Welcome
to the ACS SA weekly e-newsletter for the week ending Friday 18th July 2008.
- FREE BREAKFAST SEMINAR - Adaptive Business Intelligence - 22nd July
- SA Branch Forum - Wednesday 23rd July
- UniSA/ ACS July Roundtable - Monday 28th July
- SA Computer Human Interface (CHI) July Meeting - Tuesday 29th July
- Careers in the Digital Content Industry
- PCP HOURS - Have you updated yours lately?
- Computer Professional Education (CPE) Program Update
- 25th
SEARCC Conference on "Connected Society", 11-14 Sept. Chennai,
India
- Express Training Connections - Special Discounts for ACS Members
- Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference
2008
- Australian System Administrators' Conference (SAGE-AU 2008)
1. FREE BREAKFAST SEMINAR - Adaptive Business Intelligence - 22nd July
Come and hear our authoritative speakers talk about
the progress in Adaptive Business Intelligence and enjoy a free
breakfast.
Speakers include: Matthew Michalewicz and Zbigniew Michalewicz, Ph.D
Date: Tuesday 22nd July 2008 ** Please note change in date**
Time: 7:30 am
Venue: Next Generation Memorial Drive, Memorial Drive, North Adelaide.
(Parking at Adelaide Oval)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10106729140478
2. SA Branch Forum - Wednesday 23rd July
Topic: - An Introduction to SharePoint
Technologies
SharePoint is a hot topic in business right now! CIOs, CEOs and managing directors are all talking it up, but what exactly is
it? What and where is this so called power? Speaker: - Daniel Brown
Date: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Time:5:30pm
Venue: Internode, Level 3, 150 Grenfell Street ADELAIDE SA (next door to Griffins Head
Hotel)
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10111570998801
Did you know that you can get 15% off
your monthly ADSL fees with Internode? We have
arranged for you to receive the discount when you apply to join or notify them
of your entitlement. To join, sign up online and
remember to quote 'ACS member' and your membership number as the campaign code.
As an existing customer of Internode, email them or call 1300 788 233 with
a request to take advantage of this offer.
3. UniSA/ ACS July Roundtable - Monday 28th July
Topic: 'Web 2.0 – Opportunities and
Pitfalls' Web 2.0 it is not a single product or technology, it is however a useful concept
to describe a genre of applications, technologies, (business) ideas and a new
and more participatory way of using the network. Web 2.0 is growing in
importance not just for the IT industry and not just because our kids like to
chat with their friends instead of watching television.
Speaker: Tom Daly
Date: Monday 28th July 2008
Time: 5:30 pm - 7:15 pm
Venue: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 2 Westpac House, 91 King William St, Adelaide
PCP Hours: 2 - Please book through the link below to assist us with catering and
to ensure your PCP Hours are updated.
Bookings and further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10110420006549
4. SA Computer Human Interface (CHI) July Meeting - Tuesday 29th July Topic: - 'Head Tracking
for Virtual Portals' Desktop (fish tank) virtual reality systems use a traditional display screen to
provide a window (portal) into a computer simulated world. The sense of reality
conveyed by such systems can be improved by tracking the position of the
viewer's head and adjusting the view of the simulated world to match. Speaker: Assoc Prof Paul Calder, School of Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics,
Flinders University
Date:Tuesday 29th July 2008
Time: 5:30 for a 5:45 start
Venue: Excom, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide (corner Pulteney and
Flinders Sts)
Further information: http://www.acs.org.au/index.cfm?action=event&area=9005&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10107335874742
5. Careers in the Digital Content Industry
Hear the inspiring stories of five young achievers and how they prepared for their exciting career in:
• Web Design and Development
• Mobile Content and Applications
• Animation and Special Effects
• Games
• Digital Marketing
Careers Forum
Monday 28th July 2008, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Education Development Centre, Milner Street Hindmarsh
For further information: http://www.acs.org.au/sa/otherinfo/careers_digital_content.pdf
6. PCP HOURS - Have you updated yours lately?
To achieve Practicing Computer Professional status (PCP post-nominals) a
member must undertake a minimum of thirty (30) hours structured professional
development in any twelve month period. If
you book for ACS sponsored events such as Branch Forums, EdXN and
Special Interest Groups your PCP hours will be automatically updated.
The number of applicable hours is usually advertised with the event
information.
Non ACS events, such as conferences and other
training may also count towards your PCP hours but you will have to
update your Member record by logging in to 'My ACS' and completing the CP Activity Statement.
The Statement requires details of each activity, including the objectives and
outcomes of each activity, dates and times, location, the provider details (if
any) and the number of hours claimed.
The maximum number of hours that can be claimed for any one activity is
twenty-five (25) hours.
