Australian retail businesses are becoming more switched on. More than half the Australian businesses in retail trade (59%) had a Web presence in 2016-17 and 56% had a social media presence, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Federal Government agencies have told the Western Australian Government that they are not fazed by the fact that Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Telecommunications is very likely to win a $120 million Perth Transport Authority contract.

The University of Waikato in New Zealand has gone live with a student management system from the Tribal Group, with the intention of providing a means for prospective student to use from initial inquiry and application to student retention, student experience and student finance.

The latest version of Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM now allows administrators to manage remote Macs as well as PCs via the Internet.

There's a day and a half of Vivid Sydney to go, with NSW TAFE students at the cutting edge of augmented reality sculptures writes Alex Zaharov-Reutt.

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