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  • Jobs slump doesn't mean skills crisis is over

    February's 7.1 percent slump in IT Internet Job advertisements doesn't mean the skills crisis will soon be a bad memory.

  • 2007: How was it for outsourcing?

    Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.

  • IT staff pushing companies into crisis mode?

    IT pros making for the door and companies having problems with retention is the picture being painted by one US analyst. But is this really the scenario in Australia?

  • Industry bodies back 'best students' push

    The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has announced its backing for a foundation established by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) to attract the best students to the ICT sector.

  • Aussie IT jobs market still buoyant

    There is still plenty of local work for skilled IT staff despite a global financial crisis, according to one of Australia's largest technology staff recruiters, but not much room to move in terms of higher salaries.

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  • IT staff pushing companies into crisis mode?

    IT pros making for the door and companies having problems with retention is the picture being painted by one US analyst. But is this really the scenario in Australia?

  • 10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT

    As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry.

  • Do Australian ICT workers matter?

    Claims that Australia suffers from an ICT skills shortage is simply unfounded but the lack of support from the government and industry associations to counter these assertions has left workers in the lurch.

  • Celebrating three decades of Apple

    In the 1970s, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were going door-to-door at the UC Berkeley dorms selling "blue boxes" -- electronic devices that tricked the telephone network into allowing free long-distance phone calls.

  • Adobe versus the world

    CEO Bruce Chizen faces Microsoft on one flank and open-source on the other. Is he worried? Nope.

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