Demand remains strong for software development and engineering skills, with many employers focusing on recent graduates to shore up their productivity through tough times.
IT jobs lead the February fall of online job advertisements according to the latest Olivier Job Index, released over the weekend.
While individual job agencies are reporting business as usual, the overall picture is not so rosy.
Demand for permanent IT staff continues to grow, bucking the expected dip in demand for new staff in the run up to the federal election.
Sparked by threats from a council of local businesses, Telstra has moved quickly to boost ADSL capacity to Wollongong and the surrounding Illawarra region in southern NSW.
A big part of technology marketing is based upon pure hyperbole because the industry is selling science, and science happens to be -- for many people -- a nebulous topic.
A major enterprise resource planning implementation has sped reporting, added flexibility and supported rapid growth at beer maker J. Boag & Son. But with success came myriad challenges with employees keen to hold onto the old way of doing things -- pen and paper versus the computer. We examine Boag's ERP turnaround.
The search giant is on a hiring tear. In its most recent quarter, which ended Sept. 30, Google added 800 employees, bringing its global work force to 4,989. That's more than triple the total from just two years ago.
SPECIAL REPORT Two decades and counting, the technology industry has yet to find a blanket solution to the ever-growing list of viruses and worms that constitute the greatest risk to computers on the Internet.
It's hard to imagine doing away with paperâ€"sticky notes, receipts, newspaper articles, faxes, and such. But new technology and advanced applications will see the myth of a paperless office becoming a reality. Get ready to burn those books!
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