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Ballarat ICT Limited Launched Directors of Ballarat ICT Limited gathered with members of the Ballarat ICT Cluster on 25 September 2007 to celebrate the official launch of Ballarat ICT Limited (previously cBallarat) |
Minister Tim Holding Visits Ballarat Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Tim Holding was recently at Technology Park to congratulate IBM on a milestone and announce a new venture by IR Gurus. |
auda Foundation Application Submitted The Ballarat.vic.au project is an initiative of Ballarat ICT Ltd and the City of Ballarat. This project will be extended if an application to the auda Foundation is successful. |
Multimedia Victoria Representatives Visit Ballarat Multimedia Victoria (MMV) works to grow the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, and drive economic growth through access to and use of sophisticated ICT. Two senior representatives visited Ballarat on 3 May 2007 to gain a perspective on Ballarat's regional strategy for ICT. |
cBallarat - A Report Card cBallarat's projects and progress, and a look at the future. |
Planning future of ICT 2030 The City of Ballarat, cBallarat and the University of Ballarat are holding a series of panel sessions in a bid to forge the ICT 2030 blueprint. ICT 2030 is a framework to guide the future development of ICT capacity, investment and employment opportunities in Ballarat. |
C-ing into Ballarat's ICT Future Mr Hancock said the development of ICT 2030 will feature active community consultation and engagement as the continued development of ICT capability, investment and employment creation was a critical part of future economic development in Ballarat. |
Harnessing Our Byte Power Since 1994, when Ballarat launched its ICT strategy, IT2010, there had been much talk about turning Ballarat into an ICT Centre of excellence. In those early days it was very much a matter of talking the talk, but sooner or later we were going to have to walk that talk. I am pleased to say that we are now walking it. |
Size does matter in the ICT sector Ballarat has a small but burgeoning ICT sector of about 60 to 70 small companies, many of whom own their own innovations and intellectual property. The skills sectors of our industry are diverse (see http://www.ballaratict.com) ranging from programmers to web and database designers, from communications providers to systems integrators. |