ACS Week in Review: 14 September 2012
The following shows major ICT news across the sector and government for the week. For further information please contact ACS Head of Policy and External Affairs, Mr Adam Redman, on 02 9299 4450 or at adam.redman@acs.org.au.
Key Reports out this week
- Deloitte Access Economics: RETAIL, media and finance are the industries most exposed to a digital ''big bang'' that will affect almost a third of the economy over the next three years, a new report says.
- IDC Reports on approaches that are being taken by Australian financial services institutions (FSIs) in Big Data
- Frost & Sullivan report on organizations increasingly moving beyond considerations of the initial costs savings of the Cloud to the increased agility and scalability that adoption offers.
- ABS: Selected Characteristics of Australian Business (cat. no. 8167.0) reports on business use of Technology
ACS in the media
Wages in holding pattern but rises tipped, The Australian ICT curriculum needs overhaul, The Australian ICT salaries increase by 3.9 per cent, CIO Magazine ICT salaries accelerating across the ditch, Tech day Where technology meets potatoes, Technology Spectator ICT salaries continue to grow: ACS, ARN
ICT in the Media
Digital Economy
- IT consultancy Analysys Mason has warned that the ITU's forthcoming review of the International Telecommunications Regulations could extend these to the Internet and that any such expansion is "not only unnecessary, but could harm the growth of the Internet in developing countries."
Skills and Training
Cyber Security
Government backs the Stop the Trolls Campaign Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and the Attorney-General Nicola Roxon today voiced their support for the Daily Telegraph's 'Stop the Trolls' campaign. First France, now Spain: Malcolm Turnbull invests again in Fibre to the Home Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today accused Malcolm Turnbull of rank hypocrisy for investing in another telecommunications company that is building a fibre to the home network. - Enhanced MyUniversity site goes live Hundreds of thousands of Australian students who are this month submitting their university applications for 2013 will get a helping hand to make their big decision a bit easier.,
Opposition Announcements
Labor’s National Broadband Network is falling disastrously behind every benchmark the Government has set for it except one – the amount of taxpayers’ money being spent Senator Conroy today released a revised NBN 2012 Corporate Plan showing costs are higher and NBN Co needs more investment from the Commonwealth than previously stated – yet the NBN fibre network is now projected to reach only one in four of the 1.3 million households the previous 2010 Corporate Plan estimated would be able to connect to the network by mid-2013. - Another carbon tax backflip, more industry policy chaos In yet another rebuff to Australian manufacturers, reports today of the Clean Technology Program being put on hold will add to the mounting uncertainty surrounding the federal Labor government’s industry policies.