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  • JobWatch: Enough chiefs, more Indians required

    IT jobs lead the February fall of online job advertisements according to the latest Olivier Job Index, released over the weekend.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Security skills shortage may worsen

    There is a security skills shortage, and "it's going to get a lot worse," delegates at the Gartner Security Summit were told yesterday by Nick Tate, chairman of AusCERT and CIO at the University of Queensland.

  • Made in Australia security qualification?

    The government wants the IT industry to introduce and manage an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. Fran Foo says it's a bad idea.

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    The Aussie dollar and ICT

    With the Australian Dollar breaking the 92 US cents barrier recently, and predictions it could reach parity with the US Dollar by Christmas, there's good news and bad news for the ICT industry.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    No skyrocketing salaries, despite skills squeeze

    ICT salaries are rising, but they are certainly not skyrocketing.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    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.

  • Read the blog post - Munir Kotadia

    Web 2.0 makes phishing spam obsolete

    In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.

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  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • McAfee VirusScan Home 9.0

    Improved customer support and spyware detection once again make McAfee VirusScan a contender, but new users should opt for a combined antivirus and firewall package instead.

  • What's next for wireless

    The frequency is changing from wired working to a wireless world. Can this new wave of technology help you gain the cutting edge?

  • 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.

  • Palm deal harks back, looks forward

    News analysis: Palm is hoping that lightning will strike twice with its acquisition of Handspring, but the reunion may not be an easy one.

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