During this Chinese Year of the Monkey, China is set to overhaul Japan as the second largest spender on information and communication technology after the United States. New forecasts...
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The CSIRO will shed 350 jobs and redirect its research priorities as part of a major shake-up under new CEO Larry Marshall, that includes an organisation-wide focus on data...
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Roll, up, roll up. The great China-Australia trade mission is once again cranking up. The Turnbull Government will put the afterburners on with the promise of a “largest-ever” business...
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China’s southern city of Shenzhen has turned its lonely eyes to Australia, scouring the country for ideas and innovations and perhaps the chance to lure some of our entrepreneurial...
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Telstra’s four-year old venture capital arm is increasingly turning its attention to Asia, seeking to add to its investments portfolio in a range of companies across the technology spectrum. Telstra...
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Singapore has come out of the Asia Pacific’s increasingly competitive technology blocks fast in 2016. Its all-seeing government is set to streamline the state agencies that oversee and invest...
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There is a lot to like about Data61 and the unmatched ambition of its strategic plan, announced to the media a week ago. And there is a lot to...
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Consultations are underway to identify the final three locations for the global ‘landing pads’ that will support entrepreneurial Australians, announced as part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA)....
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The Commonwealth is considering a significant expansion of its DataStart program as an ongoing mechanism for finding data solutions to government challenges, and to help fund new companies, Innovation...
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Australia has strengthened ties with the US on cyber security, another sign that analyst and vendor predictions citing cyber security as a big ticket item to watch in 2016, is on...
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Australia’s software darling Atlassian has been caught up in the New Year’s stock rout, losing more than 20 per cent of its value over the past two days. The...
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There is a certain order of things that need to happen on the international front when a new Prime Minister takes charge in Australia. When Mr Turnbull took over...
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Super funds will invest less in venture capital this year than has recently been anticipated but their investments in private equity will increase significantly. Private Equity Media’s 2015 survey...
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If there was any doubt that the billions of dollars that has been pouring into the Asian technology sector was in danger of drying up in the face of...