The Victorian Government has announced a new initiative that will aim to connect small and medium sized companies with students studying ICT courses at university. 

State Technology Minister, Gordon Rich-Phillips, said the move will help companies become more competitive through granting them up to $10,000 to develop ICT solutions that use newly-developed technology or applied exisiting technology in new or novel ways.

“The vouchers give Victorian SMEs access to the relevant technology skills and expertise needed to develop innovative products,” Mr Rich-Phillips said.

“ICT university students and academics from Victorian universities will collaborate with these companies to deliver tangible and practical ICT solutions.”

The projects range from the development of real-time digital content delivery mechanisms for mass communication to testing of frequencies for bulk reading of radio frequency identification tags.

They also include the development of technology to collect new social data points; modelling and data-mining approaches; and new methods for more effective social media engagement.”

The nine Victorian companies receiving vouchers are:

  • Scientific Technology
  • Ad Hoc Software
  • SENATH
  • English Online
  • Adilam Technologies
  • Evado
  • Lexer
  • Billcap
  • b2cloud.