ACCC says the result is just the tip of the iceberg
Australians lost more than $70 million through online scams last year, according to a Federal Government report.
ABS finds PCs and Internet access in Australian households has grown markedly
ICT has become increasingly more affordable over the past decade with the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recording marked increases in access to PCs and the Internet in Australian households.
Federal Government ups the funding for its Small Business Online program
The Federal Government has tipped in an extra $4 million to help fund a program to bring small businesses online.
The government agency will deploy intrusion detection/prevention to mange the common introduction of threats into the internal ABS environment
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has acknowledged that USB keys and mobile devices such as iPhones are introducing security threats into its internal IT environment. In tender documents, the ABS said that while it deployed intrusion detection/prevention systems in the gateway environment to meet Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) requirements for an external facing government network, its internal environment remains vulnerable.
ABS report shows discrepancies between the sexes and industries for weekly pay
Males working full time in the information, media and telecommunications industries earn more than $326 per week on average than their female counterparts according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Server management staff went from 30 to seven
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has virtualized its server infrastructure to form its own private cloud with the potential to host the 2016 eCensus thus avoiding a $9 million outsourcing contract.
ABS releases ICT industries survey, offering an economic breakdown of the nation’s ICT industry.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has pegged Australia’s ICT industry workforce at approximately 300,000 persons as of the year ending 30 June, 2007.
According to a recent ABS report, just 23 percent of active Internet subscribers remain on dial-up. DSL continues to dominate the market, whereas wireless is the fastest-growing technology.
Almost 80 percent of the 7.2 million internet subscribers in Australia have moved on from dial-up, according to a recent ABS report.
Wireless connections accounted for 809,000 of all Australian broadband subscriptions at the end of June 2008.
Wireless Internet connections across the country almost doubled in the past six months, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released Monday.