Each activity can be entered as it occurs or all information can be added at
one time. A member's professional development history is kept as an addendum to
the member's record and (in a future release of the web interface) can be
printed by the member as and when required. Following each and every update the
member's PCP status is re-evaluated. Why not check your record today?
7. Computer Professional Education (CPE) Program Update
CPE Program - Study Period 2 - Enrolments have now closed for Study Period 2. If you are looking
for online postgraduate study why not consder enrolling in 2009? For more information about the CPE Program please see: www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram
CPE Program's latest enews is available at https://www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram/enewsletter/enewsletter.htm
8. 25th
SEARCC Conference on "Connected Society", 11-14 Sept. Chennai,
India
The
ACS is a member of South-East Asian Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC).
Computer Society of India is hosting this year’s SEARCC Conference in
conjunction with its 43rd Convention on the theme of "Connected
Society", citing today's technology connects the entire world, whether it is
rural or urban, irrespective of language, religion, country and so on. In
to-day's world rapid inclusive development of any country will necessarily have
to integrate different sections of the society seamlessly. Connected Society is
a concept which will help us to achieve this objective. The emphasis of the
event is to facilitate focusing different issues involved - technical, social
and commercial. Visit www.csiconnect2008.org for more
information.
9. Express Training Connections - Special Discounts for ACS Members
Red Hat
Courses – Now in Adelaide!
Special Discounts for ACS Members
Express Training Connections
Pty. Ltd., Level 5, 38 Gawler
Place, Adelaide
5000
Full schedule on web site www.etc-australia.com
Are you an IT
professional looking to gain knowledge in the Linux environment? This is an opportunity to get your Red Hat skills
up and running or consolidate your knowledge.
Upcoming Classes in July include:
Week commencing 21st July 2008
RH300 - RHCE Rapid Track Course Including RHCE exam - Want to wait until August?
RH033 & RH133 - Kick off your Red Hat accreditation with Red Hat Linux Essentials or Red
Hat Linux System Administration and RHCT EXAM
All courses are Red Hat
accredited using qualified Red Hat instructors. This is an opportunity to
increase your Red
Hat skills or consolidate your knowledge and gain industry
certifications as a Red Hat Certified Technician or Red
Hat Certified engineer.
Registration Fees (includes GST): 16%
discount off retail prices is awarded to all ACS Members.
Please book through the email address below to assist with registration details
and to ensure you receive the specific courses’ special promotion gift. sue@etc-australia.com or phone 8232
4502 9.1 Special Invitation to ACS Members - How to Manage Your Enterprise Linux Evoronment efficiently
- How long does it take you to disable Linux and Unix user
accounts across your organisation?
- Would single sign on for services improve your
security?
- Afraid of losing your Unix and Linux servers in a Microsoft
Active Directory forest?
Join us
for a briefing session on Red Hat Linux Automation Strategy. See for yourself
how Open Source can advance your data centre management without the need for
expensive proprietary technology
More information and bookings: http://www.acs.org.au/sa/otherinfo/redhat_invitation.htm
10. Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference
2008
ATNAC
2008 - Adelaide
SA - Call
For Papers
If you
have not submitted a paper to ATNAC 2008 yet, you now have another opportunity
to do so.
Over the recent weeks,
there have been many requests to better align the ATNAC 2008
submission deadlines with the demands placed by the academic and
business year timelines. As a result, the paper submission deadline has
been extended to Monday 04 August.
You will
find the Call for Papers and the necessary details at http://www.plevin.com.au/atnac2008/.
ATNAC
conferences have traditionally been the best meeting place for the Australasian
telecommunication networks and applications researchers and practitioners. It is
ATNAC where industry practitioners meet researchers from academia, and where the
latest in the technology and telecommunications business developments across
Australasia and worldwide are discussed.
11. Australian System Administrators' conference (SAGE-AU 2008)
Registration
for the sixteenth annual Australian System Administrators' conference
(SAGE-AU 2008) is now open.
See:http://www.sage-au.org.au/display/conf/Registration
Key information:
11th July: Early Bird Date
11th - 13th August: Training Program
14th - 15th August: Technical Program
Holiday Inn Adelaide
65 Hindley Street
Adelaide
South Australia
SAGE-AU
is the System Administration industry body in Australia. It
exists to support all Australian system administrators, raise awareness
of the profession and provide education in technical and professional
issues. Our yearly conference provides a forum for System
Administrators of all platforms and levels of experience to gather
together and share their experiences. Further it provides an
excellent opportunity to meet and network with acknowledged experts in
the field.
Training programme attendance will include a tea
break, lunch and printed reference material. The more training
courses you attend, the cheaper each one is. For unit prices
please see:
http://www.sage-au.org.au/display/conf/Pricing
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