Global software giant Microsoft appears likely to bid for the contract to run the 2021 Australian national census, reliable sources have told iTWire.

ACS, the professional association for Australia’s ICT sector, has launched its "2018 ACS Australia’s Digital Pulse report in Sydney", showing 40,000 ICT jobs are likely to be created over the next five years in NSW alone.

Telstra and Ruralco have announced a "multi-million dollar partnership which will see Ruralco’s outlets across Australia upgraded to Telstra’s SD-WAN solution".

The Victorian Government is investing $4.8 million in a move aimed at accelerating the growth of Victoria’s health and life sciences start-ups.

Australia’s StartCon says it's "on the hunt for the next global hotbeds of tech innovation and the startups emerging from them", with Silicon Valley "not on the list".

It’s not inevitable a high-growth company has to sacrifice the close and non-bureaucratic culture it enjoyed as a start-up. The key is to make culture the number one piece in your hiring, says Splunk VP Simon Eid in an exclusive interview.

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