Health signs $33m networks deal with Optus
The federal Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has signed a $33 million deal with Optus for a managed network-as-a-service offering. Under the three-year contract, Optus will supply voice and data carriage and mobile services, alongside SD-WAN and secure access service edge or SASE, The deal marks an expansion of a previous agreement between Optus […]
In Pictures: Equinix AI infrastructure roundtable
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Cricket Australia to deploy SD-WAN, Teams Calling
Cricket Australia is set to deploy an SD-WAN backed by Aussie Broadband fibre, connecting all its offices and sites nationwide. The national domestic cricket governing body has named Aussie Broadband as official telecommunications partner for the sport, and will also use its telecommunications services. Aussie Broadband said in a statement this will include fibre-based services, […]
Defence trials AI radiocomms deception technology
The Australian Army is trialling technology that generates fake radio communications in order to mislead adversaries and protect frontline personnel. Known as TrapRadio, the system uses artificial intelligence to create synthetic radio traffic that mimics high-value communications or transmission patterns. Its goal is to divert enemy attention and resources away from real operations by creating […]
ElectraNet puts focus on information management
ElectraNet, an electricity transmission operator in South Australia, is setting up a central information management system and “single source of truth” built on OpenText. The company had previously implemented OpenText but only in part of the business. The software has since been “reconfigured” to run across the whole of ElectraNet and to “provide a better […]
NSW Education Standards Authority embarks on Records REMAP
NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) is transforming its records and information management, making systems and processes more user-centric and aligned to existing workflows. NESA’s Anthony Zilcer. The program of work is called Records REMAP – which stands for records reconfiguration, enablement, and maturity advancement program. TRIM administrator Anthony Zilcer told a recent OpenText summit that […]
APA Group to bring mobility, AI to engineering document repository
APA Group, an ASX-listed operator of natural gas and electricity assets, is scoping what it’s calling version “3.0” of its enterprise content management, encompassing technical upgrades and an embrace of mobile and AI. APA Group’s Jessica Redway (right) Enterprise content management specialist Jessica Redway told a recent OpenText summit in Sydney that the company’s main […]
Lake Macquarie City Council resets IT leadership with CTO role
Lake Macquarie City Council has promoted its acting chief information officer, Joshua Crooks, to the permanent leadership position of chief technology officer. In his new role, Crooks will lead the implementation of the council’s digital strategy and technology roadmap, with a focus on enhancing digital customer services and improving asset maintenance. Crooks has led Lake […]
NSW Rural Fire Service fits Starlink to its first 53 vehicles
NSW Rural Fire Service has fitted Starlink to the first 53 of a planned 5000 vehicles under a $69 million project, with 20 vehicles participating in tests. The NSW government committed to equipping the RFS’ operational fleet with Starlink-powered vehicle-as-a-node (VaaN) technology over three years in August last year, saying at the time that installations would […]
Newmont brings private 5G to its Cadia surface ops
Newmont has replaced wi-fi with private 5G to remotely control dozers working in the tailings area of its Cadia gold and copper mine in western NSW. Image credit: Newmont The miner has deployed Ericsson private 5G for so-called “teleremote” operation of the dozer fleet, which operates on the surface. Tailings are the leftover material after […]