Tag: Microsoft

Gig Guide: Robin Khuda joins Australia-India advisory board

Posted on   |  by David Allen
AirTrunk founder and CEO Robin Khuda has been tapped to join the federal government’s Centre for Australia-India Relations advisory board. Mr Khuda was one of three new appointments to...

Global tech firms call for defensive surge to defeat AI hacks

Posted on   |  by Raphael Satter
Major tech companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon are calling for a society-wide defensive surge to defeat what they describe as an impending wave of hacks driven...

Defence signs $720m Microsoft deal, its largest ever

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Defence department is set to spend as much as $720 million on Microsoft software over the next five years under its largest-ever volume sourcing deal with the company....

Deal or levy: Parliament passes big tech news laws

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Parliament has passed the government’s revamped media bargaining laws, clearing the way for levies on tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets over the use...

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...

Canberra’s six-week Microsoft splurge nears $2bn

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Federal government Microsoft contracts are closing in on $2 billion in less than two months, with dozens more agencies signing on to new multi-year contracts under the latest iteration...