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Gaming start-up Scalify receives $2m funding boost from Starfish Ventures

New start-up company Scalify has received a $2 million funding boost from Starfish Ventures for its peer-to-peer technology called Badumna.

By Stephanie McDonald | 14 May, 2012 12:01

Tags: nicta
NICTA to lead $5m geothermal energy project

National ICT Australia (NICTA) has established an ICT-enabled geothermal energy initiative; the first project to be funded under the Federal Government’s $126 million Emerging Renewables Program.

By Diana Nguyen | 08 March, 2012 16:12

Tags: Data Fusion and Machine Learning for Geothermal Target Exploration, geothermal, geothermal energy, nicta
ACT government to hand NICTA $12 million

The Australian Capital Territory government will hand National ICT Australia (NICTA) $12 million in funding to further research and strengthen relationships between NICTA and ACT government agencies and the community of Canberra.

By Diana Nguyen | 21 February, 2012 14:45

Tags: ACT government, National ICT Australia (NICTA), nicta
Canberra student takes out top ‘Unleash Your App’ award

A Canberra undergraduate student has taken out the top ‘Unleash Your App’ award after developing an Android app for public transport users.

By Lisa Banks | 21 November, 2011 14:08

Tags: app developers, nicta, NICTA Australian Technology Park Laboratory, optus, Unleash your App
Optus and NICTA launch mobile app competition for students

Undergraduate university students across Australia have been called on to develop Android-based applications for the 'Unleash your App' competition, with the chance to win $5000 in prize money.

By Chloe Herrick | 12 September, 2011 14:10

Tags: Android, mobile apps, National ICT Australia (NICTA), nicta, optus, Optus Digital Media, Unleash your App
Carbon, transport costs set to plummet thanks to NICTA's Intelligent Fleet Logistics project

Transport costs and carbon emissions could be slashed via a new Intelligent Fleet Logistics project under development by National ICT Australia (NICTA).

By Lisa Banks | 14 July, 2011 12:23

Tags: carbon credits, carbon emissions, nicta
NICTA set to tackle conservative Cloud adoption, collaboration

Conservative adoption of Cloud computing and a lack of interaction between the research and design (R&D) and commercial sectors are two big issues that National ICT Australia’s (NICTA) new Cloud business strategist, Bruce McCabe, is keen to tackle.

By Lisa Banks | 16 June, 2011 12:21

Tags: cloud, cloud computing, nicta, NICTA Bruce McCabe, R&D
Cloud computing self-regulation needed: Analyst

Self-regulation would lead to a more trustworthy, local Cloud provider industry and avoid contractual hassles, according to an analyst firm.

By Hamish Barwick | 17 February, 2011 10:46

Tags: cloud, csiro, Longhaus, nicta, westpac
NSW procurement changes highlight schism with industry

The NSW Government has urged the state’s ICT industry to back forthcoming changes to procurement contracts but consternation among some have shown a continuing need to iron out differences.

By James Hutchinson | 09 December, 2010 16:44

Tags: Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), csc, nicta, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally
OK Labs' virtualisation deployed in one billion devices

National ICT Australia (NICTA) has reported that its Open Kernel Labs spin-off has notched up the billionth deployment of its virtualisation software on a mobile device.

By Computerworld Staff | 04 November, 2010 17:34

Tags: mobile, nicta, OK Labs, smartphones, virtualisation, Virtualization
Robotics guru automates cat herding for NICTA

The next chief executive for government-funded innovation body, National ICT Australia (NICTA), has big plans when he assumes the role later this year.

By James Hutchinson | 14 October, 2010 17:19

Tags: careers, Hugh Durrant-Whyte, nicta, robotics
E-government cluster boots up with $250k funding

A technology cluster aimed at supporting and strengthening government ICT industries in Australia will inject $150,000 into the industry in 2010, with a commitment for a further $100,000 per annum through to 2011-12.

By Georgina Swan | 10 September, 2009 14:46

Tags: ACT, e-government, nicta
New Linux-based technology to make ‘smarter’ GPS

Sick of having your GPS tell you to turn the wrong way up a one-way street or lead you to a dead end? Fear not: Linux-based technology developed at NICTA is on its way to help make personal navigation systems more accurate.

By Dahna McConnachie | 06 August, 2009 07:51

Tags: GPS, Linux, mapping, nicta
Conroy kicks off ICT careers week

Communications minister Stephen Conroy today launched the second ever National ICT Careers Week, touting that now is the perfect time to begin an ICT career.

By Computerworld Staff | 27 July, 2009 15:10

Tags: acs, Google, IT jobs, National Broadband Network (NBN), NBN, nicta, Stephen Conroy
NICTA opens its software to the world

Research organisation National ICT Australia (NICTA) has stepped up its support for open source software by launching the OpenNICTA portal where people can view and download software developed and licensed by the organisation.

By Dahna McConnachie | 16 July, 2009 08:25

Tags: nicta, Open Kernel Labs, opensource, R&D