GovTech - Microsoft Australia Government Affairs Blog
PhotoDNA - Science on the Side of Abused Kids
Like many, I’ve long been a fan of the television show CSI:at least in most of its...
Author: MicrosoftAustralia Date: 03/19/2012
Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights Unveiled in the US
At the recent Cloud Summit in Canberra the issue of consumer data privacy and empowerment, data...
Author: MicrosoftAustralia Date: 02/23/2012
Facts - Climate Change - Sofware Donations
Earlier this week a series of media articles were published around the world (then linked to and...
Author: MicrosoftAustralia Date: 02/17/2012
Why Cloud Should Matter to Government
When the Federal Government announced its decision in 2008 to build a National Broadband Network...
Author: MicrosoftAustralia Date: 02/13/2012
Tips for Safer Internet Day
Today is Safer Internet Day around the world, an initiative that has focused attention on the...
Author: Microsoft Australia Date: 02/06/2012
SkyDrive App for Windows Phone and iPhone Now Available
MICROSOFT PRODUCT NEWS: The ability to store vast amounts of data in an always available place,...
Author: MicrosoftAustralia Date: 12/13/2011
Launch of the Institute of Metadata Management - NSW Chapter
On the evening of the 5th of December in Sydney, despite unseasonably cold weather and tropical...
Author: MicrosoftAustralia Date: 12/06/2011
The Big Picture Experience
Microsoft will host its inaugural The Big Picture Experience Event at the Melbourne and Sydney...
Author: Microsoft Australia Date: 11/21/2011
Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report
The Microsoft 2011 Citizenship Report shares some of the important work we’re doing in our...
Author: Microsoft Australia Date: 10/09/2011
Cybersmart program ‘Tagged’
As a member of the Government's Consultative Working Group on Cyber Safety, Microsoft is pleased to...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/12/2011
InfoXchange honoured at the 2011 iAwards
(Photo Left to Right: Pip Marlow Managing Director, Microsoft Australia; Andrew Mahar, CEO...
Author: sassoong Date: 08/18/2011
Privacy then and now
Guest blog post David Taylor, Director Privacy Awareness, Office of the Victorian Privacy...
Author: sassoong Date: 08/14/2011
Data breaches and how they should be managed
In recent times there have been some high profiles cases involving data breaches which have included...
Author: sassoong Date: 08/04/2011
Record donation figures and broadening of Software Donation Program
Microsoft Australia reached new heights with the Software Donation Program last financial year...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/27/2011
Be what's next with cloud computing
Cloud computing is empowering business, government and community organisations. In this Be what's...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/19/2011
Seller of Counterfeit Microsoft Software Pleads Guilty to Criminal Fraud and ordered to pay $90,000 in Civil Damages
On 9 February 2011, the Queensland Police raided the home of Mr. Howard Tsang, 27, after...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/28/2011
Classrooms across regional NSW connected to cyber safety program ThinkUKnow
The Minister for Home Affairs and Justice, Brendan O’Connor, connected Stanmore Public School...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/06/2011
Politics and Technology Forum – Openness and Transparency in Politics
Last week (1 June), Microsoft Australia supported by Open Forum, hosted its third Politics &...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/06/2011
State Government and Microsoft team up through new SMB Innovation Outreach Program
(Media Release from the Hon Simon Finn MP, Minister for Government Services, Building Industry and...
Author: sassoong Date: 06/02/2011
Improving Queensland government service delivery
Better connecting citizens to government was the main focus when Simon Finn, Queensland Minister for...
Author: sassoong Date: 05/22/2011
Be wary of scammers
This week Channel Nine’s A Current Affair (ACA) broadcast a story that centres on a...
Author: sassoong Date: 05/17/2011
Microsoft research reveals Australian families are making more time for interactive entertainment
Australian families are playing video games together around once a week with three out of four...
Author: sassoong Date: 05/13/2011
Industry iAwards 2011 Closing of Company Nominations
Over 17 years, the iAwards have become the premier technology awards platform in Australia. In 2011...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/27/2011
Privacy: It’s all about you
Microsoft Australia is proud to support Privacy Awareness week which takes place from 1-7 May...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/25/2011
Microsoft supports 4th Austrade mission to the USA
Austrade and Microsoft have again partnered to accelerate the success of the local Australian...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/14/2011
Do we trust the internet?
Technology and politics is more interwoven than ever before.We’ve seen sensitive government...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/12/2011
Cyber safety online survey for young Australians
The Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety is conducting an online survey of Australian youth aged...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/11/2011
Taking off in the cloud
Cloud computing and privacy was the focus of ADMA’s Cloud Computing Forum which took place...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/10/2011
NSW Department of Education and Training launches short film competition
Recently the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) launched the 2011 Short Film Awards to...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/10/2011
ThinkUKnow youth section arms children online
(Joint media release from Microsoft Australia and the Australian Federal Police) Children are being...
Author: sassoong Date: 04/05/2011
Looking into the future
The future of technology was the topic of discussion at yesterday’s address by...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/31/2011
Australia’s most innovative schools gather in Melbourne
Some of Australia’s most innovative schools and teachers will gather in Melbourne this week to...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/30/2011
Funding Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society
(Cross posted from ITWire)Microsoft Australia announced this week that it is to provide $400,000 to...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/28/2011
Cloud Power
Microsoft Australia is pleased to support ADMA’s Cloud Computing forum which will cover the...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/16/2011
Scams beware
Stuart Strathdee, Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft Australia, discusses the technology scam...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/09/2011
National Consumer Fraud Week
Next week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australasian Consumer...
Author: sassoong Date: 03/02/2011
Microsoft makes innovation payments to the ACT
Microsoft Australia has made payments totaling $784,222.58 to the Australian Capital Territory in...
Author: sassoong Date: 02/27/2011
Simplifying NSW Government services
Leader of the NSW Opposition, Barry O’Farrell last week visited the offices of Microsoft...
Author: sassoong Date: 02/15/2011