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The Victoria Government will provide $3.5 million for testing connected and automated vehicle technology on roads in the state, with the aim of making roads in the state safer.

Decision-making platform provider Board International has appointed 20-year IT industry veteran Paul Miles as channel partner operations manager.

Melbourne’s Presbyterian Ladies College has chosen User Experience Insight solutions from network solutions provider Aruba to continuously monitor its network connectivity and performance.

IT solutions company Tquila ANZ has appointed 22-year IT industry veteran Andrew Burgess as the director of professional services.

Swinburne University of Technology has partnered with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to develop and deliver a Master of Financial Technologies (FinTech) degree.

An SMS chatbot — Hello Cass — aimed at providing helpful, anonymous information about family and sexual violence  is now available in Victoria, with a national release in the pipeline.

Australians have spent $1.4 billion in international roaming fees, prompting a call from one of the country’s larger telcos for travellers to review their phone plans ahead of the businest period for overseas travel, and to take steps to help avoid roaming charges.

The Australian arm of global software applications, digital solutions and managed services vendor Civica has acquired Australian SaaS and mobile software firm Asset Edge.

Australia’s Deakin University says it is “pushing the boundaries of what is possible between human interactions and artificial intelligence” with an investment of almost $33 million in its new Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute.

Singtel Optus has switched on a new mobile tower in Wharparilla as part of the Victorian Government's Mobile Black Spot Project,

Australia’s second largest telco, Optus, has switched on a new tower in Pomonal in regional Victoria as it continues to provide dedicated mobile phone coverage in more areas as part of its mobile blackspot program.

Companies switched to sending bills in digital form to their customers a good many years back, but Victoria's Manningham Council appears to have just woken up and discovered that such a thing exists.

Victoria is set to get improved mobile coverage and more reliable communications under Round 4 of the Federal Government’s mobile blackspot program.

Australian cloud software and product development specialist, Kablamo, has appointed Kirsty Trask as regional manager Melbourne.

Telstra has plans to invest more than $160 million on 600 mobile network projects in Victoria during the 2018-19 financial year, with the aim of eliminating black spots, improving data speeds and capacity.

The ICT industry was the second strongest contributor to job ad growth across Australia in 2018, with job ads up 12% last year compared to 2017, according to the latest employment report from online jobs board SEEK which also showed that across all industries the average advertised salary was up by 3.9% in 2018.

Automated vehicle technology will be tested in rural Victoria this year, with the State Government awarding Bosch $2.3 million from the Connected and Automated Vehicle Trial Grants Program and granting it the state’s first Automated Driving System permit for on-road testing of highly automated driving systems.

Broadcast transmission company Broadcast Australia has completed the installation of a Tesla Powerwall in Corryong, Victoria which will provide critical back-up power to support the ABC local radio service.

More than half (51%) of Australian workers are fearful about losing their jobs due to the impact of technologies like artificial intelligence and automation, according to new research released to coincide with the official opening of Swinburne University of Technology’s new Centre for the New Workforce.

Work management and collaboration software provider Wrike has formally opened its APAC headquarters in Melbourne,