BOM, Sun to build $30M supercomputer
Amid rumours of Sun Microsystems being snapped up by IBM, the company has announced a whopping $30 million deal with Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) to build one of the largest high-performance...
View ArticleGovernment Web site visits up 10 per cent
Hitwise today announced that government Web site visits were up 10.4 per cent year-on-year in March 2009.
View ArticleBoM forecasts better water data quality
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) is to deploy a Time Series Data Management System (TSDMS) for quality control, quality assurance and analysis of water monitoring data.
View ArticleCSIRO to renew high performance compute cluster
The CSIRO’s Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) division is to renew its IBM e1350-based high performance compute cluster located at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Head Office in Docklands, Victoria.
View ArticleBOM seeks document management, upgrades data centre and networks
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) will deploy a document management system to allow its 1600 staff to search more than 6.3Tbs of internal data and 1.2Tbs of emails across its complex grid storage and...
View ArticleBoM unleashes more accurate weather predictions
Fires, floods and hurricanes will be predicted more accurately with the introduction of a data modelling system by the Bureau of Meteorology, which can deliver precise seven-day predictions.
View ArticleGlobal ocean system hits 1 million observations
Oceanographers announced today that a global observing system – based on drifting sensors that travel from the ocean’s surface to mid-depths – reached the milestone of 1 million ocean observations.
View ArticleBureau of Meteorology switches on online ads
The Bureau of Meteorology will be the first federal government agency to accept commercial advertising on its website starting this week.
View ArticleANU launches Australia's largest supercomputer
A $26 million supercomputer capable of completing 170,000 calculations for every human on the Earth every second was unveiled on Wednesday at the Australian National University (ANU).
View ArticleBoM tenders for supercomputer
The Bureau of Meteorology has released a request for tender for the supply and support of a supercomputer.
View ArticleBudget 2014 - Govt funds new Bureau of Meteorology supercomputer
Last night's federal budget included an unspecified amount of funding for a new supercomputer for the Bureau of Meteorology. The supercomputer, to be used for weather forecasting, will operate for five...
View ArticleBureau of Meteorology prepares for new supercomputer
The Bureau of Meteorology has boosted the link between its two data centres from 80 gigabits per second to 200Gbps as it prepares for the installation of a new supercomputer.
View ArticleCray to deliver Bureau of Meteorology's new supercomputer
The Bureau of Meteorology will be able to deliver more accurate, more certain and more frequent weather forecasts thanks to a 1660 teraflop supercomputer, which will eventually have its speed boosted...
View ArticleBureau of Meteorology closemouthed on hack claims
The Bureau of Meteorology has said it will not comment on claims that it could potentially cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” to remediate systems affected by an alleged security breach.
View ArticleBoM fallout: Xenophon pushes for security inquiry
Independent Senator for South Australia, Nick Xenophon, will this afternoon push for a Senate inquiry into a wide-ranging inquiry into IT security in Australia.
View ArticleBureau of Meteorology working to boost IT security
The Bureau of Meteorology has again refused to confirm whether its IT systems late last year suffered a serious breach but says it is taking advantage of an infrastructure rebuild centred on its new...
View ArticlePrime minister confirms Bureau of Meteorology was hacked
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed a “significant cyber intrusion” took place at the Bureau of Meteorology.
View ArticleRAT malware used to compromise Bureau of Meteorology network
A new report from the government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has offered details on the compromise of Bureau of Meteorology systems.
View ArticleCSIRO to renew high performance compute cluster
The CSIRO’s Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) division is to renew its IBM e1350-based high performance compute cluster located at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Head Office in Docklands, Victoria.
View ArticleBOM seeks document management, upgrades data centre and networks
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) will deploy a document management system to allow its 1600 staff to search more than 6.3Tbs of internal data and 1.2Tbs of emails across its complex grid storage and...
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