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Public Sector

DTA deal with SAP has grown to $315m

The Digital Transformation Agency has renewed its whole-of-government deal with German tech giant SAP, which is now worth $315 million. Last week the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) confirmed it...

Boeing’s first test for Loyal Wingman drone

Posted on   |  by Peter Roberts
Boeing Australia and the Royal Australian Air Force have announced a successfully completed first test flight for the Boeing Loyal Wingman autonomous plane, the first military aircraft to be designed and manufactured in...

Troubled ACS is now a $50m revenue charity

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The internally troubled Australian Computer Society has lodged its annual numbers with the charity’s regulator – a month late – clocking revenue of nearly $50 million for the 2020...

BCG gets $11.5m for Vic digital contact tracing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Boston Consulting Group was paid more than $11 million over three months to digitise the Victorian government’s paper-based COVID-19 contact tracing system late last year and implement Salesforce’s customer...

Deloitte paid $1.5m to run ATO social platforms

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will pay consulting giant Deloitte more than $1.5 million for its off-the-shelf online forum platform and social media management tools for use by the tax office....

Retained Economic Benefit is the next new thing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Spending by Australian governments on information technology is expected to exceed $13 billion this year, according to global research outfit Gartner. That’s an extraordinary amount of money and a...

Aussie space startups to launch bushfire satellite

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Three Australian space companies will unite to launch a bushfire detection satellite into orbit in a major milestone for building sovereignty capability in the local space sector. In-space transportation...

Govt backs off proposed Big Tech inquiry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A Liberal Senator has withdrawn his attempt to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the influence of Big Tech in Australia on the same day the federal government passed its...

Govt must help business tackle ransomware

Posted on   |  by Tim Watts
Maksim Yakubets cuts quite the figure driving his custom fluoro camouflage Lamborghini through the streets of Moscow. According to indictments filed in the United States, Yakubet could live this...

Manufacturing fund opens for medical products

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s $1.3 billion modern manufacturing fund is now open for medical products, with a focus on research translation and sovereignty. The Modern Manufacturing Initiative is the centrepiece...