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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 »
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 »
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 »
AU$300,000 windfall for junior geeks
Potential IT students could receive a boost this Christmas with the news the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Foundation has announced AU$300,000 in IT scholarships yesterday -- but next year, the figure could rise to AU$500,000, ACS claims. Read more »
Feds launch ICT skills taskforce
The federal government has announced the establishment of a taskforce of senior government officials to combat threatened shortfalls in some ICT skills within the Australian Public Service (APS). Read more »
Discrimination common for IT applicants: survey
Age and sex discrimination are common among IT employers when evaluating job applicants, according to a survey of industry professionals. Read more »
Skills crisis, what skills crisis?: Coonan
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. Read more »
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 »
IT Skills shortage threatening growth
Industry experts are warning of a looming IT skills shortage in the near future if measures are not taken to attract graduates, women, and workers from non-IT backgrounds, to retain mature age workers, and to provide for more flexible working conditions. 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 »
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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 »
Aussie IT unions rise from the dead
Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around. 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 »
IT Whiz Kid: Howard Siow
In the first part of an ongoing series, ZDNet Australia and the Australian Computer Society take a look at the young minds that will shape the future of Australia's IT industry. Read more »
Investigating open source
The proprietary/open source dilemma confronts governments and businesses everywhere--it's only a matter of scale. 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 »
What are you worth?
What are the skills you need to keep in demand? We asked employers, recruitment agencies and training companies what skills will be in demand for 2006 and beyond. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »
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Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »
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BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continueAttending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »
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Conroy ducks, Ballmer evades and Android Fails -- Club Builder
Club Builder this week takes a long look at Senator Conroy's recent attempt to explain his Great Firewall of Australia, we chase Steve Ballmer over Sydney, and find Google's biggest bug of the year.