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Software Qld loses Mills amid gag claims

Bruce Mills, an outspoken member of Software Queensland, has officially stepped down from his role amidst a row over his personal blog.

August 30th, 2011 in Government by Luke Hopewell 2 Comments 1 Vote

AIIA appoints new CEO

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has found a new CEO to fill the shoes of outgoing chief Ian Birks.

July 28th, 2011 in CIO by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote

NSW govt forms new ICT strategy panels

The New South Wales State Government has made good on its promise to deliver an overhauled ICT governance strategy for the state, today announcing the formation of two new ICT industry panels and a government-run ICT Board, which has scored praise from the backing of IT industry powerbrokers like the National ICT Australia (NICTA) and the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).

July 7th, 2011 in Government by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote

Carbon targets to spur green IT: Birks

Outgoing CEO of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) Ian Birks said today that he believes Australia's lack of firm carbon emissions targets has hindered the take-up of green technology.

April 29th, 2011 in Government by Luke Hopewell Comment Vote

Amazon fail shows we were right: AGIMO

The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) believes that last week's Amazon cloud outage has vindicated its initial concerns over the security and stability of cloud for government use.

April 28th, 2011 in Cloud by Luke Hopewell 3 Comments Vote

Govt overstating cloud risks: AIIA

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has said that the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) is overplaying the risks of migrating to cloud computing in its draft cloud consultation paper released late last year.

February 15th, 2011 in Cloud by Luke Hopewell Comment 2 Votes

Green costs: $20 extra per PC, $30 per server

The Intel-backed Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) program is now active in Australia, but participating vendors concede the hardest work still lies ahead as the green-focused consortium pursues the program's goal of slashing Australia's IT-related greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent in the next two years.

June 6th, 2008 in Environmentally Friendly by David Braue Comment Vote

ZDNet Australia CIO of the year

Cesare Tizi, who was the chief information officer at Australia's largest energy supplier AGL Energy, has been awarded the title of ZDNet Australia CIO of the year 2007.

September 17th, 2007 in Careers by Staff 1 Comment Vote

Budget: No money for broadband

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is disappointed the federal budget failed to allocate new funds to further the rollout of a world class high-speed broadband network.

May 9th, 2007 in Budget by Scott Mckenzie Comment Vote

AIIA's CEO to quit in December

Rob Durie, who has been with the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) for 17 years, will leave the lobby group at the end of the year.

May 29th, 2006 in Peter Kazacos by Munir Kotadia Comment Vote

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Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
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