Datacom Systems

Concerted investment in people has helped Rising Stars award winner Datacom Systems WA maintain strong growth despite challenging market conditions.

Perth-based information technology company Datacom has swooped on the failure of its peer XciteLogic to expand into new territory.

The increasingly competitive and evolving information technology market has resulted in the demise of a locally-founded player.Red 11 has officially become part of Datacom Systems resulting from a non-financial merger seen as mutually beneficial to both companies.

Perth-based Datacom Systems WA has beefed up its data centre capacity as demand for hosted and cloud-based services grows.

Former Kinetic general manager of service delivery and operations, Keith Morrison, has been appointed as general manager of Datacom Systems WA business solutions group.

A new leadership team has taken the helm at the Potato Marketing Corporation as the industry moves towards deregulation.

The state government has shortlisted six companies in the latest phase of its GovNext project to outsource its information and communications technology.

Small information and communication technology firms will have more opportunities to win state government work once the GovNext strategy is rolled out, according to chief information officer Giles Nunis.

In the age of social media, led by a generation of digital communicators, it may seem remarkable a tradition dating back millennia has not only survived, but is thriving.

SPECIAL REPORT: As Australian businesses grapple with a rapidly evolving and increasingly digitised economy, educators are shifting focus to the skills required in an uncertain future. 

The three international vendors that won the state government’s landmark GovNext contract say the initiative will provide local information and communication technology businesses with opportunities to share in the work.

One of the three prime contractors undertaking the state government’s GovNext ICT infrastructure project has recruited Perth-based IT services provider Empired as a subcontractor under a $15 million deal.

SPECIAL REPORT: The growing use of technology as a business enabler is creating opportunities for information and communication technology (ICT) firms.

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Fujitsu has committed to spend up to $17 million upgrading its Malaga data centre, where it is aiming to gain a competitive edge by securing the highest level of industry certification.