GovTech - Microsoft Australia Government Affairs Blog
Microsoft Welcomes Federal Commitment to Value for Money Procurement
The release (on January 27) by the Federal Special Minister of State, the Honourable Gary Gray, MP...
Author: sassoong Date: 02/06/2011
Microsoft response to AGIMO Cloud Computing Consultation Paper
Early in January the Federal Government released a Cloud Computing Strategic Direction Paper -...
Author: sassoong Date: 01/31/2011
Helping Queensland flood relief operations
As we monitor the current and potential impacts of the Queensland floods, Microsoft Australia is...
Author: sassoong Date: 01/16/2011
Queensland floods
In response to the devastating floods in Queensland, Microsoft Australia is making a contribution to...
Author: sassoong Date: 01/06/2011
Internet Explorer – the best browser for protection against socially engineered malware
Here at Microsoft Australia we continue to see cyber attacks that rely on distributing socially...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/27/2010
Migrant Resource Centre I.T Job Skills Trainers graduate at Microsoft
This week a group of graduates from a Microsoft Grant funded project were awarded their certificates...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/21/2010
Keeping Safe Online this Festive Season
Earlier this month the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy launched...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/16/2010
Democratising research in the Australian cloud
Information technology is currently undergoing a dramatic transformation driven by an avalanche of...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/12/2010
Leveraging the NBN in Queensland
Last week Rob Schwarten MP, Queensland Minister for Public Works and ICT addressed the Microsoft...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/12/2010
Online Privacy & Balance – Our Perspective
(Cross posted from Microsoft on the Issues blog dated 7 December 2010) Any discussion of online...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/12/2010
Cloud Computing and Accessibility
National Disability Services held its CEO Meeting in Canberra this week. National Disability...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/07/2010
Cybersafety Help Button
The Cybersafety Help Button is a new Australian Government initiative designed to keep children and...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/06/2010
Indigenous youth get a technology boost
Microsoft Australia’s Managing Director, Tracey Fellows and Andrew Mahar, Executive Director...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/02/2010
The Privacy umbrella of cloud computing
Cloud computing and its privacy implications was the key focus in this week’s conference...
Author: sassoong Date: 12/01/2010
Microsoft issues warning on phone scam
Microsoft issues warning on phone scam from Sassoon G on Vimeo. Microsoft today warned Australians...
Author: sassoong Date: 11/24/2010
APEC Japan 2010
Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie participated in a panel session at the...
Author: sassoong Date: 11/15/2010
Helping families with the provision of food
Microsoft was awarded Foodbank’s Collaboration Award at the Australian Food and Grocery...
Author: sassoong Date: 11/08/2010
Charity staff spend day at Microsoft and celebrate $100 million milestone
Microsoft last week hosted its first “Connecting Communities” event to showcase the...
Author: sassoong Date: 11/07/2010
Queensland companies showcase Microsoft Surface
[View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3tPd1NXE-o&feature=related] Microsoft Gold Partners have...
Author: sassoong Date: 11/07/2010
Microsoft signs the Federal Government and Industry Principles of Engagement on ICT
Microsoft has registered as a signatory to the Federal Government's "Government and Industry...
Author: sassoong Date: 11/01/2010
Microsoft backs Gov 2.0 with $1 million
In June 2009 when the Federal Government announced the establishment of a Government 2.0 Taskforce,...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/25/2010
Tackling cybercrime
Recently Stuart Strathdee, chief security advisor, Microsoft Australia, discussed the latest...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/24/2010
Cloud Computing Report Sees Opportunities with Federal Government Action
A report released by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) last...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/20/2010
Australian Schools lead the way for innovative use of technology in the classroom
Australian schools have been highlighted as amongst the world’s most advanced users of...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/19/2010
Spatial Industry Surfaces for Minister
Last week, The Honourable Martin Ferguson AM, MP, Federal Minister for Energy and Resources,...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/13/2010
Technology forum for Nonprofits and charities
For the first time, Microsoft Australia will be hosting a forum targeting the nonprofit and charity...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/06/2010
Agreement with Australian Indigenous Minorities Supply Council
This week Microsoft Australia signed a corporate membership agreement with Australian Indigenous...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/05/2010
Social Inclusion initiatives in South Australia
Last week, Emilio Umeoka, Vice President, Microsoft Asia Pacific and responsible for Microsoft...
Author: sassoong Date: 10/03/2010
Queensland IT industry and government service delivery
This week Jann Stuckey MP, Queensland Shadow Minister for Public Works and ICT addressed the...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/22/2010
Talking about the National Broadband Network
Pip Marlow, National Public Sector Director for Microsoft Australia was interviewed this week by...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/21/2010
Growth Summit 2010
Global Access Partners last week convened a Summit with key business and government leaders titled...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/19/2010
Innovative Teachers Awards in Western Australia
Following the announcement of the Innovative Teachers Award Western Australia, Jane Mackarell,...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/14/2010
Australian industry leaders stand in support of AFP anti-piracy measures
Joint media release 14 September 2010 from Microsoft, Business Software Alliance of Australia, Music...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/14/2010
National Child Protection Week
This week the Australian Federal Police (AFP) released a new ThinkUKnow video highlighting the...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/08/2010
Managing and protecting software vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities are weaknesses in software that enable an attacker to compromise the integrity,...
Author: sassoong Date: 09/07/2010
Sky Business News interview
This week, Sky Business News interviewed Jeff Bullwinkel, General Counsel for Microsoft Australia....
Author: sassoong Date: 08/12/2010
Tasmania's Most Innovative Teacher of 2010 Announced
(Media release from Premier of Tasmania, David Bartlett MP, 11 August 2010) Left to right: Craig...
Author: sassoong Date: 08/12/2010
Faces of Piracy
[View:https://www.vimeo.com/13752657] The internet as a place to do business is now an everyday...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/29/2010
Our thoughts on cyber safety
The increasing pervasiveness of the Internet opens up new opportunities as well as presenting...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/22/2010
ThinkUKnow launches in Darwin
Today we launched “ThinkUKnow Australia” cyber-safety program in Northern Territory, at...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/19/2010
Leaders could face up to voters with a full web debate
Cross posted from The Punch We are all familiar with the television debates between the Prime...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/19/2010
Security Update from Stuart Strathdee, Chief Security Advisor, Microsoft Australia
Thanks for your comments on my recent blog post on GovTech. You may have also seen my interview...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/15/2010
Where next for the cloud?
The computing experience is undergoing a powerful transformation. Increasingly, consumers,...
Author: sassoong Date: 07/08/2010