items tagged with Government
Singapore turns to Australia for SAP education
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-16 20:42:01
The Singapore Government is sponsoring up to 100 people to gain SAP skills via a postgraduate course offered by Australia's Victoria University.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-09-16 20:42:01
The Singapore Government is sponsoring up to 100 people to gain SAP skills via a postgraduate course offered by Australia's Victoria University.
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The NBN is dead – long live the new Telstra powered NBN?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-09-15 09:14:08
Australia’s federal government has come out with an offer that Australia’s dominant and supposedly independent telco, Telstra, seemingly cannot refuse: structurally separate the company or the government will do it for you.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-09-15 09:14:08
Australia’s federal government has come out with an offer that Australia’s dominant and supposedly independent telco, Telstra, seemingly cannot refuse: structurally separate the company or the government will do it for you.
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Tech skills: CIO Steward flattens demand spikes
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-09-12 22:30:14
The Australian Government will cope with expected skills shortages in the tech sector as the economy picks up through better management of public sector demand, the Commonwealth's chief information officer Ann Steward says.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-09-12 22:30:14
The Australian Government will cope with expected skills shortages in the tech sector as the economy picks up through better management of public sector demand, the Commonwealth's chief information officer Ann Steward says.
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Objective wins NZ contract with enterprise solution
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-09-08 04:28:49
The New Zealand Government’s department of Building and Housing has contracted ECM vendor, Objective Corporation, to design and implement a solution to manage its information, knowledge and records as an important strategic asset, and to support the growth of its knowledge base and the dissemination of information across the department.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-09-08 04:28:49
The New Zealand Government’s department of Building and Housing has contracted ECM vendor, Objective Corporation, to design and implement a solution to manage its information, knowledge and records as an important strategic asset, and to support the growth of its knowledge base and the dissemination of information across the department.
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NEC broadband for seniors goes live
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-03 00:25:32
NEC has set up kiosks at 40 locations around Australia where seniors can get training and access to online resources to help them use the Internet, with another 100 sites to go live by the end of this month, all as part of the federal government’s $15 million Broadband for Seniors initiative.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-09-03 00:25:32
NEC has set up kiosks at 40 locations around Australia where seniors can get training and access to online resources to help them use the Internet, with another 100 sites to go live by the end of this month, all as part of the federal government’s $15 million Broadband for Seniors initiative.
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IT industry veteran Vamos joins Telstra board
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2009-09-01 19:42:08
Steve Vamos, a former senior executive at several big-name IT companies is one of two new members of the Telstra board. The other is Russell Higgins.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2009-09-01 19:42:08
Steve Vamos, a former senior executive at several big-name IT companies is one of two new members of the Telstra board. The other is Russell Higgins.
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Social web leads to company boycotts
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-08-31 21:45:08
Online grumbling may be a more effective way of hurting an organisation that you suspected. A new survey shows that nearly a quarter of online Australians have boycotted an organisation after reading such comments.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-08-31 21:45:08
Online grumbling may be a more effective way of hurting an organisation that you suspected. A new survey shows that nearly a quarter of online Australians have boycotted an organisation after reading such comments.
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HCL strengthens NZ market position with new partner
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-26 00:10:45
IT services group, HCL, has boosted its presence in the New Zealand market with a new partnership agreement with local ICT services company, Optimation, and plans to go after business with New Zealand government and enterprise customers.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-26 00:10:45
IT services group, HCL, has boosted its presence in the New Zealand market with a new partnership agreement with local ICT services company, Optimation, and plans to go after business with New Zealand government and enterprise customers.
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Australian high schools lead the world in Windows 7 rollout
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-08-25 22:52:27
Today the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education (DET) has commenced its rollout of 220,000 netbooks to senior secondary school students and teachers. The netbooks have been preloaded with the release Windows 7 code which is not yet available to the general public.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Education and Training
2009-08-25 22:52:27
Today the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education (DET) has commenced its rollout of 220,000 netbooks to senior secondary school students and teachers. The netbooks have been preloaded with the release Windows 7 code which is not yet available to the general public.
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Feds select Fujitsu for business reporting program
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-08-24 22:49:26
The Treasury has selected Fujitsu to supply and support software for the federal government’s Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative which has been launched by the government as part of its strategy to reduce the regulatory reporting burden on Australian businesses.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-08-24 22:49:26
The Treasury has selected Fujitsu to supply and support software for the federal government’s Standard Business Reporting (SBR) initiative which has been launched by the government as part of its strategy to reduce the regulatory reporting burden on Australian businesses.
