When Leif Gamertsfelder called the Federal Government to task for only spending 32 cents per head of population on securing the nation's IT infrastructure he set off a slow burning fire in the nation's capital.
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.
December 2007 capped off a bumper year, with Internet-based IT job ads growing by five percent on 2006 figures.
Demand for IT skills continued to grow throughout November, bucking a general softening in employment growth as interest rates, and uncertainty surrounding the change of government begins to bite.
With all the excitement over the iPhone, few people have noticed that 1 July was the 11th anniversary of the deregulation of Australia's telecommunications market.
The level of interest in corporate disaster recovery has risen, but not necessarily upped the levels of protection and redundancy in company networks.
Broadband, wireless, the increasing prevalence of voice technologies, Web services .Net and Java based platforms - 2003 is already shaping up to be an interesting year.
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 world of massive computing power used to belong solely to the big players -- but thanks to Linux clustering, smaller firms are now getting in on the act.
Is our ability to manage information keeping pace with the growing reams of stuff we're being bombarded with?
Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.
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