Stories about: University of Canberra

A network traffic quota system developed in-house at the [[xref: http://www.canberra.edu.au/|University of Canberra]] (UC) in the mid nineties has passed its expiry date, with the University [[xref:http://www.canberra.edu.au/icts/tenders|seeking proposals]] for a new network traffic management solution.

The cat and mouse relationship between Microsoft and the open source Samba continues as the team prepares another update to add support for Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1.

The local launch of Windows Server 2008 in Sydney brought together a number of early adopter customers who are already looking at using the native virtualization capability, dubbed Hyper-V.

More than $50million worth of Australian IT jobs and scholarships worth $250,000 are on offer in the next 12 months, a consortium of ICT industry leaders including IBM, Microsoft, CSC and KPMG announced yesterday.

Griffith University's mainframe training joint venture with Global Online Learning has come to an end as the provider moves closer to government departments in Canberra, which are recruiting more big iron skills.

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.

Security firm Cybertrust today launched a graduate recruitment program for university leavers which involves assigning them a senior security engineer as mentor for the length of the course.

Dr Catherine Jaktman has been working in IT for more than 15 years and wears many hats: Australian Computer Society (ACS) vice president (only the second female to hold the role in 15 years), ACS Canberra branch chairperson and casual lecturer and principal of Nordic Technology. Jaktman holds a BA in Mathematics, MS in Computer Science and a PhD in Computer Science Engineering and has worked on projects in the US, Sweden, Hong Kong and New Zealand. She hopes to be a role model for other women in IT, and believes it is a shame that females are still not encouraged to choose technology-based careers.

With the end of the year in sight, many IT professionals take stock of their career prospects and consider the options available to bag that promotion or go for that dream job.

Health Minister Tony Abbott's ambitious plan to have an electronic health record system operational is highly unlikely to meet a 12 month timeframe according to Dr David More, adjunct professor of Health Informatics at the University of Canberra.

The University of Canberra is currently undergoing trials of voice authentication software on behalf of the federal government.