Mincom has confirmed that it let 100 employees go in February as it underwent a restructure to shunt it into a new strategy and manage its costs.
Newly formed government body the New Zealand Transport Agency has advertised for a chief information officer to lead a substantial internal change program, with a projected salary of more than $200k.
British telco BT this week revealed plans to let go of 10,000 workers by the end of March 2009.
A nationwide search has begun to find a CIO to head up a two-year project working with indigenous communities across Australia.
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.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
These days, you're just as likely to see high-technology surfboard designers wearing board shorts to work as Star Trek T-shirts.
It comes at no surprise to learn that HR people use IT certifications to choose between candidates when hiring, but in some organisations it can also inhibit career advancement.
Until this month, we had no uniform-approach ICT curricula in higher education institutions, and no formal link connecting these institutions with industry.
Victorian Web start-up My Perfect has a strong story and rationale for why it will succeed. But it has to overcome some challenges and design flaws first.
With Australia's ICT sector experiencing a wave of layoffs, it's time to look for the positives. Take a leaf out of Steve Jobs' book and ask yourself what would you be doing if money wasn't important?
Cesare Tizi, who was the chief information officer at Australia's largest energy supplier AGL Energy, has been awarded the title of ZDNet Australia CIO of the year 2007.
Ray Brown stepped in two weeks ago as the latest chief information officer for Queensland Health, hoping to bring some stability to a division that has seen a number of faces move through the head technology spot in quick succession.
One.Tel backers James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch are unlikely to be tracking the latest career move by insolvency expert Paul Weston, but they know who he is and must dread what he is about to do. Thought the One.Tel legal action was over? Think again.
Twitter is not the great evil for journalists and media. In fact, it is helping to renew the media and bring that great lady called "journalism" back to her rightful throne.
After much gossip and speculation, it looks like Apple is indeed working on a portable video player. But creating a device that's as easy to use as a music iPod won't be easy.
Female gamers are making themselves heard -- and they're not interested in big-busted, scantily clad, in-your-face femmes fatales.
Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.
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