Speech and imaging solutions provider, Nuance Communications, has appointed a new head of its desktop application and imagining division to lead a growth push in the Asia Pacific market.

Internode founder and managing director, Simon Hackett, is to step down in August and become a non-executive director of Internode's parent company, iiNet. The move is one of several changes to the top ranks of Internode executives as the integration of the two businesses nears completion.

A number of Australian employees of Hewlett-Packard are facing the loss of their jobs as the global computer giant looks to slash its worldwide workforce by up to 30,000.

Subscription billing and commerce provider Zuora has appointed John Ruthven as its vice president for Australia and New Zealand.

SME-focussed networking vendor D-Link has appointed Ettore Alterisio to the role of business sales and marketing manager for Australia and New Zealand.

Hosting and managed service provider UltraServe has appointed Peter Kensey as its national sales manager.

The New South Wales Government has urged the state’s young people to consider studying information and communications technology (ICT) and take advantage of a potential jobs boom in the sector over the next decade.

Bill Barney, the long serving CEO of Pacnet has departed suddenly with no explanation given and CFO Brett Lay has been made interim CEO.

Last month, Stefano Zacchiroli was re-elected as leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project for a third term, the first leader to earn such a mandate. Only the founder, Ian Murdock, has headed the project for anything approaching three years.

Mobile solutions vendor, Good Technology, is ramping up its government business effort In Australia with the appointment of a new government account director to be based in Canberra.

Queensland IT professionals are winning in terms of the percentage salary increases they’ve managed to wangle this year – but it looks like the rises are just an attempt to play catch up with the rest of the country - and there is still a way to go.

Many Australians, it seems, believe they need to spend more than half a hour a day ‘progressing’ their career, according to what they have told LinkedIn, but a leading global personal branding expert maintains that nine minutes a day is all you need to maintain a “healthy and successful” career.

Websense has appointed Simone Neunz as territory account manager for New Zealand.

Consulting and solutions provider Tecala has made two senior account management and client services appointments.

Recruitment technology and social media have played a significant role in growing business in the recruitment industry, according to a newly published market survey, but while North American recruitment firms are heavily into using social media for sourcing candidates, it seems that those in Asia Pacific countries, including Australia, are lagging behind their North American counterparts.

Recruitment technology and social media have played a significant role in growing business in the recruitment industry, according to a newly published market survey, but while North American recruitment firms are heavily into using social media for sourcing candidates, it seems that those in Asia Pacific countries, including Australia, are lagging behind their North American counterparts.

Field force automation provider Retriever Communications has appointed Steve Schultz as its operations director.

Global integrated ICT solutions and services vendor, Logicalis, has appointed a new strategic solutions director for its Australian operation, based in Melbourne, with responsibility for the evolution and transformation of the company’s product portfolio in line with the needs of its customers.

Ecommerce platform provider BigCommerce has appointed Steven Power as its chief revenue officer.

Unified storage and computing appliance provider Pivot3 has appointed Cal Anderson as regional sales manager for Asia Pacific.