Australian Computer Society on the hunt for new CEO

After his three-year tenure as a chief executive, Alan Patterson retires from the Australian Computer Society (ACS).  ACS Chief Financial Officer Kim Finch will temporarily take his place until t...

OneVentures seeks start-ups for $100m fund

OneVentures is looking for technology focused start-ups to support with a second-stage funding.  The fund is intended for start-ups who successfully completed an initial funding but are seeking for...

An Australian geek’s Snapchat payday

Jeremy Liew, Australia’s representative for the 1988 International Math Olympiad, is staking $US500,000 on Snapchat. Snapchat is making big names in the social media world, even Facebook tried b...

Wallace and Reid weave tech networks for women

[1] Flamingo’s Dr. Catriona Wallace and Epic Pharmacy’s Cathie Reid are working to put up an exclusive co-working space and incubator for women. [2] Co-working spaces geared towards women ...

How to cage a compute beast

TheAustralian Data Centre Strategy Summit will open this coming March 2015. Among the speakers are Dr Neil Stringfellow, executive director of the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth, Barry Nugent, ...

Online network maps to boost renewables

Through ARENA’s $425,000 funding, yearly online updated maps of electricity network constraints will be available online. ISF Research Director Chris Dunstan confirms the maps will offer advanta...