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  • Diversification of the IT industry is beneficial to all

    The IT profession is rare within the larger career landscape, in that virtually anyone can jump in and excel in the field—regardless of race, color, ethnic background, or gender.

  • How are IT pros skilling up?

    IT professionals don't stop training once they hit the employment market. But what are the preferred methods of skilling up amongst Australian techies?

  • What skills shortage?

    There are skilled workers and employers looking for them--but how do we match the two up?

  • Soft skills count in job hunt

    Business experience, rather than just technical skills, holds sway for IT professionals on the job hunt, according to an IT career advisory.

  • Australian companies rate IT skills low on list

    Australia's bosses are displeased with their employees' overall skill levels, but rate the importance of improving skills in information technology very low on their list of priorities, new research claims.

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  • Making sure a firewall does its job

    Getting a firewall to do what it promises--protect the network--doesn't begin with an equipment purchase and end with the plug-in. It starts with security assessment and continues with constant vigilance.

  • Pigeons can push random buttons

    Commentary: Why does a well-designed user interface seem to drop off the list of priorities when new systems are created?

  • What's new in MS Office Project Server 2003

    With just over a year between the release of Project Server 2002 and Project Server 2003, you might doubt the value of the enhancements to the latest version. But the changes are based on specific requests from product users.

  • Film to fibre: Price and proliferation

    In the second instalment of the ZDNet Australia's Film to Fibre trilogy, we look at video editing software, the effect it is having on how films are made, and who makes them.

  • Avert your gaze! 8 filtering packages tested

    Just how good are web filtering packages? We put eight of the best head to head in our Australian review.

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    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
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