ACS Week in Review: 28 March 2013
Reports out this week
- SA
Government releases ICT strategy
paper
The South Australian Government has released a consultation paper outlining its planned approach to ICT, as part of a broader drive to embed a culture of innovation within government agencies.
ACS in the
news
- ACS
offers free indemnity insurance for young IT
workers
ACS chief executive Alan Patterson said the package recognises that “just as government contracts require insurance coverage with specified limits", businesses are looking for IT suppliers that can "provide assurance" of their professionalism.
- ACS
to offer indemnity insurance for young IT
workers
The ACS has announced that it will bundle professional indemnity insurance with membership after striking a deal with OAMPS Insurance Brokers.
Articles of Interest
- Outstanding
Australian scientists recognised with election to the Australian
Academy of
Science
Representing leading research scientists from institutions around Australia, the Australian Academy of Science annually honours a small number of Australian scientists with election to the Academy for their outstanding contributions to science.
- Union
backlash on delayed NBN
work
Labor faces a union backlash over the delays in the rollout of its National Broadband Network, with the powerful Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union expecting the project to be revised no matter who wins the election and warning of "unacceptable" labour rates to meet cost targets.
- The
end of Indian IT outsourcing as we know
it
India's IT outsourcers are promoting "mini CEOs" capable of running businesses on their own, while trimming down on the hordes of entry-level computer coders they normally hire as they try to squeeze more profits out of their staff.
- How
Aussie kids can emulate 17 year-old Yahoo
multimillionaire
Australian students should be offered computer programming classes from as early as kindergarten, technology industry experts say, to have a shot at replicating the success of 17-year-old Nick D’Aloisio, a London high school student who sold an iPhone app that summarises news articles to Yahoo! for a reported £20 million ($29 million).
- Tablets
to outsell PCs and
laptops
A report by the research firm IDC said worldwide shipments of these devices -- personal computers, tablets and smartphones -- grew 29.1 per cent in 2012 to 1.2 billion units with a value of $US576.9 billion. Sales of tablet computers will surpass sales of both desktop and portable PC sales by 2014.
Government and Opposition Announcements
- New
NBN co-chair
announced
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator Penny Wong, announced that Siobhan McKenna has been appointed Chair of NBN Co.