Stories by: Sandra Rossi

The federal government will participate in a roundtable discussion with industry tomorrow to address recent changes to the 457 Visa scheme.

Plans announced last week by the federal government to review its annual $6 billion spend on ICT marks a significant turning point for Australia's public sector, according to Steve Hodgkinson, public sector research director for analyst firm, Ovum.

The Queensland Government will today officially launch an innovation centre to support the growth of knowledge-based industries in the state.

The Western Australian government today launched the blueprint for the country's biggest technology precinct exclusively dedicated to the ICT industry.

Global IT examination institute, EXIN has announced a partnership that will see Charles Sturt University (CSU) become the first Australian university to incorporate IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) training and examinations into its IT-related undergraduate and post graduate degree courses.

Australia is to have its own specialist exchange for technology companies, similar to NASDAQ in the United States and AIM in the United Kingdom.

The Asia Pacific IT services market excluding Japan will grow from US$37.5 billion in 2007 to US$55.9 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.5 per cent over five years, according to Springboard Research.

The federal government is undertaking a review of Australia's immigration programs to address Australia's worsening skills shortage.

Australian Web hosting company, Melbourne IT, has replaced its e-mail filtering service after battling serious service disruptions last year due to soaring spam volumes and phishing attacks.

IT company Digital Sense is developing Australia's highest density data centres with multi-million dollar infrastructure technology to support the growing demand for high-powered computing.