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Questions raised on ACS migration policy
The Australian Computer Society last week called for an overhaul of ICT migration policies but knowingly chose to keep mum on crucial details, ZDNet Australia has learnt. Read more »
ACS pushes for software quality standards
The Australian Computer Society has called for industry adoption of "software quality assurance methodologies and professional standards" in the hope of enhancing Australia's status worldwide. Read more »
ACS: 'We must provide net and mobile to bush'
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called on the government to broaden the Universal Service Obligation (USO) provisions to include mobile and broadband. Read more »
Ethics in ICT: If they exist, the ACS will find them
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) and the ACS Foundation have teamed up with the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Centre of Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) to fund a AU$900,000 research program assessing ethics and regulation in the ICT industry. Read more »
ACS: Tech disasters scare government buyers
IT disasters have frightened government purchasers into only dealing with big guns such as EDS and IBM when it comes to awarding contracts, said the nation's peak ICT body as it proposed a raft of initiatives to boost local innovation. Read more »
Software accreditation just part of improvement: Working group
A working party composed of representatives from the ICT industry has cautioned that mandating software quality accreditation can be detrimental to small to medium companies and is pushing instead for continuous software process improvement. Read more »
Thin computing: Low-fat but is it green?
Desktop virtualisation can address IT budgetary and environmental pressures but datacentre experts warn that the technologies can simply create similar problems elsewhere. Read more »
Green IT can cut costs by 20 percent
Administrators can give their company an advantage over the competition by adopting green policies. Read more »
AU FOSS bodies blast US free-trade deal
Australia's national open source industry body, OSIA (Open Source Industry Australia), and Linux Australia have spoken out about their concerns over the proposed Australian-US Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA), warning that the legal framework of the intellectual property clauses will put the entire Australian software development industry at risk. Read more »
Features (6)
The ACS fires ... but shoots blanks?
The Australian Computer Society plans to meet government officials to highlight the urgent need for immigration reform but its proposal lacks substantive data and this could only hurt the society. Read more »
Made in Australia security qualification?
The government wants the IT industry to introduce and manage an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. Fran Foo says it's a bad idea. Read more »
Offshoring: more consideration needed
Although offshoring is becoming a popular trend, companies need to consider all the consequences before sending work overseas. Read more »
Licensing developers won't work
Tony Healy writes why proposed compulsory licensing of IT professionals by the Australian Computer Society are flawed. Read more »
Beyond the barriers: What women want in IT
Is it time to accept that females lack IT or is lack of support and enduring stereotypes keeping women away? Ella Morton investigates. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.