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Advanced Braking Technology chief executive Ken Johnsen has secured the largest grant of any company in Australia.

Western Australia’s mining sector has again proven its worth to related service providers with an information technology company receiving a significant award for work with BHP Billiton.ITC Global has been named a key winner in the WA information technology and communications awards.

A suite of educational software for high school students and a remote operations communication platform for the resources sector are among the Western Australian winners at national technology awards ceremony, the iAwards.

The Department of Commerce-run WA Innovator of the Year awards will continue in 2014 despite a 70 per cent cut to the department’s budget for industry and technology.

SPECIAL REPORT: The Springboard program nurtures selected WA start-up leaders to think of their concepts and potential earnings in global terms.

SEQTA software enables schools to manage attendance, student welfare, lesson planning, marking and reporting.

Joondalup-based SEQTA Software has appointed Tim Simkiss to the newly created role of chief operations officer.Mr Simkiss previously worked at South Africa’s Standard Bank.SEQTA has also appointed Red Meets Blue Design director Tim Brewer as an executive director.

Educational software provider SEQTA has capped a remarkable year of growth, being named the Business News Rising Stars award winner for 2015.

A commitment to making things easier in education has been the key to success for this year’s Rising Stars winner. Click through to see more on SEQTA Software and the other winners of Business News' 2015 Rising Stars awards.

The 2015 Rising Stars shine a light on the bright future for business in WA.

This year's Business News Rising Stars award winner, Seqta, has concluded a capital raising with support from a number of high-profile investors, including Mineral Resources chief executive Chris Ellison and chairman Peter Wade, Revel Systems investor Sean Tomlinson and Navitas co-founder Peter Larsen.

SPECIAL REPORT: Funding for WA’s tech sector is much healthier than a recent government-backed report concluded, research by Business News has found.

Having the technical skills to develop software in-house is a key point of difference for successful startups.

Past winners of the Business News Rising Stars growth companies awards have continued to make news, particularly those with private backing.

Educational software developer SEQTA has entered into a collaboration agreement with Perth-based consulting company JourneyOne.

For Perth to become an innovation hub, in a global context, there will need to be a step-change from a range of stakeholders – the startup community and its funders, schools and universities, and, importantly, the state government – in order to support the structural change needed to achieve significant success.

EY has named 13 West Australian finalists in its annual Entrepreneur of the Year awards while also announcing Adrian Fini as its latest Champion of Entrepreneurship.

Western Australia is in good hands if the quality of the 2016 Rising Stars awards is anything to go by. Click through to see our special report on all of the winners announced last night.

The latest winners in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards have illustrated the diverse potential of the state’s economy by developing value-adding businesses in sectors including education, oil and gas, agriculture, and construction.

Power Ledger remains in the top spot on Techboard’s ranking table for the second fortnight running, having announced its first commercial deal for the provision of its technology platform.

SPECIAL REPORT: More than 5 million jobs in Australia are at risk of digital disruption during the next 20 years, with a range of industries having already exchanged human capital for automated software and machinery. 

Perth company SEQTA Software has combined with Melbourne-based Synergetic Management Systems to create Australia’s largest education software business.

OPINION: The startup and innovation sector is well prepared for the challenge ahead.

The investment holding company that has bought Perth startup success story SEQTA Software is poised to lead further rationalisation in the education software sector.

Local entrepreneur Tim Brewer has joined a cohort of mentors and advisers for a new Perth-based startup accelerator program, Plus Eight, which will begin in March, around the same time Commonwealth Bank of Australia will bring its Pop Up Innovation Lab to town.

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