
Canberra college de-risks information management and strengthens compliance with Castlepoint
Castlepoint Systems has announced that Canberra’s Radford College has implemented Castlepoint’s explainable AI (XAI) platform to underpin its information management and governance framework, allowing the school to remain compliant with industry regulations and reduce risk as it executes on its Digital On Demand strategy.

Catholic Development Fund Deploys Boomi to Automate Complex Fiscal Processes
Catholic financial services company overhauls manual corporate card reconciliation for 293 schools with Boomi-integrated framework.

University of Canberra partners with Nutanix to optimise cloud computing capabilities
Decade-long partnership slashes infrastructure needs, improves carbon footprint, and sets foundation for AI research. Now, 90 per cent of the University’s core applications run on Nutanix

Research shows Australian enterprise leading the world in AI adoption
The sixth annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index finds “cloud smart” infrastructure modernisation is accelerating Australia’s AI and sustainability agendas

Australian Organisations Experienced Highest Rate of Data Breaches, Reports Rubrik Zero Labs
Based on the global average, almost 50 per cent more data breaches impact Australian organisations, and nearly all Australian organisations who fell victim to a ransomware event paid attackers to recover data or stop the attack.

EVOS Secures $4m and Seeks Additional $6m to expand capabilities in Australia
Initial $4m secured through existing investors, with the total $10m sought to increase sales and marketing in Australia, expand its manufacturing capability locally and meet demand for sales in overseas markets

Construction Cost Inflation on Verge of Reacceleration Upward, Warns Oxford Economics Australia
Construction cost Inflation may accelerate to over four per cent per annum after FY2028, potentially adding $200m on top of a $1bn project.

CplusC Architects + Builders transforms regenerative home builds with Autodesk
CplusC Architects + Builders (‘CplusC’) has transformed the design and delivery of unique and regenerative premium homes with the help of Autodesk.
Motorola Solutions Helps Rescue Volunteers in New South Wales to Communicate with Clarity in the Harshest Conditions
Volunteer rescue organisation, VRA Rescue NSW, has announced the deployment of SmartConnect from Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) to extend the reach and capacity of its mission-critical radio communications

Snowflake Launches Arctic: The Most Open, Enterprise-Grade Large Language Model
Snowflake Arctic adds truly open large language model with unmatched intelligence and efficiency to the Snowflake Arctic model family

Study finds 83 per cent of Australia and New Zealand SMBs concerned about economic conditions
Constant Contact’s global SMB report reveals 50 per cent of Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) businesses spend less than $15,000 per year on marketing, and 23 per cent spend less than $1,500

Neuroscience Research Australia and the Talent Development Project launch “Music and Memories”
Emerging singer songwriters collaborate with people diagnosed with dementia to create original songs inspired by real life.

Australia to avoid technical recession, but inflation to keep rate cuts off the agenda until Q4 this year: Oxford Economics Australia
Brisk population growth is expected to be the key pillar of Australia avoiding a technical recession, but the issue of inflation – as it is globally – is set to persist in 2024, with impacts across all sectors of the Australian economy.

Nozomi Networks Secures $100 Million Investment to Accelerate Mission to Defend the World’s Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threats
Latest round includes investments from Mitsubishi Electric and Schneider Electric; spotlights demand for an OT/IoT security platform that supports heterogeneous operating environments

Constant Contact Appoints New Executives to Enable Rapid Growth in the Asia Pacific Region
Company appoints Gerard Smith and Sam Whitmore to accelerate regional growth and enhance new and existing partnerships.
Australian start-up Quasar selected by US Government-backed Catalyst Accelerator
Australian start-up Quasar Satellite Technologies (‘Quasar’) has been selected as one of seven companies – and the only international organisation – to participate in the 13th Catalyst Accelerator, a program powered by the US Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RV).

Nearly Half Of Aussie Organisations Likely To Reduce Decarbonisation Spend If Economic Conditions Worsen
ENGIE Impact’s 2024 Net Zero Report also finds that Australian businesses are down on confidence when it comes to enacting decarbonisation strategies
Toowoomba Regional Council Enhances Route to Digital Services With Boomi
Boomi announced that Toowoomba Regional Council has implemented the Boomi platform to streamline digital services delivery to residents and drive key initiatives such as its Internet of Things (IoT) water infrastructure project.

Manly Set for Page-Turning Event in March
50 authors announced for the inaugural Manly Writers’ Festival

CSIRO spin-out Quasar’s world first Space Domain Awareness launch to revolutionise space industry
Australian start-up launches satellite ground station to provide government, defence, intelligence agencies and private sector view of all satellites in orbit