MyGov portal open to business by 2016
[1] The Australian Coalition government’s myGov digital mail platform will be expanded to businesses from 2016. [2] According to the Digital Transformation Office (DTO), the planned 2016 release of ...
OurCrowd scores Australian crowd-sourcing record
[1] A crowd-funding platform for “sophisticated” investors has closed what it’s seen as the largest equity crowd-funding round in Australia, raising $1.5 million for local mobile health firm Glo...
Aust start-up sector lagging
[1] Prominent players in the startup sector have pointed out that Australia has the chance to become Asia’s hub for hi-tech start-ups, but is losing the race to Singapore. [2] Treasurer J...
Kiwi SaaS provider eyes up US market following partner network expansion
[1] Eight Wire, a New Zealand and SaaS data integration platform company, now allows Australian customers to integrate Cloud and on premise systems with AWS Redshift. [2] Companies traditionally relie...
Hardware hacks dominate first national Unearthed innovation challenge
[1] More than seventy developers from Queensland co-working space River City Labs participated in the Unearthed innovation challenge. [2] Unearthed director Zane Prickett says it was great seeing a lo...
Redu.us’ journey from AngelCube to Chile, to the top of the App Store
[1] Redu.us’ app Newton is an educational app geared towards helping children with addition and subtraction. [2] The app landed on the number one spot last month in the Games/Educational category on...
The definitive guide for Australian start-ups
[1] The start-up sector has been getting busy as everyone is always on the lookout for the next trends. [2] It’s not easy matching innovative ideas with funding, so investment group Macdoch Vent...
Zooming in on Australia Post’s patch
[1] On demand courier service Zoom2u has launched a new Australia-wide overnight delivery service, taking advantage of Australia Post’s financial woes and decline in its delivery services. [2] Accor...
Aussie companies to spend $2.5 billion on datacentres in 2015: Gartner
[1] Gartner’s annual CIO survey has shown that Australian organisations are set to spend $2.5 billion on data centre systems in this year – an increase from $2.3 billion in 2014. [2] This ...
Australian government ICT spending to surpass $6.2 billion by 2018
[1] According to analyst firm, IDC, Australian Government ICT spending is set to surpass $6.2 billion by 2018. [2] This is attributed to the continued primary focus of IT investments aimed at driving ...