Stories by: Liz Tay
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Bringing open source to the education sector 16 July, 2007 09:36
Liz Tay speaks with Kathryn Moyle, an Associate Professor at the University of Canberra and a former teacher who has worked in the South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services, about the role of open source in the education sector, and how policy makers, teachers, students and parents might overcome what she calls the hegemony of proprietary software. - +
How to maintain market pervasion - the SAP way 09 July, 2007 09:49
In a strategic move for dominance of the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) space, SAP has come up with a training program that it hopes will guarantee its market pervasion for years to come. - +
The interpersonal key to survival in Australian IT 29 June, 2007 10:00
A steady stream of IT work being outsourced to offshore developers may be a rising concern for some professionals, but according to SAP executive John Lombard, the Australian workforce has nothing to fear. - +
Talk your way to better pay 25 June, 2007 11:51
IT salaries have been on a steady incline during the past year. While analysts and industry groups tout a nationwide shortage of suitably skilled candidates, a resource boom and widespread uptake of technology is driving the job market up and up. - +
UTS tags podcasting as future teaching tool 07 June, 2007 09:47
In response to student demand for more flexible learning options, the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) is investigating the use of online technologies to supplement, or replace, lectures of the future. - +
Web host turns to Gmail in Microsoft boycott 06 June, 2007 08:53
In a move that could alienate it from a lion's share of free e-mail account holders, Canadian Web host GaltGroup Internet Services has turned its back on Windows Live Hotmail - as well as all the products, services and partners of Hotmail's parent company, Microsoft. - +
Check Point introduces next top security certification 04 June, 2007 15:17
In response to what it views as an increasing demand for security in the market, Check Point has introduced its newest top-level certification program for network architects. - +
Scientists cash in on fixing spreadsheet errors 01 June, 2007 16:36
Spreadsheets are a tool commonly used by businesses to track everything from payroll to accounts receivable. However, experts claim, there could be erroneous code, programming or formulae in spreadsheets that is costing businesses billions of dollars. - +
Bring our talent home, AIIA panellists say 31 May, 2007 13:47
Discussions of Australia's value proposition at the AIIA Borderless World Conference yesterday inevitably centred on what panellists agreed was the country's greatest advantage: talent. - +
Finger lengths could point out technophobia 29 May, 2007 16:53
The measurements of a person's ring and index fingers may come in handy in the early identification of developmental disorders, career paths, and behaviourial issues such as technophobia, psychologists claim. - +
Headhunters shake up a candidate-short market 28 May, 2007 14:17
At a glance, it seems conditions are ripe for active recruitment to take hold of the Australian IT industry. As skilled professionals bask in an opportunity-rich environment, recruiters are fast coming to terms with new laws of the jungle: poach, or get poached from.
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