INFORMATION technology incubator Entrepreneurs in Residence (EiR) may soon be without Federal Government funding as Canberra prepares to wind down the Building on IT Strengths (BITS) incubator program.
WESTERN Australia’s web development industry is reaping the benefits of larger IT spends off the back of growing positive sentiment in the State’s ICT sector.
LOCAL e-learning specialist Westinfo Services has won an award for the second year running at the Thomson NETg annual Channel Partner Conference in Cannes, France.
A CAPITAL raising undertaken by wireless technology company Wavenet International Limited closed fully subscribed last week, with the company raising $A5,000,000 through a share placement.
TEN Western Australian companies exhibited at this year’s
CeBIT conference at a Western Australia stand organised through the Department
of Industry and Resources.
COMPETITION is likely to intensify within the voice services sector in the latter half of this year as several players begin to drive the battle into the residential Voice over Internet Protocol market space (VoIP).
A TECHNOLOGY Park start-up claims to have produced a world first in its field and is preparing to take its solution to market at a fraction of the cost of current market offerings.
THERE has been a marked increase in local activity in the Voice over Internet Protocol market as VoIP business models emerge in the US, Europe and Japan.
THE push to create a Western Australian-based annual information communications technology showcase has gained momentum with almost half of available space booked at the ambitious Comm-IT WA exhibition and conference.
THE intellectual property clauses of the recently negotiated Australia-US Free Trade Agreement are causing concern to some in the ICT and software development industry.
WITH the Federal Government’s Spam Act now in effect, some Western Australian organisations are considering how they will conduct aspects of their business to make sure they are in line with the new laws.
KWINANA Technology Business Incubator has signed an agreement with one of South-East Asia’s highest profile technology centres as part of a plan to establish a regional technology network.
IINET managing director Michael Malone has secured the top individual honour at this year’s Western Australian Information Technology and Telecommunications Awards.
WESTERN Australia has the highest proportion of tech-savvy farmers in the nation, according to the latest statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
In the back blocks of Canning Vale, where Perth’s urban sprawl gives way to small farm lots, a group of scientists is creating a unique research and development centre.
WESTERN Australian ICT organisations, in conjunction with the State Government, are planning a joint study into the needs of ICT employers with regards to graduates and employee t
JOB sentiment in Western Australia’s information communication technology sector has been buoyed by two separate reports indicating a significant improvement in the employment levels for ICT professionals.
WA’S Internet service providers have continued their criticism of Telstra for alleged anti-competitive behaviour despite the telco responding to regulatory and market pressure to cut its wholesale prices.
WIRELESS specialist Memo Communications is developing a niche market for its products to assist hearing-impaired workers gain employment and work more effectively.
AFTER several years of less-than-impressive growth, online advertising looks ready to make a comeback, with revitalised interest in the medium leading to multi-million dollar jumps in expenditure in the past year.
PERTH-BASED information technology company AutumnCare Systems has set out to capitalise on the significant growth expected in the aged care market over the next decade.
WHILE it’s too early to gauge the long-term prospects of subscriber-based online DVD rental companies, the increasing number of new players entering the market suggests strong support for the idea.
