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TCS Summer Camp builds interest in ICT By: Information Age staff
10/04/2008 13:51:30
A PILOT HOLIDAY PROGRAM to improve the ICT skills and awareness of disadvantaged Year 12 students has resulted in 70 percent of those who attended making a decision to pursue an ICT career. More...

Skills shortage an obstacle to growth By: Information Age staff
10/04/2008 13:36:12
AUSTRALIAN ICT INDUSTRY GROWTH is being constrained by skills shortages in key industry sectors, along with a downturn in telecommunications employment and research & development (R&D) spending, according to an ACS report released in February. More...

New Computer Professional Education Program elective By: Information Age staff
10/04/2008 13:43:23
THE ACS CPE PROGRAM has developed a new specialisation in the elective subject offerings, IT Service Management. More...

Canberra conference kicks ICT debate By: Information Age staff
10/04/2008 13:47:48
Senator Stephen Conroy, the Rudd Government's Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy, opened this year's ACS Canberra Branch Conference. More...

Student recruitment drive targets Uni O weeks By: Information Age staff
10/04/2008 13:39:30
With the help of Young IT representatives, student ambassadors and university computer club representatives, the ACS ran successful student recruitment campaigns in more than ten universities in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania during university orientation weeks. More...

Relevance, reputation and professionalism By: Kumar Parakala
10/04/2008 12:36:47
The ACS has come a long way in the past few years and there are exciting opportunities ahead. More...

Cover story: Hyperconnectivity or bust By: Beverley Head
10/04/2008 15:19:32
Demand for fast mobile communications is growing, and network providers are jostling for your corporate business. More...

Catching the mobility wave By: Keith Sherringham
10/04/2008 15:25:32
Before you get swept away by the power of mobile communications, it pays to look at the business issues carefully. More...

Internet security: just wishful thinking? By: Information Age staff
19/02/2008 11:37:09
Malware, adware, viruses and spam continue to assail users everywhere as the Internet continues to be a dangerous place - and it's getting worse. While security vendors struggle even to stay in touch with an accelerating tide of threats, professional criminals are gainfully exploiting millions of computers, governments and businesses are recruiting specialised hackers to wrest away others' secrets and malware writers are winning their war. The extent of Australian computer crime is hard to gauge as there's no requirement for it to be reported. However, the fact that more than a billion dollars was spent on trying to find and seal holes in the security fences here and in NZ shows that the problem has got industry attention. In this survey our writers here and overseas look at the panoply of dangers out there, what is being done to create a bulwark against them - and where the battles have simply been lost. There's little to cheer looking down the security road for the next year; elsewhere in this issue, Neil McAllister looks at the top 25 technoflops of all time. Security came out at the top of his list. More...

Stopping malware that mutates on demand By: Roger A. Grimes
19/02/2008 11:55:21
Antivirus vendors are struggling to contain polymorphs that evade traditional scans More...