Australian Computer Society
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The skills to pay the bills
Management Learning the right skills to keep on top of the game in software development is a thorny topic. We examine the skills, both technical and soft, employers are seeking in 2005 and beyond.
Tags: IT training
Asia's mega tech event gets foreign boost
News This year's Infocomm Media Business Exchange is expected to welcome government officials from the European Commission and Middle East.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Regulations, International governments, Corporate communications
Dispute over Aust clamp on IT workers
News Australia's government is on a collision course with recruitment companies over recent tightening of rules for issuing the employer-sponsored 457 visas held by thousands of imported IT professionals.
Australian ICT guidelines embraced as world standard
News Guidelines on IT corporate governance developed by Standards Australia gets adopted as an international standard by the International Standards Organization.
Tags: IT Governance, Standards, Standard, Australian Computer Society, Information And Communication Technology, Australia, IT governance, process improvement, corporate governance, knowledge
Energy Star rating system proposed for ICT
News IT has the same impact on the environment as aviation, according to an industry group, and needs its own Energy Star system to classify ICT equipment.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cost control, Recycling
Free your mind
Blogs Technology, it appears, is all in the mind. Think Wikipedia is all fun and no work? This week at the iX2006 conferenc...
Australia to face ICT skills crisis?
News Senior politicians have warned that Australia is heading for an ICT skills crisis with the country's students outpacing their teachers in their knowledge of technology.
Olympics Web site discriminates against the blind
News A blind Sydney man has won his battle with the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (SOCOG).
Aussie IT students get financial boost
News Potential IT students could receive a boost from the Australian Computer Society Foundation, which has announced US$257,000 in IT scholarships.
Tags: Business ethics
Satyam partners with ACS, fights IT skills shortage
News Indian computer services giant Satyam has partnered with the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Foundation in a scholarship program designed to annually train 100 Australian graduates with on-the-job IT skills.
Thin computing: Low-fat but is it green?
News Desktop virtualization can address IT budgetary and environmental pressures but data center experts warn that the technologies can simply create similar problems elsewhere.
Tags: Thin clients
CIOs speak with one voice
Insight commentary The IT industry can benefit from user groups, particularly one formed recently by CIOs whose collective voices could make it a powerful and influential IT lobby group in Australia.
Tags: Service level management
Hutchison under fire from Aust Computer Society members
News Hutchison has received a lashing from members of the Australian Computer Society in a survey released on Friday, but the telco claims the survey was rigged.
