Cape York Digital Network ®

2011-12 Regional Telecommunications Review

ben — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:41:32 +0000

cydn recent responded to the 2011-12 Regional Telecommunications Review request for submissions to telecommunciations in rural and remote Australia. Their webiste can be found at http://www.rtirc.gov.au/

cydn’s submission, along with over 75 other submissions from around the country can be found at http://www.rtirc.gov.au/submissions/

Connecting up 2011 Conference

ben — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:01:33 +0000

This year’s Connecting Up conference will be held at the Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne, 1-3 June 2011.

For more details please see http://www.connectingup.org/conference.

Mr. Ray Heffernan from cydn will be speaking on Cape York Digital Network Pty Ltd. His presentation looks at Cape York Digital Network Pty Ltd’s evolution from a Balkanu business unit, to address financial sustainability, corporate identity and business security.

Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) Review

ben — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:10:48 +0000

The Federal Government through the Department of Communications, Broadband and the Digital Economy (DCBDE) is revewing the role and duties of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO). Please see http://www.dbcde.gov.au/consultation_and_submissions/TIO_reforms.

You can also read submissions the Department has received in response to its Discussion Paper at the DCBDE website.

cydn strongly supports the office of the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman. The TIO provides free, independent, just, informal, speedy resolution of compliants.

Please see the TIO website at http://www.tio.com.au/

cydn pty ltd gains GITC Framework version 5 Accredition

ben — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 04:52:48 +0000

Cape York Digital Network (cydn) Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that it

has been accredited as a signatory to the Government Information Technology Contracting (GITC) Framework – version 5 for the following modules:

1. Hardware Acquisition & Installation

2. Hardware Maintenance Services

3. Licensed Software

4. Software Development & Modification

5. Software Support Services

8. ICT Contracting Services

9. ICT Consultancy Services

10. Managed Services

11. System Integration Services

12. Telecommunications Services

13. Internet Services

14. Data Services

cydn keeps working through YASI cyclone

ben — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:08:59 +0000

Last week cyclone YASI unfortunately torn through parts of Far North Queensland with wide spread destruction or disruption of services. And firstly and rightly, our thoughts and best wishes are for all those who lost homes, property or livehoods.

But cydn can report that we kept our services and network going to clients and customers throughout the cyclone, and including the aftermath of the it also.

So our thanks to everyone involved with cydn to keep our services available to people during what was a very long night.

Lama Lama Trust Connected !

ben — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:48:50 +0000

After a bit of a wait with heavy rainy weather, and road closures the Lama Lama Trust Rangers working out of their Coen offices got connected last week with IT office gear and network equipment. cydn flew in crews to beat the weather and the swollen river crossings to do the install work

cydn community officers meet in Cairns

ben — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:34:18 +0000

It is takes many things to keep the cydn centres throughout Cape York operating and providing services to business, government and community members - now in our 10th year! And the most important thing are people. So cydn regular asks it’s community officers to meet to hear from them directly.

cydn hosted it’s community officers from 29 Nov to 2 Dec 2010 in Cairns as an end of year get together to meet and discuss what is working, what isn’t, what is needed and to do future planning

Community officers prepared extensive presentation about their respective communities, discussed needs for equipment and trends in usage at the community level . Overall , this offered a general view across Cape York of what is happening in communities.

cydn congratulates its community officers and their on-going work. We wish them and their families and friends a happy and safe seasonal break

2nd Annual Effective Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Service Delivery Conference 12 & 13 April 2011

ben — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:20:41 +0000

2^nd Annual Effective Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Service Delivery Conference
Working in partnership to improve service delivery and ‘Close the Gap’
12^th & 13^th April 2011, Alice Springs Convention Centre, Alice Springs, NT
www.indigservicedelivery.com

Check here for Indigenous Service Delivery brochure

The effective delivery of services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is crucial to ‘Closing the Gap’. As a result, organisations, be they government, not-for-profit or community, are working hard to increase the effectiveness of the services they provide.

The 2nd Annual Effective Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Service Delivery conference has been designed to assist in this. To do so, it will feature a series of presentations from those organisations making progress in this area: focusing on what’s worked, what hasn’t and what the next steps should be.

Spread across a variety of service delivery areas, including health, education, housing, justice/community safety and land management, this conference will leave you better placed to partner with communities, deliver more culturally appropriate and innovative services, and overcome some of the common barriers to effective service delivery.

For more information, go to www.indigservicedelivery.com or call us on 1300 316 882. Don’t forget to quote CC*CYDN to receive your 10% discount. Scholarships are also available for Indigenous organisations.

Napranum cydn centre upgrade

ben — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:09:39 +0000

The centre centre at Napranum has had an internal refurbishment courtesy of the hard work of the cydn community officer Ms B. Waqata. The centre, original built and set up in 2001 now has new air conditioners; desks, and chairs.

So the centre is back open for business and needing more computers as the centre continues to grow. Congrats to everyone

cydn working with Cape York Rangers

ben — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:05:36 +0000

cydn is working with Indigenous Land Trusts and their related corporate bodies in the Port Stewart, Coen and Cooktown, Lockhart River, areas of Cape York, Queensland to provide IT and telecommunications services for their respective Rangers programs.

cydn provides computers, connectivity, IT and GIS support for Rangers with:

Lama Lama Land Trust (Port Stewart region);
Toolka Land Trust/ Kalan Enterprises (Coen region)
KULLA Land Trust KULLA (McIlwraith Range) National Park (CYPAL)
Yuku Baja Muliku Land Trust (Archer Point);
BANA Yarralji Bubu Corp (Shipton’s Flats).

In total these Ranger programs employ over 35 indigenous people “working on country” covering many 1000’s of square hectares of remote land and sea conservation areas