Fujitsu Australia

State electricity generator Verve Energy and Fujitsu has struck a long-term partnership agreement over the creation of an 'energy trading management system'.

Fujitsu Australia and New Zealand has signed a new $15 million contract with Western Australian Police for the provision of IT services.

WA's electricity generator Verve Energy has signed a multi-million dollar information technology contract with Fujitsu to manage the company's customer service.

Corporate social responsibility is back in vogue after a slump in corporate community support thanks to the global financial crisis, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility.

THE founders of Kinetic IT had little time to learn the ropes when they entered the information technology market almost 15 years ago, immediately facing off against industry heavyweights CSC, IBM and Hewlett Packard.

Telecommunications major Fujitsu has been seconded to help advance the latest bid to build a subsea cable link from Perth to Singapore.

Amcom Telecommunications has snapped up data centre operator aCure Technology for $14.3 million as demand for new information technology services grows.Privately owned aCure has been steadily investing in data centres across Perth and now has three at near-full capacity.

Three companies are in the running to build the second submarine telecommunications cable connecting Western Australia with international networks.

The lines defining management consulting are becoming increasingly blurred as the sector adapts to a leaner market.

A defining milestone in competing efforts to build a subsea telecommunications cable from Perth to Singapore may be imminent, with one of the players close to snookering the opposition.

Trident Subsea Cable has targeted June as the crucial point for a decision on the future of a second submarine cable linking Perth with Asia.

Japanese technology giant Fujitsu has chosen its Malaga data centre to be the first in Australia to be upgraded to tier IV certification, as part of a drive to improve its Oceania operations unveiled today.

Almost 80 contract variations worth more than $81 million tripled the cost of a Department of Health central computing services contract, with issues including more than 60 per cent of data racks going unused, the auditor general revealed today.

SPECIAL REPORT: The ubiquitous influence of the internet in modern business has brought an uptick in investment in Perth’s data storage capacity, and into new high-speed subsea cables.

The state government has shortlisted six companies in the latest phase of its GovNext project to outsource its information and communications technology.

CBD landlords are continuing to invest in their assets to ensure they remain relevant in an increasingly competitive office market.

SPECIAL REPORT: Three data centre operators, including new player Pier DC, are set to be big winners from the state government’s GovNext plan, though a fourth operator is seeking to spoil the party.

Building upgrades in the Perth CBD are bringing the city’s workplaces in line with the best offices available worldwide.

Fujitsu has committed to spend up to $17 million upgrading its Malaga data centre, where it is aiming to gain a competitive edge by securing the highest level of industry certification.