AIIA Bulletin
Leading the ICT business community
7 August 2006
In this issue:
Unleash the potential of intellectual property, says AIIA
New AIIA Board Director: Andy Lambert, Fuji Xerox Australia
New Board Director Replacement Policy
AIIA says thanks to outgoing Director, Phil Chambers
Advancing ICT through education and research
AIIA farewells Mr Joerg Schomburg, CeBIT World Wide Events
Are marketing and sales teams on different planets?
Imagine where we’d be without ICT
New Members
ICT exports travel faster and farther with online sales
Events


Unleash the potential of intellectual property, says AIIA

Significant economic benefits would be gained by both governments and industry if intellectual property rights were owned and commercialised by ICT suppliers to government, says Australia’s peak ICT lobby group, AIIA. Read more

 
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New AIIA Board Director: Andy Lambert, Fuji Xerox Australia

Andy LambertAIIA has a new member of its influential Board of Directors: Andy Lambert – new Managing Director of Fuji Xerox Australia, has taken on the role with AIIA from outgoing MD, Phil Chambers.

Andy Lambert’s career with the Xerox Group spans 25 years, working internationally in a number of countries including Singapore, Hong Kong and South America.

He has spent the last 11 years as the Finance Director of Fuji Xerox Australia and since 1998 has worked in partnership with the previous Managing Director, Phil Chambers, to change the Australian operation from a company of historic ‘lack lustre’ financial performance to one of substantial growth and benchmark profitability.

Appointed to the position of Deputy CEO in December 2003, Mr Lambert has helped to change the image of Fuji Xerox Australia from one of a copier company to that of an ICT services company, with focus on implementing various strategic initiatives including:

  • Developing a suite of e-Systems driving productivity and delivering superior customer service;
  • Establishing a successful document management outsourcing division (Fuji Xerox Global Services) that counts more than 50 blue-chip companies in its client list;
  • Restructuring the production business to ensure it achieves sustainable growth for its customers and for Fuji Xerox; and
  • Developing sustainability as a key business principle with focus on the environment, corporate social responsibility, and customer and employee satisfaction.

Mr Lambert's experience, knowledge and commitment to environmentally responsible business will be great assets to AIIA's Board of Directors.

"As a director of AIIA, I look forward to participating in a board which brings together senior executives across the ICT Industry who can focus on the resolution of the issues and challenges facing the industry to ensure its continued health and growth," Mr Lambert says.

"I would like to see AIIA develop a practical and implementable ICT product stewardship model which is accepted by business, government and the community," he continues. "This model should ideally recognise and accommodate the work of those organisations who have already achieved substantial progress on the ownership of their e-waste."

For more information on AIIA's Environment Special Interest Group, click here. For a full list of AIIA's Board of Directors click here.

 
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New Board Director Replacement Policy

In May, AIIA’s Board of Directors agreed to endorse a new protocol for filling casual board vacancies. The new policy takes into account various issues and scenarios, outlined below. Read more

 
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AIIA says thanks to outgoing Director, Phil Chambers

Phil ChambersAIIA would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of Phil Chambers, who has recently stepped down from AIIA’s Board of Directors.

Mr Chambers has been a leader in the Australian ICT industry for a number of years. During his eight years as Managing Director of Fuji Xerox Australia, he was instrumental in changing the perception of Fuji Xerox from that of a “copier company” to that of a sophisticated IT company providing a comprehensive suite of document management solutions and services to business and government.
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Advancing ICT through education and research

Most organisations, especially those using and applying information technology, want to find and employ work-ready skilled IT people. Most organisations find that the education process continues to fall short of delivering the qualified and work-ready people to address their needs. When you cannot easily find this increasingly elusive talent pool, what can you do? Read more

 
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AIIA farewells Mr Joerg Schomburg, CeBIT World Wide Events

It with great sadness that AIIA reports that Mr Joerg Schomburg, Director of CeBIT World Wide Events and Vice President of Deutsche Messe AG, passed away on Thursday 27 July in Germany. Read more

 
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Are marketing and sales teams on different planets?

On Wednesday 19 July, AIIA bridged the gap between marketing and sales at its ever-popular Marketing Forum in Sydney. Read more

 
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Imagine where we’d be without ICT

Momentum Technologies GroupPicture this: a cyclone has torn through Innisfail. Queensland’s Department of Emergency Services has been called out to the disaster. The emergency crew on the ground needs to get visual images to a variety of people, fast. Read more

 
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New Members

Team Technology
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ICT exports travel faster and farther with online sales

AustradeOnline sales continue to drive Australian ICT exporters onto the international stage. While the United States is still the largest and most sophisticated market for eCommerce, developments in Europe and Asia should not be overlooked. Read more

 
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Events

10 August: Melbourne - Federal government ‘SourceIT’ standard contracts explained
11 August: Brisbane - Luncheon: Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman, Brisbane City Council
17 August: Canberra - Canberra Managers’ Forum: Hon Gary Nairn
21 August: Perth - Microsoft Australia’s Managing Director on the ICT industry
21 August: Brisbane - AIIA Qld Annual Golf Day
23 August: Sydney - AIIA NSW Government Symposium
13 September: Adelaide - Intel’s General Manager predicts the future of ICT
24-25 October: Canberra - Government Technology Summit
21-22 November: Christchurch - Connectivity 06
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