The Queensland state government has started looking for a high-level technology chieftain to lead its whole of government Technology Transformation Program.
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The Community and Public Sector Union said today that it has received a letter from the Australian Taxation Office which said the Office intended to cut its IT staff by 120.
If you have Oracle skills, 2008 could be something of a jackpot year, with contractors in short supply as demand ramps up over the next 12 months, IT recruitment company Technojobs has said.
Young people are not choosing technology careers because of confusion rampant across IT, according to senior industry figures.
Do the boards of IT companies deliberate extra carefully before making a deal with government for fear of having their name pulled through the dirt when they stuff up?
Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
Some suggestions of New Year's Resolutions for the Australian telecommunications industry.
The long-term net impact of Gershon's idealistic review will realistically be negligible at best and at worst will prove to be a distraction for years to come.
The 15-month decline in demand for IT executives continues, with experts predicting little hope of recovery in coming months.
Demand for Australian IT executives increased again last month, bringing hope that the long hoped for rise in the IT industry has finally arrived, according to new research.
Research points to 'cautious optimism' next year for contractors hit by lower rates and wide scale cuts.
A sharp rise in private sector demand for IT executives' heralds good news for the beleaguered sector, despite an overall decline in the number of jobs advertised for IT management.
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