Victorian government news stories

DDLS and The Australian Institute of ICT (AIICT) are joining forces to deliver 12 week training courses as part of the Victorian Government’s new Digital Jobs program.

Datacom picked up the Global Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network Public Sector Partner Award.

Funding the delivery of IoT network connectivity to each trial region is an important part of the On-Farm IoT Trial to ensure reliable network coverage to farmers.

The Victorian Government’s ICT shared services provider Cenitex has recently adopted a new cloud platform to service more than 26,000 Victorian public servants across the state.

Microsoft brings new efficiency to Parks Victoria with ParkConnect, a centralised management system for employees and stakeholders.

Melbourne is now home to Google’s first Victorian office after officially opening its doors last week.

The expansion has gained the support of the Victorian Government, which has provided business assistance to Mavenlink.

The strategy will protect government agencies and networks from cyber hacking threats, and will also help to protect the privacy of Victorians.

“It’s exciting to have global leaders like CyberGym in Melbourne to be part of our thriving cyber security and digital technology sector."

John O’Driscoll has taken up the CISO role and joins from his previous position as senior manager of Information and Technology Risk at ANZ.

Students can choose to take a 12-week internship at ANZ, Deakin, Dimension Data or the NAB after they have completed their studies.

Civica will undertake a major recruitment of existing employees to support the introduction of the Fines Reform Act and the new VIEW system.

Suzhou High-Tech Venture Capital Group is providing up to AU$80m in financial support to run the centre, and develop projects over the next 3 years.

The Victorian Government says it is ‘getting on’ with the state’s first Cyber Security Strategy to help protect itself from cyber threats.

The proposal comes on the back of the government’s announcement of Melbourne’s first fintech festival later this year.

Intersekt will run from October 27 until November 3 and will be held in partnership with FinTech Victoria, York Butter Factory and Next Money.

Victoria aims be Australia's first truly cyber ready state - and at the centre of the fast-growing cybersecurity ecosystem.

"Our ongoing investment in Australia cybersecurity expertise, local partnerships & regional tech infrastructure has been instrumental in growth."