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HP opens services centre in Christchurch ‘technology hub’
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-24 00:35:25
HP has opened a services centre in Christchurch, which it says is increasingly becoming New Zealand’s technology hub with a technology education sector and highly-skilled labour market.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-24 00:35:25
HP has opened a services centre in Christchurch, which it says is increasingly becoming New Zealand’s technology hub with a technology education sector and highly-skilled labour market.
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Entrenched IT spares enterprise CIOs from deepest cuts
Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-08-17 01:30:33
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Written By: Beverley Head
Section: Information technology news
Category: Enterprise
2009-08-17 01:30:33
Previous economic downturns such as those triggered by Black Monday and Tech Wreck prompted deep IT budget cuts; but large enterprises and government are now so IT-dependent they can no longer unilaterally slash budgets, which is protecting IT projects and headcount.
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Why Governments must make voting systems open source
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-08-13 09:33:43
Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold, patched a security weakness in its electronic vote tabulation software this week. Nice, but how many flaws are required before governments mandate open source solutions?
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Fujitsu ‘cabinet’ includes former KAZ, Supply Chain execs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2009-08-11 00:04:43
Fujitsu has beefed up its Australian operations with the appointment of a new senior management team comprising a ‘cabinet’ of group executive directors including senior executives who came across to Fujitsu with the recent acquisitions of KAZ and Supply Chain Consulting.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology people
Category: Appointments
2009-08-11 00:04:43
Fujitsu has beefed up its Australian operations with the appointment of a new senior management team comprising a ‘cabinet’ of group executive directors including senior executives who came across to Fujitsu with the recent acquisitions of KAZ and Supply Chain Consulting.
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Government ICT contractor numbers decimated
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Enterprise Staffing
2009-08-10 23:12:45
Australia's largest supplier of ICT contractors for the Federal Government sector claims that contractor numbers have been decimated as a result of a recent review of staffing needs. ICT contract recruitment specialist Peoplebank described the “most significant reductions in ICT labour hire in over seven years” as a result of the Gershon Review which came into force in late 2008.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - Enterprise Staffing
2009-08-10 23:12:45
Australia's largest supplier of ICT contractors for the Federal Government sector claims that contractor numbers have been decimated as a result of a recent review of staffing needs. ICT contract recruitment specialist Peoplebank described the “most significant reductions in ICT labour hire in over seven years” as a result of the Gershon Review which came into force in late 2008.
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Government picks McKinsey-KPMG to advise NBN study
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-05 23:32:52
The Australian government has appointed a consortium formed by McKinsey and KPMG to act as lead advisor to the National Broadband Network (NBN) implementation study.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-05 23:32:52
The Australian government has appointed a consortium formed by McKinsey and KPMG to act as lead advisor to the National Broadband Network (NBN) implementation study.
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Objective wins local government contract
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-07-28 06:08:12
Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council has selected Objective Corporation’s process, content and collaboration management solution to help it achieve management efficiencies and cost savings in the wake of its formation from the amalgamation of three former councils.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-07-28 06:08:12
Queensland’s Moreton Bay Regional Council has selected Objective Corporation’s process, content and collaboration management solution to help it achieve management efficiencies and cost savings in the wake of its formation from the amalgamation of three former councils.
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An open source movement in health information?
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-07-27 09:19:25
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-07-27 09:19:25
Today's Report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, "A Healthier Future For All Australians: Final Report," makes the e-health system a central plank in the future of health management in Australia.
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Broadband vital for jobs, economic prosperity says Conroy
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-26 22:28:28
The Minister for Broadband, Communications & Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, has laid Australia’s future economic prosperity very much at the doorstep of the ICT industry and the development of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-26 22:28:28
The Minister for Broadband, Communications & Digital Economy, Stephen Conroy, has laid Australia’s future economic prosperity very much at the doorstep of the ICT industry and the development of the National Broadband Network (NBN).
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Victoria’s pitch for NBN HQ with $5 million ICT investment
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-26 04:26:38
With NSW and Victoria vying for the honours to host the National Broadband Network Corporation the Victorian Government has upped the ante with its announcement that it is investing $5 million to develop and trial next generation ICT applications.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-26 04:26:38
With NSW and Victoria vying for the honours to host the National Broadband Network Corporation the Victorian Government has upped the ante with its announcement that it is investing $5 million to develop and trial next generation ICT applications.
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