As the main provider of IT services to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C), ASG Group project managed the provision of the entire technology environment for the CHOGM meeting and the parallel events. The requirements included the scope, design, build, test, deployment and decommission of a secure ICT solution to all event locations.

Perth-based IT services company, Empired (ASX: EPD), has extended its three-year $14 million infrastructure and project services contract with roading contractor, Main Roads Western Australia, for a further two years.

Students at Hillside Christian College in Perth are now using a new interactive whiteboard solution won as part of a competition run by SPC and Goulburn Valley and Woolworths and supported by Panasonic Australia.

The competitive fibre backhaul link between Perth and Geraldton — part of the $250 million NBN Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP) — is live and open for business.

IBM will establish a Natural Resources Solution Centre (NRSC) in its Perth offices in an effort to reduce mining industry IT costs and improve workplace health and safety. The project is being launched in conjunction with the Energy Research Alliance (WA: ERA).