PeopleISP iiNet will host World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee for a series of free public events in Australia and New Zealand during his 10-day tour from 30 January.
Global business application software provider, Infor, has snapped up 18-year industry veteran and former President of SAP South East Asia, Tim Moylan, appointing him as its President of its Asia Pacific business.
ISP Adam Internet has appointed Greg Lehmann as general manager of sales.
HybridIT service management provider, Front Range has created a new position of Senior Vice President WorldwideField Operations and appointed Dixon Fiske, formerly with open source platform-as-a-service company, Engine Yard, to head up the new division.
Australia’s IT industry stands out as the sector with a significant increase in intentions to hire new employees this year, with the release of a new survey that shows already, this quarter, IT hiring intentions are up 11.2pp to 43.1% nationally.
The former head of Microsoft Asia-Pacific has joined Australia Post as Executive General Manager for Communications Management Services.
The global professional network, LinkedIn, has appointed a new head of its Asia Pacific and Japan operation as the company moves to grow its presence in the region.
Hiring in the ICT sector continues to be strong, with contractors in demand for short-term project work and the ACT the best market for contractors, fuelled by the need by the federal government for a large volume of workers.
Renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has joined Google to work on new projects involving machine learning and language processing.
Australian IT jobs and recruitment firm, Paxus, has been sold by its American parent company, CSC, to South Africa’s largest employment services company, Adcorp, for US$73.5 million.
