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Project home builder Montgomery Homes has claimed that it is NSW’s first project home builder to offer virtual reality tours.

Specialist IT project delivery company Avec has appointed Malcolm J. Barnes as General Manager – Sales for NSW.

Western Australia-based IT services provider Empired has appointed Daragh Henchy as customer experience (CX) strategist for NSW.

A multidisciplinary team of academics and students from the University of Sydney has collaborated with NSW Health Infrastructure to produce a "simple, low cost ventilator solution" to assist the COVID-19 effort.  

The NSW Government has started a tender process for its $100 million Gig State project aimed at delivering new network infrastructure and a boost to internet capacity for regional communities and businesses in the State.

The number of documents uploaded to My Health Records by healthcare providers continues to soar, with the total in December 2019 reaching nearly 13 million records - up from 12.5 million in November.

Technology from Aussie Broadband is being used to help the broadband provider’s customers affected by the horrendous NSW fires.

The rollout of the national mobile blackspot program has seen the town of Panuara South in central NSW become the latest community to have mobile phone coverage improved with the switching on of a new tower by Optus.

Perth-based home automation company, Quantify Technology has sealed a distribution agreement with 8Digital for the distribution of its products in Queensland.

The Australian Computer Society has appointed former StartCon chief executive Cheryl Mack as its NSW state manager.

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 second largest telco Optus is preparing to build 16 new mobile sites as part of the NSW Government’s mobile black spot program at a total cost of $12 million, with half of the funding provided by Optus itself and half by the State Government.

Microsoft Australia has officially launched its traineeship program, which it says is part of its commitment to helping the pursuit of careers in the technology industry.

The ACCC has warned of scammers impersonating energy and telecommunications providers and demanding payments in the wake of thousands of fake billing scams costing consumers losses of nearly $8000.

Vodafone has expanded its Australia-wide mobile network, adding 128 new mobile sites across the network.

The NSW Government has backed Sydney software company Momentum Cloud’s national and international expansion and the company’s plans to create 92 jobs over five years in the state.

The federal government spent $5.2 billion on ICT last year and further investment by the government in technology is forecast to grow by 1.7% annually to $6.2 billion by 2018, with IT services to the value of $2.75 billion attracingt the lion’s share of that money.

NICTA has launched a pilot of its Digital Service Kiosks at the Kiama Municipal Council in New South Wales as part of its strategy to increase access to crucial government services.

Despite avoiding a drop off in October, demand for executives in the IT sector dropped 9% in November, continuing a three-year period of generally flat demand in the technology industry.

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for employers to find appropriately qualified ICT professionals to fill available jobs, with recruiters struggling to source talented candidates to fill vacant roles.