7月12日，拉筹伯大学和微软公司共同宣布澳大利亚第一所校园微软中心成立，这也是两个机构3个合作项目的首个项目。

中心由维多利亚信息和通信技术部长启动，由州政府和其他技术院校支持。启动仪式下午四点在位于Bundoora的拉筹伯大学研究和发展公园会议中心举行。

新中心将提供最尖端的硬件和软件设施，为保证学生、学者以及中小型公司进行研究和生产发展，降低了基础设施障碍。

拉筹伯大学校长Paul Johnson感到很高兴，大学的软件研究和开发以及信息技术的专业和名誉为维多利亚州吸引来如此重要的基础设施。

原文：

La Trobe and Microsoft launch new centre for ICT innovation

La Trobe University and Microsoft will today announce the establishment of Australia’s first campus-based Microsoft Centre, the first of three to be set up in partnership between the two organisations.

The Centre, to be launched by the Victorian Minister for Information and Communication Technology, the Hon Tim Holding, is supported by the State Government and other technology providers.

The launch took place at 4 pm, Thursday 12 July, Conference Centre, La Trobe University Research and Development Park, 2 Research Ave, Bundoora.

The new centre will provide cutting edge hardware and software and will lower infrastructure barriers to ensure students, academics and small to medium companies have access to start-up facilities for research and product development.

La Trobe University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Johnson, said the University was extremely pleased that its expertise and reputation for software research, development and information technology had attracted such important infrastructure to Victoria.