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  • Aussie ICT apprentices start work

    The federal government's pilot ICT apprentice scheme has exceeded its target of 40-60 recruits, inducting some 75 new staff at a ceremony in Canberra today.

  • ICT skills foundering on poor data and disinterest

    Lingering doubts about information and communications technology (ICT) careers, inadequate ICT teaching, an ineffective industry reporting structure and poor collaboration between public and private sectors have all been blamed for the poor state of Australia's ICT skills tracking in a report released yesterday.

  • Sun eyes third slot in AU storage space

    Sun Microsystems Australia plans to leap past Dell and EMC in storage market share over the next six to 12 months as it reaps the benefits of its StorageTek acquisition.

  • DEWR upgrades to 64-bit SQL Server

    The federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' (DEWR) recent upgrade of the back-end of its online services portal to Microsoft's 64-bit SQL Server 2005 database hit only one hitch -- it still required one 32-bit server.

  • Thou shalt telecommute, says Senator Coonan

    The federal government has set up a committee to pave the way for more Australians to live the telecommuter lifestyle. However the move won't go as far as recent legislation in the United States which requires government departments to support teleworkers.

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  • ICT skills shortage still a myth

    The Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association believes Australia needs to hire more foreigners to fill the shortage in ICT skills. But there's no solid evidence to back up its claim.

  • 10 ways to improve network performance

    If a car starts to stall, drivers would pop the bonnet and check the individual components. But when a network goes down, how are the weak points identified and isolated?

  • Skills shortage: A thing of the past?

    The government says that on a national level, the ICT sector is not suffering from a skills shortage. But the scene on the ground -- at state and territory level -- tells a different story.

  • Lean machines: making thin clients really cook

    ZDNet Australia shows you how to save money and keep staff happy with thin clients.

  • Aust Tax Office driving corporate e-commerce takeup

    The Australian Taxation Office is about to complete an important phase of the federal government's Gatekeeper strategy to drive ecommerce, the Business Authentication Framework (BAF).

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