IT
Secrets Competition –
PCLockdown has been selected to proceed to the second
stage of judging in the 2003 Secrets of Australia IT
Innovation Competition. The competition will select
world leading innovative Australian ICT companies to
participate in major ICT industry events both nationally
and internationally, and present their technologies
to a global audience. The winners will also be profiled
in material used to promote Australia as an innovative
nation.
Developed
in Hobart, PCLockdown is an e-security technology that
provides a method of physically locking out the unauthorised
use of networked computers in the event of building
evacuation or physical security threat.
Stephen
Conrad, one of the developers of the technology said
that “the IT Secrets Competition will provide
valuable international exposure for the technology”.
Important Pty Ltd
is a privately held Australian company
that develops software and hardware solutions for local
and distributed networks. Products
also include an SMS gateway, software application
use monitoring
and e-security technologies.
About
Secrets of Australian IT Innovation Competition
The competition is an opportunity for all Australian
organisation's involved in the ICT sector to present
their innovation and technology to a panel of judges
drawn from leading research institutions, media, market
research organisation's and major overseas corporations.
The competition is supported by the Innovation Access
Program, which is an initiative of Backing Australia's
Ability. Funding is provided jointly by the Department
of Education, Science and Training (DEST) and the Department
of Industry, Tourism and Resources (DITR). The competition
is also supported by The Minister for Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts and the ICT Events
National Committee (ICTENC). ICTENC is made up of representatives
of the State and Territory Governments, Austrade, Invest
Australia, Department of Communications IT and the Arts
(DCITA) and industry associations. An executive committee
of ICTENC with representatives from DCITA, Austrade
and Invest Australia will manage the competition in
consultation with the participating State and Territory
Governments.
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