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• Optus Business restructure integrates Alphawest, NCS

  Optus has completed a business restructuring that integrates Optus Business with Alphawest and SingTel subsidiary NCS. The groups, which serve enterprise and government customers, previously operated separately.

• Tablets replacing PCs at Australian schools: IDC

  The Australian education sector is increasing its spending on tablets and cloud infrastructure as demand for PCs fall, according to analysts at IDC.

• Telstra and Jetstar sign multi-million contract

  Telstra has signed a multi-million dollar network application and services contract with Jetstar in Asia.

• ICT upgrade drives Yokohama Tyre to cloud

  Yokahama Tyre Australia is moving to the cloud following a recent ICT upgrade, according to the company’s IT manager, Duance Hum.

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  Vic govt to tap cloud, increase use of shared services

  The Victorian government will use cloud computing infrastructure and increase the use of shared services to deliver its new whole-of-government ICT strategy, according to the state's new chief technology advocate, Grantly Mailes.

• Conroy urges big data in government, better ICT education

  The federal government should use big data “to improve its delivery of services to the public, the community and businesses,” communications minister Senator Stephen Conroy said this morning at the Navigating Big Data summit in Canberra.

• Grantly Mailes to drive Coalition ICT strategy in Victoria

  The former first CIO of the South Australian government has been named the first 'chief technology advocate' of Victoria.

• Environment Department to build ICT service providers panel

  The government seeks to establish an enterprise ICT panel of service providers at the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

• Communications spending to soar: IDC

  The Australian communications and media sector will spend $5.7 billion this year, up from $5.5 billion this year, IDC predicted in a market report released today.

• Parliament gets ready for BYOD, gears up for mobility

  The Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) is developing a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy and is equipping staff with mobile devices as part of its ICT reorganisation, the new CIO, Eija Seittenranta told CIO Australia.

• Budget uncertainty to impact government ICT spending: IDC

  The government will likely be cautious about spending on ICT in the next 12 months, according to a report by IDC analysts.

• NSW gov to spend $6.7 million to drive ICT collaboration

  The New South Wales government will spend $6.7 million over four years for Innovate NSW, an initiative meant to drive collaboration among small and medium enterprises, researchers, major corporations and end users.

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  NTT Communications seeks to make a name for itself in Australia

  Japanese telco NTT Communications has lofty ambitions: it wants to be Australia’s top provider of network, cloud, data centre and other ICT services, according to a director with the company.

• IT workers want training from employers – to help them land new jobs: report

  IT employees are increasingly looking for employers to provide vendor or industry certificate training – to help them land their next job, according to recruitment firm, Ambition.

• NSW government commits $3 million to Interactive Media Fund

  Digital media companies in NSW are set to get a boost, with funding of $3 million over the next two years.