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  • Roach leaves NICTA

    The founding chairman of National ICT Australia, Neville Roach, has stepped down after two years heading the government-backed ICT laboratory.

  • NICTA boss quits

    National ICT Australia (NICTA) boss Dr Mel Slater has tendered his resignation from the research institute, effective 31 May, after about two years in the role.

  • AU$140 million spent on ICT research

    More than AU$140 million is spent annually on public sector ICT research and development in Australia, according to a recent study.

  • Australia has nothing to fear from off-shoring: expert

    Australia is up to the off-shoring challenge, according to international software expert Dr Philip Lehman, despite statistics from the Australian Computer Society (ACS) predicting a loss of 4000 ICT jobs by 2009.

  • Defining the deficit

    Australia has a $14 billion trade deficit in ICT products and services, but is it something we need to worry about?

  • Investigating open source

    The proprietary/open source dilemma confronts governments and businesses everywhere--it's only a matter of scale.

  • The road ahead

    What are the technologies that will be driving Australian ICT in the coming year?

  • A brighter future

    Australia has managed remarkable economic growth despite a global recession--can it manage the same miracle in the IT sector?

  • Australian ICT industry worth $123 billion

    Australia's ICT industry for the year to 30 June 2007 made $123 billion and employed just under 300,000 people, paying $21 billion in wages, according to numbers released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

  • Govt wrongfully hiding secret ICT deals

    Australia's federal government auditor has found that departments were most likely to misuse confidentiality provisions to prevent public disclosure for contracts when they related to information and communications technology goods and services.

  • Australia's got talent! But turns to UK for IT skills

    Australian vendors, recruiters and government agencies arrived in London over the weekend armed with a growing list of IT specialists from the old country needed Down Under, as part of the federal government-hosted Australia Needs Skills expo.

  • Australian IT mission to cash in on Euro billions

    Minister for Innovation, Senator Kim Carr, returned from Germany last week hoping to increase Australia's involvement in a 9 billion technology research initiative, which would lead to increased recognition for Australian ICT, according to industry sources.

  • Aussie ICT needs rock stars and the EU

    Australians are great at getting new ideas to work in the laboratory but fail at commercialising them. The answer could be anything from making ICT gurus into rock stars or joining the European competitiveness and innovation framework program, according to a panel discussion at CeBIT today.

  • Nanotech talks to help very small business in SA

    Materials Australia and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research will be hosting a series of seminars next week encouraging small businesses across South Australia to get involved with nanotechnology.

  • NICTA weak at the knees over $25m funding

    NICTA revealed today that it has received an AU$25 million funding boost courtesy of the NSW government, as part of an initiative to put the state back in the ICT spotlight.

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