Federal Government stories

Atturra secures a five-year deal to roll out its Scholarion cloud platform across Haileybury, one of Australia’s largest independent schools.

Anthropic adds former Microsoft finance chief and US official Chris Liddell to its board as pressure mounts over AI governance and oversight.

Tech Council of Australia appoints Brighte’s Katherine McConnell to its board and names LaunchVic chief Kate Cornick as incoming CEO.

Big consultancies tied to higher failure risk in Australian public IT overhauls, as research links them to delays and cost blowouts.

ZeroEyes taps former White House advisor Stephen Billy to spearhead federal strategy as it accelerates its push into the US government market.

QuSecure hires ex-Navy SEAL commander Brian Cunningham as EVP for strategy and growth to scale post-quantum cryptography adoption.

Gigamon wins Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 public sector observability award as governments battle cyber threats in complex hybrid IT estates.

Forward Edge-AI CIO Andrea L. Gwynn is named in Marquis Who’s Who, honouring three decades of IT leadership and US Army service.

Gigamon named Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Company of the Year for deep observability in global public sector network security and performance.

Cayosoft and XMS Solutions will overhaul identity systems for a US war agency, bolstering Zero Trust security across hybrid Microsoft environments.

Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign cloud approach giving regulated customers tighter data residency, control and encryption key choice.

Kinetic IT names Jeremy O'Donohue managing director for state government and critical infrastructure amid wider public sector reshuffle.

Global public safety LTE and 5G spending will climb from USD $5bn in 2025 to over USD $6.3bn annually by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.

Australia’s Defence Department renews Kinetic IT deal, expanding ICT service desk and switchboard support to a national base contact centre.

Gigamon crowns top global partners as it doubles down on a channel-first strategy and claims 50% share of deep observability market.

Digital rights group warns Australians to resist ‘privacy paradox’, urging tougher laws and everyday steps to curb online data tracking.

Gigamon has named top global partners across regions and alliances, spotlighting deep observability as a pillar of hybrid cloud security.

Australia’s Propel-AIR 2.0 robotics sprint launches in Brisbane, uniting ARM Hub, MassRobotics and innovators for a week of AI showcases.

Gallagher reshapes its Australian security team, adding key account, high security and regional roles to drive growth into 2026.

Microsoft and the ACTU have struck a first-of-its-kind AI pact to boost worker skills, protect union roles and shape fairer tech policy.