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Fresh from its biggest ever sale of software to Microsoft, Sydney company Professional Advantage (PA) has again set its sights on achieving the IT equivalent of bringing coals to Newcastle by selling more software to the Redmond giant.
A new IT industry lobby group -- IT Pro Australia -- backed by global non-profit IT trade association CompTIA made its debut today promising to raise the quality of skills in and perceptions of the sector.
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The right skills are important for IT professionals either looking for work or progressing in a company. ZDNet Australia looks at some tips on how to skill up.
Three-letter acronyms seem to be breeding faster than cliches this year. Are we becoming overwhelmed by new catch-phrases or does this just go with the territory of being an IT pro?
At the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie talks about the company's new cloud computing operating system, called Windows Azure. The new OS is a framework that allows you to scale from 10 users to 10 million users without additional coding. Ozzie also discusses what the technology means for developers and businesses.
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Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is now available: ZDNet has put Build 1289 through its paces.
Adobe's Acrobat 7.0 Professional brings new collaboration and usability features, some of which workgroups will find invaluable.
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