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Simon Hackett (left) and UltraServe founder Samuel YeatsAustralian leader in trusted cloud and managed hosting services UltraServe today announces it will use a multi-million-dollar investment by Internet entrepreneur Simon Hackett to accelerate its growth.

Sydney-based UltraServe has thousands of servers under management for customers that include some of Australia’s leading ecommerce retailers including Catch of the Day, Deals Direct, Appliances Online, General Pants and Radio Rentals.

QCam Pro founder John ConvillAfter expanding the number of cameras its remote monitoring smartphone app works with, Adelaide security leader QCam Pro has embarked on a course to pursue the lucrative overseas boating market.

QCam Professional is a smartphone application designed to remotely monitor and control IP video cameras. It provides live video surveillance and two-way voice communication with speaker-enabled cameras. QCam Pro also records events, allowing them to be played back later.

AvPlan founder Bevan AndersonThe internationally successful AvPlan software, which allows pilots of high performance planes to use an iPad to prepare and file their aircraft flight plans in just minutes, is now available in the US.

Available from Apple’s AppStore, AvPlan EFB (Electronic Flight Book) is used by thousands of pilots internationally, including a rapidly growing number in North America. Founded in 2011 by pilot and software developer Bevan Anderson, AvPlanwww.avplan-efb.com is an iPad and iPhone-based app that dramatically simplifies the process of developing and filing aircraft flight plans. 

CAPTION: Heritage being restored… Nuriootpa Futures Association chairman Chris Linden and Coulthard House (Photo courtesy ‘The Leader’ Barossa Valley)A five-day heritage restoration training course in the Barossa Valley next month will develop traditional building skills for people working in today’s construction industry.

Nuriootpa’s heritage listed Coulthard House is being returned to its former glory through an innovative tripartite deal with Nuriootpa Futures Association, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and heritage restoration stonemason Keith McAllister.