Technology, Innovation & Science

Trisha Burgess's small business has achieved a major sales boost this past year without any changes to her product range. All the gains, she says, are due to a banking app.

The former head of information technology firm Alphawest Services has launched a new business aiming to cash in on increasing demand for data storage.

A suite of educational software for high school students and a remote operations communication platform for the resources sector are among the Western Australian winners at national technology awar

Telstra has reported a 12.9 per cent rise in full-year net profit to $3.9 billion, with revenue up two per cent to $26 billion.

Not all local stockbrokers have been hit by falling commodity prices and the downturn in the mining sector.

Perth-based telecommunications carrier Intelligent IP Communications has been acquired by Sydney-based BigAir Group for a cash and share package worth up to $20 million.

Labor has reassured people waiting on the national broadband network (NBN) that changes to construction contractors will not affect the rollout.

Internet service provider iiNet has continued its growth through acquisition strategy with a deal inked to purchase South Australian-based Adam Internet.

Shares in Perth technology company Empired have risen slightly on news of a contract with Barrick Gold.

Perth-based fuel technology group Orbital has secured another contract win for the development of production engines for pilotless drone aircraft.

Financial commitment from Asian investors has prompted an east coast-based technology company to reveal plans for a subsea telecommunications cable link from Perth to Singapore.

Finding influential people online is the ‘new marketing'.

Composites manufacturer Quickstep Holdings has made the first commercial sale of its patented Quickstep process, securing a $6 million contract with Russia-based aircraft composites builder ORPE Te

Mapping services firm nearmap says its move to a subscription-based content model is proving successful, with the Perth-based company racking up its third consecutive quarter of positive cash-flow.

Perth-based technology group Titan ICT Consultants has been signed by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research to design and build the IT systems for two new medical research facilities

The man responsible for rolling out Australia's national broadband network will retire after four years in the job.

The Department of Housing has awarded a five-year, $13.5 million information technology contract to WA-based firm ZettaServe.

A Perth-based technology group says it has solved the riddle of providing satellite communications in Western Australia's most remote areas by creating a mobile platform rugged enough to get there.

Telstra plans to send 170 jobs from one of its fastest-growing divisions to India.

Space boffins should prepare for a wave of astronomical revelations with the $51 million Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) radio telescope now in full swing.

Biofuels developer Algae.Tec has signed on with refining group Biodiesel Industries Australia to refine algal oil from the Perth-based company's biofuel production facility near Sydney.

Telstra has signed a $32 million deal to protect government agencies from online viruses and hacking attempts.

Perth-based biofuels developer Algae.Tec has signed on with New South Wales power generator Macquarie Generation to build an algae carbon capture and biofuels production facility alongside a 2640 m

Information technology services firm ASG Group has announced its third significant contract win in less than a month, this time an $11.3 million deal with the Department of Housing.

IT services provider ASG Group has signed a $14.8 million contract with the Department of Education.

Point of sale financing provider ThinkSmart has signed a three-year contract with electronics retailer Kogan to develop a system to provide customers the ability to organise finance for purchases o

The evolution of mobile technology has been so rapid that the web may be left behind.

IT services firm Intergen has outgrown its Leederville office, shifting to a new premises on William Street.

Western Australia's mining sector has again proven its worth to related service providers with an information technology company receiving a significant award for work with BHP Billiton.

Google captured more than half of the $US8.8 billion ($A9.33 billion) spent on mobile internet advertising worldwide last year and is expected to boost its share in 2013, market watchers say.

Perth ‘hackers' have justified the city's growing reputation as a host for start-ups, walking away with a swag of prizes at a national competition aimed at mining government data for the people.

Former Ezeatm boss Todd Zani has challenged the ATM distributor's claim that he has been ousted from its board of directors.