Author: Joseph Brookes

Subscription shift forces Defence into $178m VMWare mega-deal

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Defence has consolidated its VMWare arrangements, including some perpetual licences, into a new almost $180 million mega deal after the virtualisation supplier’s shift to a subscription model. The new...

Gates-backed founder: Use SERD to scale biotech intelligence

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Australia’s subscale capabilities in developing new drugs will need smart policy and emerging tech to bridge the decade-long divide between medical research and commercialisation. That’s according to Dr Craig...

Tainted NDIA tech, Digital ID cop audits

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Controversial National Disability Insurance Scheme software and Australia’s fledgling Digital ID system will go under the audit office microscope this year amid concerns about both schemes. The audit on...

The strings attached to Future Made in Australia billions

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Companies vying for large slices of the $23 billion Future Made in Australia program will need to have union friendly policies, community engagement plans and publicly show their tax...

AI data mining: PC hops back on the copyright fence

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The Productivity Commission has cooled on its controversial proposal to amend copyright law so AI models can more easily train on Australian content, recommending the government bide its time...

Legislation drafters’ cloud shift broke procurement rules

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The Commonwealth entity in charge of drafting and publishing Australia’s laws repeatedly breached procurement rules in a $13 million project to shift Australia’s most important legislation register to the...