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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
Tis the season to be jolly, to give, to receive, to have a sherry or two and fall asleep in front of the telly. And, if you're a mobile network operator, it's definitely the season to share.
There is no technology skills crisis ... yet, according to a senior government technology official.
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.
You've all seen top 10 lists of the best traits of a project manager or the top 10 skills of a project manager. However, project management is not for everyone. Many people have some of the traits to be a good project manager, but they also have many traits that make them a bad fit for the position.
Retiring project managers should be directed into mentorship roles for knowledge transfer rather than being assigned to projects they may never see the end of, a project management expert has advised.
The average annual salary of an Australian IT professional is currently $82,507, according to an extensive survey of the sector recently conducted by ZDNet.com.au.
The future of the project management discipline hinges on the successful adoption of the philosophy of project portfolio management (PPM), a leading project management consultant has cautioned.
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.
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.
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.
A leading analyst house is urging mobile operators to abandon their plans for third-generation (3G) networks.
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