ACS CEO Week in Review: 2 Nov 2012
Reports out this week
ACS in the news
- Council Staffer’s IT Award, Wollondilly Advertiser,
ICT in the Media
- Digital Economy: Government Cyber white paper expands to wider ‘digital’ remit
- Patents and Copyright:Apple offers up to $1 per device for Motorola Mobility patents
- ICT jobs market and skills: BusinessIT Managers being stretched by increasing role technology across departments.
- Telecommunications:Telstra targets Asian expansion
Digital Economy
- The scope of the government’s Cyber White Paper expands to ICT skills development, teleworking, cloud strategy, and how best to support the funding needs of new digital businesses. Responsibility for paper has also move to the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy from The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- French tax authorities have made a €1.3 billion ($1.64 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute over compensation to media websites, a French newspaper reported, a claim denied by the US internet giant's French arm.
- The treasury warns that regulating Australian IT pricing would stiffed innovation and reduce competition in Australia.
Skills & Training
- ICT managers are "walking a fine line" between servicing the business and becoming over-stretched by departments adopting technologies, according to a hiring expert.
- The US Department of Homeland Security is considering setting up a “Cyber Reserve” of computer security experts who could be called upon in the event of a crippling cyber attack.
Cyber Security
- The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) along with Telstra and Microsoft, launch Australia's next national cyber security competition, Cyber Security Challenge Australia 2013 (CySCA 2013).
- Hacker attacks targeting Gulf oil and gas companies and some of America's largest banks following September's political instability in the Middle East highlighted the cyber-security challenge facing businesses not only in the US but around the world.
- Public school teachers tweet that its ''too good to be true'' after an email claiming to be from the NSW director-general of education censured the O'Farrell government's cuts to the education budget.
Telecommunications
- TELSTRA chief executive David Thodey has underlined the importance of expanding in Asia and beyond as the giant telco looks for new revenue opportunities with big-ticket corporate clients.
- GOOGLE'S upcoming Nexus 4 smartphone will be cheap yet with high end-of-market specs, it will throw down the gauntlet to expensive flagship models.
Government announcements
- Australian business owners can build financial knowledge using a free online resource developed by the Gillard Government.
- Australia Post launches into digital age: The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has today launched the Australia Post Digital Mailbox, saying that it has the potential to revolutionise the mail industry and provide Australians with a way to manage all their information online securely.
- O'Farrell Government misleading NSW about power prices and the NBN: The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today called on the O'Farrell Government to stop misleading the New South Wales public about power prices and the rollout of the National Broadband Network.
- NBN to facilitate closer ties with Asia: The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today welcomed the release of the Australia in the Asian Century White Paper, saying that the National Broadband Network will play an integral role in strengthening the Australian economy, including through engagement with Asia in the decades ahead.