Sandra Rossi

The Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM has signed an agreement with the Australian division of Nortel to drive joint training and marketing activities for wireless network technology in Australia over the next three years.

Microsoft's chief privacy officer, Peter Cullen, said the introduction of data disclosure laws in Australia should not be the centerpiece of an organization's data protection strategy.

Salaries for ICT professionals have risen 4.5 percent in the past 12 months, a slight increase on the 4.3 percent reported in 2006, according to the Australian Computer Society's (ACS) annual remuneration survey released Friday.

Australia's Total Environment Center releases a report that claims moutains of toxic handhelds and cell phones are waiting to be disposed of. So how come the rest of the industry isn't that worried?

Even though Australia is currently experiencing an ICT skills shortage, many IT veterans are "driving taxis", according to the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). Despite an aging population which is having a negative impact on Australia's talent pool, AIIA CEO, Sheryle Moon, said 50 year-olds are still perceived as being past their use-by-date in the workforce.

Sophos Thursday released its global statistics naming and shaming the Dirty Dozen spam relaying countries with the U.S. and China sharing the number one position from April to June 2007.

Many Australian politicians are overlooking technology as a tool in the race to this year's election, according to the Australian Information Industry Association.

A Sydney-based private girls school, Loreto Normanhurst, has implemented wireless broadband to improve its e-learning program.