Welcome
to the ACS SA weekly e-newsletter for the week ending Friday 22nd August 2008.
- UniSA/ ACS August Roundtable Monday 25th August
- Education Across the Nation - Wednesday 27th August
- IT Project Management Special Interest Group - Monday 1st September
- Are you aware that there are hundreds of
jobs listed on the NSW website??
- Computer Professional Education Program Enrolments Now
Open!
- University of Adelaide - Research Tuesdays - Tuesday 9th September
- ACS
Remuneration Survey: Call for Nominations to Working
Party
- Invitation - Free Seminar - Graduate Expectations, Perceptions and Views
- Red Hat
Courses – Now in is the time to get started
- VSTS & TFS
2008 training courses from Microsoft Learning
- Topic of the Week - ACS makes submission to the Review of the Future of Higher Education
in Australia
1. UniSA/ ACS August Roundtable - Monday 25th AugustTopic: "Information Security – A Gartner
Perspective" Aligning information security practices and technologies in support of
organisational priorities creates a puzzle that is constantly shifting and
mutating. Analysing the puzzle and crafting new approaches that produce a better
return is a personal passion and fascination. Speaker: Andrew Walls - Research Director, Gartner Research
Date: Monday 25th August 2008
Time:
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=10112433791181
2. Education Across the Nation - Wednesday 27th AugustTopic:
Security - The Information Security Threat Environment AusCERT
is the national Computer Emergency Response Team for Australia and a
leading CERT in the Asia/Pacific region. This is a not to be
missed event! Speaker: Joel
Hatton is currently the Infrastructure Manager for AusCERT. Joel has a
background in end-user support for personal computing platforms and is
experienced in system administration for Unix and Microsoft Windows server
operating systems.
Date: Wednesday 27th August 2008
Time: 5:15 for a 5:30 start
Venue: Internode Level 3, 150 Grenfell Street Adelaide SA (next door to Griffths 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=9012&temID=eventdetails&eveID=10110110936362
3. IT Project Management Special Interest Group - Monday 1st SeptemberTopic: "Reflections on a Career in
Project Management (It’s the people that make the difference)" Speaker: Andrew Hoyle, Andrew Hoyle Consulting - This session will focus on the softer skills
require by a Project Manager such as team selection and building, gaining
stakeholder support, projecting the right image and being philosophical about
tension and conflict. The presenter will draw upon first hand experiences of
what worked and regrettably (sometimes) what didn’t in 25 years of Project
Management. Date: Monday 1st September 2008
Time: 5:15 for a 5:45 start
Venue: Excom Education, 191 Pulteney St, Adelaide (on the corner of Flinders St)
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=10111030457627
4. Are you aware that there are hundreds of
jobs listed on the NSW website??
Whether you're looking for a
job interstate or in Adelaide, Part time or Full time, from Programming to
Customer Service browse
the listings here.
You can search by category, location, job type and /
or keywords.
5. Computer Professional Education Program Enrolments Now
Open!
Enrol for Study Period 1, 2009 to get in early and secure your place!
Charges will not be made until December 2008.
Looking for practical, work-based postgraduate
education? Then the CPE Program will be
just what you want. It’s postgraduate IT
professional education for motivated IT practitioners. With mentored and collaborative learning, the
CPE Program challenges your thinking and gives you a framework and the skills to
address issues within your organisation.
The CPE Program consists of four subjects: Three core - Business, Legal and Ethical Issues; New
Technology Alignment; Business, Strategy and IT and you choose one elective -
Project Management; IT Service Management or Adaptive Business
Intelligence.
Study Period 1 runs from 18 January to 19 April 2009. Fees are $675 per subject (or $2700 for the
full program) for ACS Members. Time
commitment is 8-10 hours per week. So if
you are after a challenging, relevant and current postgraduate education program
which is delivered totally online, enrol in the Computer Professional Education
Program now! For more information visit: www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram or Freecall 1800 671 003
Computer Professional Education Program Newsletter
6. University of Adelaide - Research Tuesdays - Tuesday 9th September
Topic: 'Some ideas about the next generation of image manipulation tools' The massive uptake of digital cameras and advances in the science of
image analysis are delivering new tools for digital content creation
into the hands of the average user. This development is fueled by the
growth of image and video content on the internet and the ability of
the technology to process very large volumes of image-based
information. The tools range from intelligent image and video editing
programs to modelling packages for 3D virtual environments such as
Google Earth, Grand Theft Auto, and Second Life. Digital content
creation technologies are becoming more powerful and more accessible
than ever.
