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• Coming to terms with ICT training

  Coming to terms with an effective ICT Training program is becoming more of a challenge as new business opportunities emerge.

• NSW schools cashed up in AU$772m tech bonanza

  The NSW state government handed down its 2008-09 Budget last night, with a surprise spend on video conferencing for schools, a boost to health tech outlay, and a pledge to tighten ICT capital expenditure.

• Robot dog, $30,000 to make WA students love ICT

  WA is hoping local students will develop a new love for IT, with the announcement of AU$30,000 in funding for hands-on programs to boost school pupils' enthusiasm for computer science.

• AU$15 million plan to plug public service ICT gaps

  The Australian public service is striking back at the skills crisis by training its own IT workers in a new AU$15 million, four-year apprenticeship program.

• No changing back 457 visas for IT recruiters

  The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has rejected calls from the IT recruitment industry to ditch changes to the 457 visas made by the Howard government.

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  Coming to you fast and furious from the FITT lunch

  The more I think about the issues surrounding the under-representation of women in IT, the further I get from finding a solution. Overanalysis is a real drag. And that's why this year I'm going to be blogging direct from the FITT lunch.

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  Turning the tide on skilled immigration

  While we continue to talk about Australia's ICT skills shortage, more than 3,000 potential sponsorships are being blocked by impediments to the 457 visa scheme.

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  Male-dominated workforce costs AU $47bn a year

  Restricting women's job opportunities costs the Asia Pacific region up to $47 billion each year.

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  Govt's broadband strategy goes missing

  I should have known better, but I was still a bit suprised to find absolutely zilch for broadband in the latest Howard-Costello Budget.

Features and Case Studies (28)

• Coming to terms with ICT training

  Coming to terms with an effective ICT Training program is becoming more of a challenge as new business opportunities emerge.

• The ICT labour market: Where agendas collide

  Companies want cheap labour, universities depend on international student dollars, industry needs key skills, and local graduates just want a job. Mark Wheeler investigates the drama playing out over the ICT labour market.

• Policies of prevention

  Both internal and external security threats must be fought with efficient company policies as much as with the latest technologies.

• Raising the mid-market ICT bar

  There are as always exceptions, but most ICT vendors are simply not doing the right thing by the thousands of SME customers in Australia and New Zealand.

• Future direction trapped in halt state

  Stephen Conroy's opus on the future direction of Australia's Digital Economy mainly curates existing success stories and government policies, and does little to demonstrate any form of roadmap to take the nation out of the Dark Ages.

Reviews (1)

• Desktop dream machines

  RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.

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