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IT company Cirrus Networks has secured a managed service contract with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Victoria.

West Perth-based Amristar Solutions has secured a $4.5 million state government contract for ICT services, while ASX-listed Cirrus Networks has been awarded a $2.5 million contract to manage data services for Crown Resorts.

Perth-based IT company Cirrus Networks has been awarded a $2 million service contract with the University of Western Australia.

Subiaco-based Cirrus Networks has won a $3 million cyber security contract with oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum.

Perth marketing agency Roobix has substantially expanded its customer base and staffing by acquiring the assets of Titan Digital for $3.5 million.

Subiaco-based Cirrus Networks has won a $5 million contract for an undisclosed federal government agency.

Shares in Cirrus Networks rocketed early this morning but eased off during the day, as the market digested a trading update detailing several completed contracts.

Perth-based IT solutions provider Cirrus Networks has secured a $13 million contract with federal government agency Geoscience Australia.

Cirrus Networks has become the second Perth-based IT services firm to receive a takeover offer in recent weeks, after Victoria's Webcentral Group made an on-market bid.

The board of Cirrus Networks has rejected what is calls an inadequate takeover bid from Webcentral Group that valued the Perth-based IT services business at about $30 million.

Cirrus Networks' board has continued to reject a takeover proposal made by Webcentral Group, which is now seeking to remove three directors of the local IT services firm.

A hostile takeover of local IT services firm Cirrus Networks has escalated, after its Victorian bidder alleged the target made a number of inaccurate statements that could mislead shareholders.