The first video-gaming degrees have finally received government approval in New Zealand. Auckland's Media Design School will be running two degrees, aimed at supplying New Zealand's emerging games industry

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Surely IT is more than just a game?

Despite a tighter 2012-13 Federal Budget, the government's chief information officer Ann Steward has said that IT is still an important part of government spending, accounting for $1 billion in the Budget.

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Govt CIO praises budget's $1bn IT investment

Ausgrid is rolling out upgrades to the electricity grid in Port Stephens, with technology that will allow the network infrastructure to "talk" to operators on what might be wrong. (Cincinnati Mason Community "Power Nature & Man-Made" image by David Ohmer , CC BY 2.0 ) The technology will be installed into the part of the Port Stephens grid that supplies Nelson's Bay and Shoal Bay, where power lines can stretch up to 41km in length. At the moment, Ausgrid crews have to patrol these lines during blackouts or interruptions to determine the cause of the issue

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Ausgrid network to talk back to operators

Westpac announced yesterday that it has over a million users actively signing in and using its mobile banking platform regularly. But what does it take to build an app that people keep coming back to? The bank's chief information officer (CIO) says that it requires more care and research, than one might think

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Research key to good apps: Westpac CIO

SAP America is looking to develop "the business network of the future" with the acquisition of cloud-based business commerce network Ariba, at the price of US$45 per share, amounting to approximately US$4.3 billion. Each party will be bringing something significant to the table. Ariba already has the buyer-seller collaboration network, which is intended to compliment SAP's existing customer base, as well as its B2B and on-premise solutions

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The Department of Human Services (DHS) has stalled on its move towards a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy, stating that the market is too immature for it. Michael Harte (Credit: Commonwealth Bank of Australia) Speaking in the keynote panel session for CeBIT Cloud 2012, DHS general manager for strategy and architecture, Yusuf Mansuri, said that there is certainly a need for information to be mobile. He said that DHS employees often have to visit customers, but, unfortunately, they are restrained, due to regulation and the nature of information.

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Westpac has spent a year developing its own in-house app for securely taking and delivering notes on the iPad, solving a document-security puzzle that has troubled rivals for some time. (Westpac Bank (formerly Bank of New South Wales), Toowoomba-1 image by David Jackmanson , CC2.0 ) Westpac today showed off Tabula, an app designed for iPads, which was developed in-house for secure document transmission and dissemination by board members. Tabula allows Westpac's administrative staff to cobble together documents from all over the organisation that may be required for upcoming board meetings; customise them into an agenda packet for each board member; encrypt them internally; and send them electronically to the iPad

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Westpac board goes paperless with iPads

Business-technology exhibition CeBIT 2012 kicked off today, bringing together a who's who of technology players.

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Wireless-broadband specialist BigAir has acquired Allegro Networks in an effort to bolster its position in the corporate fixed-wireless and tertiary student accommodation internet markets. BigAir is paying $7.5 million, plus a sum of up to $3 million, depending on Allegro's revenue for the 2013 financial year - which is expected to be between $5 and $6 million. For the $3 million to be payable, student revenue has to exceed $2.2 million and non-student revenue has to exceed $3.3 million in the financial year.

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Qantas executives will once again play musical chairs in a familiar game that sees the airline's head of technology promoted into the top job within the airline's low-cost subsidiary, Jetstar. (Qantas tail image by mateoutah , CC2.0 ) Jayne Hrdlicka is currently the group executive for Strategy and Technology for Qantas. As of 1 July, she will become CEO of Jetstar.

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