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The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) has described the Coalition’s announcement boosting its training voucher scheme as a much-needed shot in the arm for small businesses. “This is great news for SMEs in the ICT space,” said AIIA Chief Executive Officer Sheryle Moon. “One of the biggest obstacles to growth in our industry is the need to build capacity with operators and employees. “There is an extraordinary entrepreneurial culture within ICT in Australia and it’s imperative we nurture that trend. As a venture grows it needs additional business, finance, sales and marketing skills and it is in these key areas that the Coalition has provided a welcome boost with the Work Skills Voucher program,” said Ms Moon. “With many employers feeling the squeeze when it comes to skilled labour, it’s never been more important to invest in upskilling existing employees. This step by the Coalition is to be commended.” AIIA runs an SME Entrepreneurs programs in conjunction with the Macquarie Graduate School of Management and industry mentors to help local Australian SME ICT businesses realise their potential. Are you tasked with one or more of the following objectives? If the answer is yes then you need to invest your time attending Gartner's inaugural seminar Monday: Go to Market on Monday 19 November at Sydney & Exhibition Convention Centre. ICT and the $AUD With the Australian Dollar breaking the 92 US cents barrier this week, and predictions it could reach parity with the US Dollar by Christmas, there’s good news and bad news for the ICT industry. The reduction of the US Dollar means that exporters are worse off unless they are in an ‘elastic’ market such as defence and security hardware, or software and services. Read more 2008 Premier’s Sustainability Awards The 2008 Premier’s Sustainability Awards are proudly hosted by Sustainability Victoria on behalf of the Premier of Victoria. The award categories are large business, small business, community, public sector and products or services. Find out more at www.sustainabilityawards.vic.gov.au  |  AIIA Sustainability Forum Presentations Presentations from AIIA's Sustainable Futures Forum are now available online. Vodcasts and podcasts from the event will be added over the coming days, so keep an eye out on AIIA's Sustainable Futures Forum Multimedia webpage.
| The 'Greening' of IT Book 24/7 have recently released its Analyst Perspectives Concensus Report for September. The report examines the ‘Green IT’ issue through the ideas, perspectives, and opinions of various analysts. Read more Creating a sustainable future
AIIA held the ICT Sustainable Futures Forum in Melbourne on Thursday 18 October, which was designed to provide CEOs, CFOs and CIOs with a broader understanding of how technology can support a sustainable future. Read more A guide to Information Technology patents Software and Internet Business Process Systems. Are they patentable? When does one infringe the patent? Is the situation different in Europe and USA from the position in Australia? Read more Semantic Technologies for Business and Government We live in an age of information overload, surrounded by masses of digital data, but lacking the tools to process it based on its meaning or semantics. Consequently, a lot of human time and effort is spent manually transforming and processing data when porting it from one application or data store to another, or when aggregating it into a form suited for analysis and execution. Read more Victoria's ICT industry In September/October 2006 Multimedia Victoria commenced a six-monthly series of state-wide surveys of the Victorian ICT industry. The surveys, conducted for Multimedia Victoria by I & J Management Services provide critical data to ensure that Government policy and programs remain relevant to the changing needs of the ICT industry. Read more FITT event: What's new about work-life Balance? Come hear how renewed attention to this fundamental workplace issue is significantly shifting the way Australian companies operate. Work-life balance has become a strategy for winning the talent war. Companies whose policies and management support work-life Balance are now being voted the "best employers." It may also be a new tool for fostering motivation and developing team spirit. Read more Creating diversity in the workplace. Centrelink is organising a series of Employment Expos across Australia - particularly for communities in regional and remote Australia. Read more 14th Annual AIMIA Awards The AIMIA Awards, the longest running and most prestigious awards in Australia’s interactive media industry, are now open for entries! Celebrating the very best in digital content innovation across all genres and interactive media platforms, the AIMIA Awards recognise the industry’s finest and showcase Australia’s leading Digital Content developers, content providers and application developers. The Awards have 24 categories including; advertising, mobile, entertainment, tourism & travel, cultural, corporate, science, health & environment, financial and learning & education. Read more We want you! Sponsorship opportunities are now available for 2008 AIIA events. If you’re interested in putting your company’s name on some of the ICT industry’s biggest and most exciting events, please contact Tania Crosbie for more information. | AIIA new member profiles AIIA Welcomes our New Members and profiles them each week in the "Our Members' News" section of the Bulletin. We encourage everyone to view these profiles each week and see if our new members products and services are of value to your organisation - possibly as a service provider, supplier, educator, consultant, alliance or business partner. | International Investment Seminars November 2007 Strategies for Success in U.S. Market – Resources & Opportunities in Virginia The State of Virginia offers the ideal gateway to the United States market for Australian companies. Located in the centre of the U.S. East Coast, adjacent to Washington, D.C., Virginia presents numerous strategic advantages to Australian companies that seek to sell into the U.S., and particularly Federal Government, ICT and Defence sectors. Read more Adopt a student! Sydney Local Community Partnership (LCP) deals with 32 schools (State, Catholic and Independent) in the Eastern Suburbs, Inner City and Inner West of Sydney and would be delighted if your business would be willing to participate in the workplacement program to host Year 11 or Year 12 Information Technology (IT) or Business Services Administration (BSA) students for a week (35 hours), to assist you with your business. Read more Meet the Open Source Industry Waugh Partners is hosting a "Meet the Open Source Industry" breakfast event in every capital city around Australia, where you'll hear about the value of Open Source, meet the local industry vendors in each city, and hear about the Open Source Industry and Community Census - the biggest ever research project into the dynamics and metrics of the industry and community behind Open Source in Australia. The event is a breakfast event with time for networking afterwards. Please click through to RSVP to the event in your city. | |
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