A hotel and a laboratory in Perth have been recognised as two of the best places to work in Australia, while two Western Australian workers have also been honoured for excelling during their training.
Smart-ticketing company Vix Technology has strengthened its push into the resources sector by acquiring specialist Australian software company Osmotion for an undisclosed sum.
The state government has opened expressions of interest to amalgamate the state's data storage needs in the hope it will drastically reduce capital costs, Finance Minister Bill Marmion will announce today.
Perth tech companies Norwood Systems and rent.com.au have completed capital raisings worth a combined $9.3 million, with Norwood planning to raise a further $1.5 million to fund further marketing of its products.
Norwood Systems and ResApp Health are small tech companies with global potential and, judging by their share price gains this month, investors have latched on to the latter.
Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner says the TV network is "facing and embracing" the challenge of digital and has sought to position the broadcaster's scale as an edge in reaching new online audiences.
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association has seized on findings in the recently released International Energy Agency's world energy outlook that natural gas consumption will increase by almost 50 per cent by 2040.
A joint venture between Nextgen Group and Vocus Communications is considering plans to construct a submarine telecommunications cable between Perth and Singapore.
TPG Telecom is raising $300 million through a placement of shares to local and overseas institutions to repay debt accrued during its acquisition of Perth-based rival iiNet.
Shares in recently listed companies Norwood Systems and ResApp Health have surged in recent weeks as investors warm to the wave of tech companies completing reverse takeovers.
Get a few dozen programmers and health practitioners together for a three-day weekend starting Friday, throw some problems at them, then tell them to come up with solutions by Sunday afternoon.
A Perth technology company seeking to disrupt the mining and energy industries has highlighted how rapid changes in the clean energy sector will also disrupt its own plans to scale up its hydrogen and graphite production.
The competition watchdog has given the go-ahead for Vocus Communications to merge with M2 Group in a $3 billion deal that will create Australia's fourth largest telco.
A Perth geospatial business has been recognised by the United Nations for its contribution to a project named as one of 16 globally for its “game-changing” actions addressing climate change.
Balcatta-based Orbital Corporation has sold its stake in engine management systems supplier Synerject to partner Continental Automotive Systems for $US17.8 million ($A24.9 million).
A Perth technology company was the big winner in the latest round of commercialisation grants from the federal government, securing $1 million to accelerate the rollout of a virtual reality product that will be familiar to Star Trek fans.
Perth's taxi dispatch market has a new player, with Sydney-based Ingogo recruiting a fleet of drivers and seeking to compete with Swan Taxis, the dominant local force for many years.
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