A new Certificate IV in Information Technology (Networking) online course has been established by the Australian Institute of ICT (AIICT) to provide students with some of the “most in-demand ICT skills”, such as networking and cyber security, who are looking to enter the ICT industry.

Telecommunications executive and entrepreneur, Elizabeth Aris, the former CEO of TasmaNet, has been appointed by TPG Telecom to the role of Group Executive Enterprise and Government.

Software and technology provider Lancom Technology has appointed Chong Looi to the new role of chief product / technology officer.

New Zealand based telematics specialist Eroad has appointed Tim Hogan to the role of chief technology officer.

Hyperconverged infrastructure vendor Nutanix has appointed Matt Maw to the new role of ANZ head of technology strategy.

Open source as a service provider Instaclustr has appointed Geoff Richardson as group CFO.

Construction technology provider Render has appointed Joshua Dawson as its vice president of finance.

Analytics and AI vendor SAS has appointed Lynette Clunies-Ross as region vice president of SAS Australia and New Zealand.

A strong showing by Victoria has helped boost online job ads for October, the recruitment firm SEEK says, adding that though ads were up by 8.5% month-on-month, there was a 11.7% fall year-on-year, the lowest year-on-year drop since the beginning of the pandemic. Last month, the month-on-month growth was higher, at 9.25%.