Tag: Microsoft

Election footing as PM lashes Big Tech on regulation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Prime Minister has applied a blow-torch to Big Tech at the G20 CEO Summit in Auckland, demanding the tech giants come up with industry codes of practice that...

Microsoft’s whole of government deal passes $800m

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Microsoft’s whole-of-government sourcing deal has swelled to more than $800 million, including more than doubling in the last two months, despite the US giant not yet receiving the newest...

A cloud hangs over Amazon data certification

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The world’s biggest cloud company Amazon Web Services has been certified under the federal government’s data sovereignty scheme despite its links to a controversial Chinese-owned data centre and the...

InnovationAus 2021 Awards: Defence finalists

Posted on   |  by Staff Writers
The defence sector is a fundamental pillar of Australian industrial development policy. The Prime Minister Scott Morrison made this abundantly clear when he added “Science and Technology” to Defence...

Microsoft enters Australian space race

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Microsoft Australia’s Lynn McDonald is on a mission to help the local space industry take off and “break the mould”, with an aim to have Microsoft as one of...

Govt hands Microsoft digital health contract

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has won a new contract with the Digital Health Agency following a closed tender process thanks to its whole-of-government sourcing agreement. The contract, posted publicly this week and...

Cloud giants’ security a ‘deep concern’ to govt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo says government has serious concerns with the security posture of global cloud computing giants like Amazon and Microsoft, and warned tightening data sovereignty requirements...