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Former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for TMP Worldwide in the Asia Pacific region, Tim Ebbeck, has formally been appointed CEO for SAP A/NZ.

On the surface, Web advertising seems healthy. Revenue in the US last year was up 27 per cent to US$25.5 billion, according to IDC.

Hitachi shows off its interactive projector and 77-inch white board at CES

The departure of dMarc Broadcasting's co-founders from Google surprised many industry observers but not Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt.

New figures released today show demand for ICT labour skills in the Australian market is at an all-time high rising 19 percent since the start of the financial year and recording a 10 per cent increase over November 2006 figures.

Job description: Business intelligence (BI) analysts use analysis tools to query data repositories and generate reports. These reports help managers make business decisions by identifying trends and patterns in a company's stored operational data. The data to be analyzed may be varied: inventory, sales, customers and the like. It is usually stored in companywide repositories called data warehouses or in smaller departmental databases. A BI analyst may design daily reports, such as those that sales managers use to track demand for specific products in different geographic regions. The BI analyst also helps managers generate one-time, ad hoc reports by crafting a custom query against the data repository. "This is definitely a hot role whose value to the company is helping it analyze its business data," says Ari Kaplan, president of the Independent Oracle Users Group.

Pity the poor, ambitious IT professional. With technology more important to the bottom line than ever, you'd think there'd be career opportunities up the wazoo. But the suits don't really understand what you do for a living. And they hold the keys to the executive washroom. So, while you're down in the server closet saving the company's bacon on a daily basis, these guys are upstairs in the corner offices with the nice view.

When it comes to job satisfaction, Australian IT managers rate their career choice highly with respondents to Computerworld's 2006 IT Salary Survey boasting good morale, moderate stress levels and a continuing love affair with technology.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has launched its Computer Professional program which will offer postgraduate students with 18 months ICT industry experience an accreditation similar to a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA).

The growing industry trend toward accreditation has reached the business analyst community which is introducing its own formal certification process.

Tackling Australia's growing shortage of skilled IT staff and harnessing the talent required to create future leaders are just two of the priorities setting today's CIO agenda.