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Conde Nast Publications has acquired Boston-based technology site Ars Technica, the company said Monday (download PDF).

You'd think the words "brain drain" would strike fear into the hearts of IT managers. As the calendar has turned to 2008 -- and the oldest baby boomers are now eligible to receive Social Security -- it has become clear that growth in the number of older workers will soon surpass the growth in the number of those just starting out. In eight year's time, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in four workers will be 55 or older. And particularly in IT, there's not a big influx of new talent. According to the Computing Research Association, computer science enrollments dropped 14 per cent each year between 2004 and 2006.

With more than 30 years of history behind it, AUUG, the organization for Unix, Linux and open source professionals, faces its toughest challenge to stay in tact as members at the 2007 AGM decide its future this week.

The Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC) may be wrapping up after seven years of existence, but its legacy and the lessons learned will live on.

Australian national broadcaster, the Austereo Group, is rolling out an integrated e-billing and payment management solution.

Stop us if this story sounds familiar. You've been asked to a) keep your infrastructure humming and b) come up with innovative ways to use technology to boost the bottom line. Meanwhile, your resources are stretched tighter than a US$2 string on a banjo and you spend so much time putting out fires you should be wearing a helmet and carrying a hose.

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.

Computer science students at The Australian National University will have a unique opportunity to combine work placement with study in a new program designed to help address the ICT skills shortage facing the ACT and surrounding regions.

The bad news is that your company just wired a six-figure payment to an extortionist's offshore bank account in exchange for a pledge from the criminal -- whatever that's worth -- to spare your network from a threatened distributed denial-of-service attack.

If you've ever wondered which conceptual shower the great business process management (BPM) idea came down in, the chances are you are not alone. Julian Bajkowski and David Margulius report

Uncertainty in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market has allowed Pronto Software to attract 120 new clients in the last financial year, according to marketing manager Michael Panosh.