Sandra Rossi

Support for the Federal Government's A$15 million Information and Communications Technology (ICT) apprenticeship program on behalf of the Australian Public Service (APS) program was recently announced. The program is in conjunction with a four year APS program that will deliver up to 60 jobs within government agencies for young people.

Dr Renato Iannella will co-chair an international group developing an information sharing plan for the emergency services organization

There is still a lot of work to do before even well connected countries realize the full economic benefits of ICT, according to a study ranking governments worldwide on their use of communications technology and infrastructure.

The new Trans-Pacific Express submarine cable between the United States and China, expected to be completed by August, will be operated by Verizon Buisiness, an American regulator has decided.

Australia will have its very own Storage Academy in 2008 providing vendor neutral education to end user communities in the region. The program aims to address the expected demand for one million new storage professionals worldwide by 2012, fuelled by continued growth in enterprise data.

Outside of Japan, however, telco capex for the region rose at a much stronger 19.5 per cent to $31.8 billion, according to an Ovum report released recently

Springboard Research says customer satisfaction, increasing retention, and expanding business will lead one in five merchants to undertake a major technology project over the next seveal years

The research firm's annual symposium opens up with a frank keynote that recommends technology managers identify themselves with their industry or vertical market first. Has IT become OT?