retire at the end of the year having set the university on the path toward a five-year IT transformation.
Monash University lecturer thinks BI solutions are too sexy, contributing to low utilisation rates
Is it possible business intelligence solutions are too sexy for their own good? Yes, according to one Monash University lecturer.
Homegrown technology to boost speeds to more than 100Gps over new and existing optical fibre
Researchers at Monash University have developed new optical fibre technology that promises to increase broadband network capacity and improve download times in Australia and around the world.
Students will have mailbox storage boosted, as well as access to Google Apps tools
Monash University will be migrating its 58,000 students over to Gmail next month.
Universities partner with Fujitsu Australia to unveil new data centre strategy
Fujitsu Australia has partnered with University of Melbourne, Monash University and RMIT to develop a shared data centre that aims to reduce the education providers' greenhouse gas emissions.
Mutual respect and need between employer and contractor also running high
Despite the severity of the current financial crisis, only one in four Australian contractors, have been required to take a pay cut to stay in employment, a new report has found.
$1.2 million in funding to help deliver graduates with IT and business skills
IBM and Monash University have partnered on a new $1.2 million Future Leaders Scholarship program aimed at developing IT leaders versed in both technology and business.
Connecting researchers, students and lecturers
Monash University is upping its use of next generation, high definition video conferencing in an effort to foster greater collaboration between students, lecturers and researchers.