Speaker: Associate Professor Anton van den Hengel is the Director of the Australian Centre for Visual Technologies
(ACVT), an interdisciplinary research centre focusing on innovation and
education in the production and analysis of visual digital media.
Date: Tuesday 9th September
Venue and Time: Research Tuesdays will be held in G04, Napier Building at 5.30pm, and will run for approximately one hour. Admission is free.
Campus map (pdf 697kB).
7. ACS
Remuneration Survey: Call for Nominations to Working
Party
While we’re still waiting for the result
of 2008 APESMA/ACS Remuneration Survey, it is suggested that a Working Party be
formed to bring together individuals who are able to contribute to the 2009
Survey and to make recommendations on how the ACS could improve the Survey.
Proposed terms of reference for the Working Party can be downloaded at: http://www.acs.org.au/attachments/TermsofReferenceRemunerationSurvey.doc Nominations to the
Working Party should be submitted via your branch office. Can we have your recommendations by
Monday 25th August please as we
need to make recommendations by 30th November.
8. Invitation - Free Seminar - Graduate Expectations, Perceptions and Views
What are the expectations, perceptions and views of university graduates about their transitions from education to work?
For
the first time a systematic national survey of over 30,000 graduating
Australian students has been conducted to build a broad understanding
of the opinions of graduate students post university
- employment expectations, including:
- the expected salary,
- the value of various benefits being offered by employers,
- what aspects of ‘corporate culture’ are important,
- methods of seeking work,
- expectations of working life
This
innovative new survey, known as University and Beyond, was undertaken
by Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) (with funding from the then
Department of Education, Science and Training). The GCA is a
not-for-profit organisation that tracks the activities of new
university graduates, reporting annually on their employment
destinations and starting salaries.
Expectations, perceptions and views - Key Findings from the University and Beyond Survey. 5.30-7.30pm, Monday September 8, 2008Bradley Forum, UniSA, Level 5, 50-60 North Terrace
RSVP: careers@unisa.edu.au
9. Red Hat
Courses – Now in is the time to get started!
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.
Most courses are 4 or 5 day duration
and run from Monday to Friday.
NEXT RHO33 - THIS IS WHERE YOU START! Red Hat Linux Essentials - Week commencing 29th September 2008
OR MORE ADVANCED? RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration and RHCT EXAM
OR MORE ADVANCED STILL? RH300 Rapid Track Course and RHCE Exam or RH253 Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Administration.
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’ latest datest. sue@etc-australia.com or phone 8232
4502
10. VSTS & TFS
2008 training courses from Microsoft Learning Goods
news for Adelaide. The world first “Beta” deliveries of the upcoming VSTS &
TFS 2008 training courses from Microsoft Learning will be delivered in Adelaide
starting September. This is a great opportunity to check out these great new
course offerings and increase your knowledge of Team System.
6214
– Effective Team Development Using Microsoft Visual Studio Team
System
This
three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills
to manage source control management, a configurable build process, tools that
aid in test driven development, and process workflow all integrated directly
into Visual Studio 2008. By the end of the course, developers are equipped to
use test-driven techniques and proven software processes to create high-quality
software with a minimal change in overall effort.
http://www.ddls.com.au/VendCourseDet/MS+/2/MSVI6214.htm
6215
– Implementing and Administering Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation
Server
This
two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to
implement and administer Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server.
The course focuses on installation and configuration details, team projects,
work items, version control, Team Build, and reporting.
http://www.ddls.com.au/VendCourseID/MSVS6215.htm
11. Topic of the Week - ACS makes submission to the Review of the Future of Higher Education
in Australia
The ACS makes
submission to the Government's Review of the
Future of Higher Education in Australia and recommends
that Government, industry, VET and higher education
providers must develop a coordinated and ongoing action plan to address the
ongoing decrease in enrolments in ICT programs and the subsequent growing gap
between supply and demand in Australia’s essential ICT skills. Australian post
school education should be revamped to achieve greater collaboration and
articulation between education programs provided by the VET and the higher
education sector to develop a post school education system that essentially
exists on an interoperable continuum, rather than the two very separate and
largely incompatible systems that currently exist. Details at http://www.acs.org.au/attachments/ACSSubmissiontoHigherEducationReview.pdf
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