New IT strategy “chance for Victoria to be IT governance leader”

The Victorian Coalition Government has started work on a whole of government information and communication technology (ICT) strategy, made necessary it says to "rectify Labor's disastrous ICT legacy."

{loadposition stuart}Assistant Treasurer Gordon Rich-Phillips has established the Victorian Information and Communications Technology Advisory Committee (VICTAC) to provide advice on the development

Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: StrategyThe cream of Australia’s Internet industry are meeting in Canberra yesterday and today to discuss the vexed issue of Internet governance. They are talking about privacy, data retention, security and regulation. That is what they are referring to as “governance”.

Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Government Tech PolicyThe Victorian Coalition Government has released a report on telecommunications demand, claiming that the NBN rollout is failing the state.

Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Government Tech PolicyThe Victorian Coalition Government is seeking industry and public feedback on a proposed ICT strategy on how it can design and use information and technology to deliver better services in the state.

Governance of cloud computing is too reactive, technology-centric and piecemeal and dramatic improvement is needed, according to Ovum, who also caution that cloud governance is suffering from the  same flaws that are affecting other IT governance areas.

Featured | Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Government Tech PolicyEvidence shows that the current free model effectively promotes Internet growth and access in developing countries. A new report argues that any fundamental regulatory overhaul could halt such growth and find users cut off.

The Indian Government has initiated its e-Governance projects to connect the millions of Indians living in villages to the internet and related services.

The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) has bowed to pressure from the Internet community and agreed to include non-government members in a working group set up to review Internet governance.

Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: C LevelIt is sad to watch a company in its death throes. Especially one that once had such a dominant position.