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The Girl Geek Academy’s flagship program #SheHacks, which launched as a global first in 2014, is now running statewide across Victoria in 2020 from February to April.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced funding for two hydrogen prjoects as it continues to ramp up the allocaton of funds for the development of renewables.

A survey of 22,000 motorists in Victoria, carried out in late 2019, has found that more of them prefer hybrid power for their next car, rather than a petrol engine, while the preference for all-electric vehicles is also growing.

The Victorian Government is funding a trial, to be implemented by NNNCo to test Internet of Things (IoT) technology on farms in four regional areas of the State.

Internet service provider Aussie Broadband has expanded its network, establishing a new call centre in the outer Melbourne suburb of Lynbrook, and partnering with Learn Local to help meet its staffing requirement for the centre.

Real-time event and risk detection AI platform Dataminr has opened its ANZ headquarters and operations centre in Melbourne as it begins the process of expanding into the region.

Deakin University will be the first university in Australia to offer a fully accredited cyber security qualification, under Australia’s first cyber security course accreditation scheme, after being awarded the course by the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

Car sharing service GoGet is claiming a 43% increase in Victoria this year in the use of its services by seniors hard-pressed by the expense of continuing to operate a private car.

Optus is claiming a world-first with the successful completion of an end to end 5G data test call over its 2300MHz spectrum.

A landmark 750 new or improved mobile base stations have now been completed as the Australian Government’s mobile blackspot program to improve and enhance mobile phone coverage in regional and rural Australia continues to be rolled out.

The scientific & technical and professional services industries were amongst the industry sectors performing well, above the average, in September according to the latest business confidence report by Roy Morgan Research.

Nine days ago, the Victorian Government announced that it would be providing $200,000 for a program to help Microsoft train more people in the use of its software. It came, ironically, just a day after regional Victorian hospitals were hit by ransomware – something that, by far, only attacks Microsoft's Windows operating system.

Passengers on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry service between Devonport and Melbourne now have access to high-speed Internet, with a partnership by the ferry operators with Australian satellite internet provider, IPSTAR Broadband.

Microsoft Australia is extending its traineeship program to Victoria in partnership with the Victorian Government and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

Data from drivers' licences issued in Victoria will be uploaded to the Federal Government's National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution, following an agreement reached by the Council of Australian Governments.

The City of Whittlesea council in northern Melbourne has commenced deployment of the Nintex cloud-based solution Promapp throughout its council operations.

Bellarine Community Health on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula has undertaken a transformation using Microsoft’s cloud-based solution that streamlines the delivery of care and ensures compliance with modern healthcare expectations.

The Information & Communication Technology sector is one of the top five industries showing the most salary growth in 2019, with average salaries upwards of $108,000, according to the latest salary report from jobs board SEEK.

Solar Victoria’s tough new requirements for the state’s top 150 solar retailers came into force on Monday, with the regulations aimed at helping protect retail customers and ensure all installations are of a high standard.

The Victorian Government will ban the use of mobile phones during school hours in state schools from the beginning of the school year in 2020, with the state's Education Minister James Merlino saying the ban is aimed at stopping cyber-bullying.