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Sunday, 29 November 2009 11:37

ACS says member growth defies trend, industry buoyant

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has taken its membership to 16,000 with just under 10 percent growth in membership over two years, which the ACS says defies both the economic downturn and a ‘declining membership’ amongst ICT professional bodies globally.

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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 11:53

ICT employment slow to recover from recession: OECD

Employment is continuing to drop in the ICT goods sector and remaining flat in most ICT services, while ICT services employment has been flat or increased slightly - by a mere one percent - in most countries, including Canada, Germany, Sweden and Chinese Taipei, according to a report on  the ICT industry by the OECD.

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Monday, 16 November 2009 19:35

ICT workers, skills in demand in bullish market

Australia’s now going through a period of sustained, increased demand for skilled ICT professionals and according to the largest ICT industry recruiter, Peoplebank, the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth markets, in particular, are experiencing a strong lift in demand for IT workers.

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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 09:45

CSIRO-China first up summit on ICT

Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, has brought together Chinese and Australian policy makers, industrialists and researchers in a first-ever ICT summit it is hosting in Shanghai to discuss the future of information and communication technologies.

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Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:47

IT budgets, staff survive economic crisis with ANZ CIOs

The majority of Australian companies have faced the downturn in the economy without cutting IT budgets or IT staff, instead achieving most of their much-needed cost savings in key organisational areas such as administration and operations.

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Tuesday, 20 October 2009 07:35

Australia's energy sector readies for smart grids

Rolling out smart-grid technology is a “business imperative” for Australia’s energy distributors and network owners, with a new study finding that the key challenges facing the industry as it considers the deployment of smart grids, are the regulatory framework, funding, ICT, people, strategy and the consumer.

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Thursday, 08 October 2009 12:21

ICT spending drops, but investment in IT security a priority

Spending on ICT by companies around the world, including in Australia, has dropped significantly, with nearly half of 407 enterprises recently surveyed indicating they are reducing their overall spend this year, but maintaining the amount of money they allocate to security.

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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 14:04

Greater reliance on temporary, contract workers in ICT industry

There’s an increased reliance by employers in the ICT industry on temporary or contract workers as Australian businesses start to recover from the economic downturn but still grapple with measures taken to reduce overheads in the downturn.

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Monday, 05 October 2009 10:10

ICT award for 'Flight Control' creator

The Australian creator of the iPhone game, ‘Flight Control’, Melbourne-based developer and CEO of games studio, Firemint – Robert Murray – has won the Victorian State Pearcey Award from the not-for-profit Pearcey Foundation.


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Monday, 05 October 2009 07:19

Entry level salaries up for ICT industry

Entry level salaries for the ICT industry are up and employers are increasingly looking for staff who are multi-skilled, according to the latest survey of the market by Excom Education.

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Tuesday, 08 September 2009 10:30

ACS wants more on-the-job learning for ICT grads

The ACS Foundation wants more on-the-job learning for ICT students as part of their university studies after a survey of more than 700 recent graduates found that while there was satisfaction with the quality of technical preparation, both employers and the graduates themselves wanted improved work-integrated learning to better equip them for joining the workforce.

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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 12:06

Conroy staffers join Carr's Innovation Council

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy continues to claw back portfolio responsibility for industry development in the ICT sector, even as Industry Minister Kim Carr names his new ICT Innovation Council.

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Monday, 27 July 2009 08:28

Broadband vital for jobs, economic prosperity says Conroy

The Minister for Broadband, Communications & Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, has laid Australia’s future economic prosperity very much at the doorstep of the ICT industry and the development of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

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Sunday, 26 July 2009 14:26

Victoria's pitch for NBN HQ with $5 million ICT investment

With NSW and Victoria vying for the honours to host the National Broadband Network Corporation the Victorian Government has upped the ante with its announcement that it is investing $5 million to develop and trial next generation ICT applications.

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Wednesday, 24 June 2009 09:14

Trust your vendor? Not really: report

IT users are far too trusting of the information given to them by vendors when it comes to making purchasing decisions. Yet according to at least one respected research group, it seems ICT vendors are about as trustworthy as used car dealers and should be treated with caution.

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Monday, 22 June 2009 10:43

ACS calls for incentives to attract ICT investment to NSW

The Australian Computer Society wants greater government incentives in New South Wales to attract investment in the state’s ICT industry.

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Thursday, 18 June 2009 10:58

NBN to boost healthcare ICT spend to $2.4 billion

The National Broadband Network is set to give Australia's ICT sector a multi-billion dollar boost through the rollout and delivery of e-health services over the next three years.

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Thursday, 18 June 2009 07:24

NBN likely to provide over 55,000 ICT jobs

A new survey of salaries for ICT professionals shows that there has been a significant slowdown in pay increases over the past year as would be expected in the current economic climate. However, if you're lucky enough to have been working in a government ICT job, pay conditions have never been better, and the NBN is going to up the ante to the tune of more than 55.000 jobs, according to ICT professional body the Australian Computer Society.

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Tuesday, 16 June 2009 16:13

ACS brings Tassie premier on board as patron

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has appointed Tasmanian Premier, David Bartlett, as its patron, acknowledging his “generous support” to the ACS and the ICT industry generally.

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Monday, 15 June 2009 14:26

Look to Asia Pacific, urges Austrade

Australia’s trade promotions organisation, Austrade, says opportunities are opening up for Australian IT companies to take advantage of increased technology spend by Asian companies, despite the global economic downturn.

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