Tag: BoM

Bureau of Meteorology takes ERP upgrade plunge

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Bureau of Meteorology will upgrade from its ageing SAP enterprise software, with new contractors and eventually a systems integrator to deliver the modernisation project over at least three...

How Accenture wooed the BoM again

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Documents produced by the Senate last week offer a rare look into how one of the government’s biggest tech suppliers leveraged its partner deals and chopped up its pricing...

Fixes push BoM website costs closer to $100m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
No Bureau of Meteorology staff or its tech contractors will face sanctions for its $98 million website bungle, its recently appointed chief executive Stuart Minchin confirmed on Monday. At...

BoM launched website as tech overhaul slipped again

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Bureau of Meteorology missed an already extended deadline for its $1 billion backend technology overhaul in June, only completing the foundational project after its shambolic website launch. InnovationAus.com...

Storm damage: BoM apologises for website bungle

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The head of the Bureau of Meteorology has apologised for a bungled update to his bureau’s website after being hauled before the Environment minister to explain changes that stem...

Gig Guide: National science council gets two new members

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Two Australian scientists with distinguished careers in genetics and molecular biology have taken up a seat on the federal government’s peak science and technology advisory council. Professor Archa Fox...

Canberra’s third AWS mega-deal lurches to life

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Bureau of Meteorology has inked a $7.4 million cloud service deal with AWS, kicking off the US hyperscaler’s new whole of government arrangement as a review of volume...

BoM tech overhaul ‘rebadged’ as costs pass $900m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A new report has confirmed the Bureau of Meteorology’s mammoth tech upgrade is ongoing and will take at least a year and $36 million more than when the project...