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AIIA's Moon presses Conroy for broadband timetable

Australian Information Industry Association CEO Sheryle Moon has called upon the new Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, to outline a schedule for rolling out a national broadband network. Read more »

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Why women just don't want IT

IT is perceived as nerdy, blokey and boring, but the problem in attracting more women to the ICT industry may not lie with the fairer sex per se. Read more »

Analyst predicts bleak future for Aust ICT economy

A visiting analyst has warned that an over-reliance on a temporary minerals boom and a decline in the number of science and engineering graduates will erode Australia's ICT capacity and hinder its unprecedented stretch of economic growth. Read more »

Aust ICT salaries enjoy growth: Survey

Australia's information and communications technology (ICT) employees enjoyed an average real salary increase of 1.4 percent from August 2003-August 2004, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) said today. Read more »

Software Engineering Australia closes doors

Industry authority Software Engineering Australia (SEA) announced today that it will cease operations. The organisation will sell its training and consulting services business to Object Consulting and existing cash assets will go to the Australian Information Industry Association. 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 »

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 »

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IT businesses: gotta go global

Businesses in the Australian IT sector might be able to earn a living by staying small, but for long-term survival they will have to look offshore. Read more »

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