ACS Week in Review: 15 February 2013
ACS in the news
Topics in the news:
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Digital Economy: Game developers call for tax support, Adobe faces pricing questions
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Government: VIC State government releases IT plan, gaps exposed in Cyber defense plan
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Cloud: AGIMO expands Government panel
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Telecommunications: ACMA and CommCom sign MoU
News for ACS Newsfeed
Digital Economy
Cloud
- AGIMO have added 14 new firms to the Australian Government Cloud Panel, including Dimension data and AAPT. They join a no 49 strong list of organisations who can provide cloud services to government departments.
- Evernote has launched their business services in Australia, following its roll out to six other international markets in December last year. The services aim to address CIOs and CTOs concerns about employee information security.
Telecommunications
- ACMA and the newly established telecoms compliance body CommCom have signed an MOU to enforce the new Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code.
- Optus has reported a decline in revenues for a third consecutive quarter, falling 5.7 per cent to 2.28 billion in the three months to December 31.
Government Announcements
Opposition Announcements