Stories about: TAFE

TAFE Queensland today announced a two year licensing agreement with Adobe Systems allowing the educational facility to deploy design, Web, print and video software applications on all of its computers.

Known as the hub of advanced computing in Western Australia, iVEC, is making available $200,000 worth of grants for industry and government organizations for the application of high performance computing, visualization and large scale data store technology.

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) has rolled out what it claims is the first certification recognising digital home resellers in Australia.

Lack of integration with key business systems and spiralling licensing costs forced Challenger TAFE to dump 10 Novell servers for Microsoft Exchange.

IT moves so rapidly that today's professionals constantly need to keep themselves up to date. There are a range of postgraduate options available to IT workers looking to boost their salary or switch careers, ranging from self-directed study to short, certification-based courses to more formal academic courses.

Now is a good time to be in the ICT industry, but there is still more to be done for the industry to enjoy continued growth and success in Australia, says Sheryl Moon, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Information Industry Association.

The NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) has rolled out a department-wide ID management system to increase the speed and transparency of its user authentication system portals.

EDS has embarked on an ambitious attempt to capture a large chunk of the Australian defence industry market.

AWA is the latest IT services provider to tackle the home and small business troubleshooters market.

The US$830 million purchase of Altiris by Symantec should do more to prove Symantec on-paper growth rather than creating extra value for existing Symantec customers.

It can be tough being a woman in an industry where almost four in five people are men. But that's just another challenge that Pia Waugh enjoys, alongside juggling her own consultancy, a research position at Macquarie University, running Linux Australia and Software Freedom International, and being otherwise heavily involved in the industry. Liz Tay speaks with Waugh about her experiences, passion for technology and open source, and advice on how to take on the skills shortage in Australia.