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Written by Stan Beer
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A survey of ads on Internet jobs boards in Australia during December 2007 revealed particularly strong demand for IT and Telecoms staff compared with the same period in the previous year.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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A employer survey by an IT staffing company has identified management of 'millennials' - the 18-31 age group and source of the future IT workforce - as one of the toughest management challenges facing employers.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is leading the charge to make 2008 'the year of the sustainable workplace' but says the concept of a sustainability in IT must be much wider than environment or 'green' issues and must address the threat posed to the industry's long term viability by a diminishing pool of human resources and increased competition for those resources.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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Australia's Internet Industry Association has appointed its first communications director in preparation for what it says will be an escalation of its activities in several key policy areas during 2008.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Stephen Elop, formerly chief operating officer at Juniper Networks, will take over from Jeff Raikes as president of the Microsoft Business Division at the end of January.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Symantec has promoted Enrique Salem to the new role of chief operating officer.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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The Wikimedia Foundation has appointed Erik Moeller as its deputy director.
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Written by Stan Beer
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Steve “Chipper” Ross, general manager of Dimension Data Learning Solutions, passed away suddenly just after Christmas after suffering a cerebral aneurysm.
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Written by Stan Beer
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Security vendor McAfee, Inc. has appointed Steve Redman as president of the Asia Pacific region, reporting to Michael DeCesare, executive vice president of sales operations at McAfee. Redman begins in his new role immediately and will be responsible for sales in North Asia, South East Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand.
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Written by Stan Beer
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Ric Shreves, former Mambo Foundation president, has left his role as the managing director of international open source CMS consultant, Water & Stone, to work as an independent open source web applications consultant.
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Written by Stan Beer
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The outlook for jobs in the technology sector will continue to be strong for at least the next 18 months with no indications that a US recession will cause a downturn, according to the head of Australia's largest IT&T recruiter.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Three scientists at Yahoo! Research have been honoured with fellowships by prestigious professional associations.
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Written by Stan Beer
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Two of the largest technology recruitment firms in Australia have merged to form what will be the biggest technology recruitment network in the country.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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SAP has appointed Tim Ebbeck to the role of senior vice president and chief commercial officer for its Asia Pacific and Japan operations.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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SAP has appointed Therese McGrath as chief operating officer for its Australia and New Zealand business.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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GlobalConnect Australia has appointed Sameer Chhatre as its services manager.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Network Appliance has promoted Thomas Dooner to the role of distribution manager for Australia and New Zealand.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Exinda Networks has appointed Sally Weatherald as its northern region sales manager.
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Written by Stan Beer
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It gives us great pleasure to welcome one of the truly great technology wordsmiths Charles Wright into the fold of iTWire bloggers. Known for his outstanding passion and insight in the consumer electronics and computing areas but above all his masterful writing skills, Charles is a wonderful addition to the iTWire team.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Sybase 365 has appointed Manu Sharma as business development director for Australia and New Zealand.
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