Tag: Microsoft

Senate to probe govt AI deals in data centre inquiry

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The impact of Australia’s data centre boom and the regulation of the artificial intelligence companies driving it will be examined by a parliamentary inquiry established on Wednesday. The six...

Gig Guide: Bishop resignation cuts ANU term short

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Former Coalition grande dame Julie Bishop has stepped down as Chancellor of the scandal-ridden Australian National University, seven months before her term was due to end. Ms Bishop has...

Microsoft wins Victorian backing for second data centre school

Posted on   |  by David Allen
The Victorian government has backed Microsoft’s second Australian training facility for data centre workers, matching the company’s funding for a program based in Melbourne’s inner west. Victoria University’s Nicholson...

Big Tech, STEM employers struggle on gender pay parity

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Women working for some of the most prominent technology companies in Australia face pay gaps of nearly triple the national average, analysis of the latest Workplace Gender Equality Agency...

Gig Guide: Craig Scroggie to chair Data Centres Australia

Posted on   |  by David Allen
NEXTDC chief executive and managing director Craig Scroggie has been appointed the inaugural chair of Australia’s peak data centre industry body. Data Centres Australia on Friday unveiled its first...

DTA seals new Microsoft mega-deal on promise of cost certainty

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The federal government has inked a new mega-deal with tech giant Microsoft, promising greater savings for agencies after a strategic review found discounts were “difficult to quantify”. The Digital...