DEAKIN UNIVERSITY
Melbourne Burwood Campus
appointment , helping the university to remain operational even in the face of a crisis like cyber-attack , natural disasters or systems failures , he emphasises .
William Confalonieri ’ s claim that Deakin is the digital leader in Australia is well supported . In 2014 he was named Australian CIO of the Year . The university was named by Telstra and Cisco as the leader in video-conferencing in the Oceania region . With over 250 rooms equipped with telepresence or video-conferencing , the majority of meetings – thousands a week – are now virtual and travel time between the campuses has been cut by as much as 80 hours a year for some individuals . Finally , in 2014 it was awarded Best Innovation in Oceania at the prestigious Wharton-
158 June 2016