Tag: Bureau of Meteorology

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...

Gig Guide: Microsoft names local finance chief

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Microsoft has appointed Christopher Healey as chief financial officer for Australia and New Zealand, marking his return home after more than seven years based at the company’s Seattle headquarters. Mr...

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...