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Sirtex Medical has been awarded $2.6 million in its damages claim against former University of WA scientist Bruce Gray.

The federal government has been told the cost of the National Broadband Network could be capped at $26 billion as opposed to the original $43 billion earmarked for the project, and that it should be built without Telstra.

IT company ASG Group has acquired local SAP software provider Courtland Business Solutions in a multi-million dollar cash and scrip deal, opening up the SAP market to Oracle-focussed ASG for the first time.

Two Western Australian innovators have been awarded a combined $131,257 in the first round of federal government grants under the Commercialisation Australia scheme.

Perth-based office equipment financing company ThinkSmart is set to bolster its Italian operation, signing a two-year distribution deal with retailer Computer Discount.