Melbourne based consulting firm, 1st Executive has launched an internship opportunity program for businesses and young professionals, including IT graduates, looking to gain experience in the workplace.

IT hiring managers are cautiously optimistic about the year ahead with many of them expecting to take on new staff over the next 12 months, with the intention to hire more likely with medium sized companies less reliant on cost restraint due to the global economic uncertainty.

Business finance solutions provider, Finlease, has launched a tailored finance solution that it says provides simple, competitive financing packages specifically for the IT sector, covering hardware, software and services.

As the federal government announces spending cuts in its mini-budget, will the public servants who implement government policy chance their arm at real productivity improvements enabled by technology, asks one analyst firm, or will they will just implement yet another round of slashing running costs?

Corporate payments and PCI compliance solutions provider, IP Payments, has been named in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 for the fourth year in a row, recognised as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Australia and one of the top 500 fastest growing across APAC.

Transformation in workforce demographics is changing the Australian workplace, and the rapid adoption of mobile and remote access technologies is expected to dramatically redefine the face of the workplace over the next 12 months.

Spending on IT products and services by enterprises in Australia is expected to reach $61.9 billion by next year, with many CEOs in the global market believing IT will make a greater contribution to their industry in the next 10 years than any prior decades.

The New South Wales Government is calling for input from individuals, business and organisations as it develops the state’s digital economy industry action plan.

Demand for Australian executives has slumped further to the lowest levels in eight years, with demand last month down in all business sectors. The IT industry was not immune, suffering a fall in demand in October, but recording a good result compared with other sectors.

Global politics and the global economy are being shaped by IT. Well, that’s the view of one of the world’s biggest and influential market analyst firms who predict that the world’s economic problems won’t stop IT investment and, in fact, is now the primary driver of business growth with 350 companies this year alone investing more than $1 billion in IT.