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    After Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement last week that Labor plans to turn every school in Australia digital, representatives of the country's IT industry are calling on the new government to establish a trade advisory group to assist in implementing its "education revolution".

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    Ensuring timely rollouts within the project scope and budget, in addition to interacting with different organisational departments, can be a real challenge. But there are ways to ensure a successful deployment.

  • JobWatch: Soft-skills win out in conflicting markets

    After months in the doldrums, internet IT job ads took an upward turn in May, growing by 1.6 per cent, a whisker ahead of the overall internet job ads.

  • JobWatch: Election, what election?

    Demand for permanent IT staff continues to grow, bucking the expected dip in demand for new staff in the run up to the federal election.

  • JobWatch: What goes up is now coming down

    The sharp rise in demand for IT skills throughout 2007 is well and truly in retreat according to the latest figures from the Olivier Job Index.

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    An emerging Web development technique promises to shake up the status quo in PC software and blur the line between desktop and Web applications.

  • Web services: Messiah or mirage?

    Software vendors keep telling us that Web services are the answer. But what is the question? ZDNet Australia explores the state of Web services today.

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    Who predicted Linux servers would outnumber Windows servers by 2006? Who said one in five enterprise desktops would be Linux-based by 2008? We look back at the bad (and good) predictions made about Linux over the past decade.

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    SQL Server 2005 has finally hit the market and brought with it significant new features and changes from previous versions. We'll explain the various editions of SQL Server 2005 take a look at the new management console.

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    For managers who use already Microsoft Office XP, Project 2002 Standard will do nicely. But this software is far too involved for consumers and those in small offices, who would fare better with a spreadsheet.

  • 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?

  • Space-saving PCs: Six desktops tested

    Looking for PCs that will help you win back some desktop real estate? Here are some of the latest machines designed to do just that.

  • Windows Superguide 2000

    We’ve upgraded and so should you. Here’s our Windows Superguide with the straight story--much of it undocumented--about how to make Windows 2000 work for your business.

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