ACS Week in Review: 14 December 2012
Reports out this week
ACS in the news
- ‘Sender pays’ bad idea for the internet, The Australian
ICT in the Media
- Digital Economy: China to get NBN for third of our cost
- Cloud: US ambassador sets out case against protectionism
- ICT jobs market and skills: How IT can become a driver of business growth
- Telecommunications: Only one in four taking up National Broadband Network service
Digital Economy
- IT may be a little slower but China's national broadband network will reach 10 times more households than Labor's rollout at less than one-third the price.
- In an opinion piece in the Fairfax IT Pro section, US ambassador Jeffrey Bleich sets out the case against “cloud protectionism”.
Skills & Training
Cyber Security
- IP threats will pose a big threat to companies across Asia Pacific, according to security firm Kroll Advisory Solutions. Australian companies will be among those particularly susceptible as many are now using SSDs to store their information.
- Facebook introduced a host of new privacy controls Wednesday that give users easier ways to determine who can see their posts and photos, while taking away one setting that allows the social network's members to block their "Timeline" pages from turning up when others search for them.
Telecommunications
- JUST one in four homes where the National Broadband Network has been operating for more than 12 months has signed up for the lightning-fast service.
- Google’s chairman Eric Schmidt has said the company’s methods of paying tax are legal and “proudly” capitalist, in an interview with Bloomberg in New York overnight.
- Computer technology accounted for more patent applications in recent years than any other industry sector tracked by the World Intellectual Property Organization, although the number of digital communication patent applications grew faster.
Government announcements
- Small to medium sized businesses and not-for-profit organisations in Mandurah and Belmont will be able to get free expert advice on making the most of the National Broadband Network (NBN), thanks to a new Australian Government funded training program.
- The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today launched a new guide that will make it easier to provide services to children with vision or hearing impairments using fast broadband.
- Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Penny Wong, today announced the appointment of Ms Alison Lansley to the board of NBN Co Limited, and the reappointment of Mr Terrence Francis.