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• In brief: ABS to create server panel

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is to establish a panel of suppliers for the supply and delivery of blade and rack mount x86 servers.

• Australian Bureau of Statistics eyes new CIO

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is on the hunt for a new CIO to replace Jenine Borowik who exited the role in August this year.

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  Australian Bureau of Statistics plans open source census

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is ramping up for a massive change to its use of data standards, with plans to move to open source formats from next year.

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  Mobile broadband fastest growing sector: ABS

  Mobile wireless broadband is the fastest growing internet access technology according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

• ABS shifts to telling statistical stories

  The ABS has outlined a move to visual statistics in the hope of communicating with the Australian public more effectively.

• Census test to trial online submissions

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is conducting a "dress rehearsal" of the $9 million eCensus system devised by IBM in April 2009 in order to prepare for the actual event on 9 August 2011.

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  Average mobile broadband speed 1.88Mbps

  The average speed of mobile broadband connections in Australia is just half that of the average home fixed-line broadband connection, according to broadband comparison site Broadband Expert.

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  ABS: Over 500,000 net users get 24Mbps

  More than 60 per cent of all Internet connections are now at or above 1.5Mbps according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

• Aussies scammed out of $70m online

  Australians lost more than $70 million through online scams last year, according to a Federal Government report.

• Home Internet access quadruples in the last decade

  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.

• Small business receives an extra $4m to get online

  The Federal Government has tipped in an extra $4 million to help fund a program to bring small businesses online.

• ABS flags iPhones, USB keys as a security threats

  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.

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  Men earn over $326 more per week than women in ICT and media

  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).

• ABS private cloud may host eCensus

  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: Australia’s ICT industry totals 300K workers

  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.