Tag: shortage

Storage

WD restarts Thai hard disk factory

By Liam Tung | Dec 5, 2011 | Comment Now

But shortages to go beyond March quarter.

Telco/ISP

Opinion: Why no IPv6 panic among Aussie telcos?

By Juha Saarinen | Feb 4, 2011 | 7 Comments

Expect prices to rise as telcos stockpile IPv4 addresses.

Strategy

Interview: Centrelink's IT chief, John Wadeson

By Brett Winterford | Jan 18, 2011 | Comment Now

Human Services considers data centre reform, cloud computing and skills shortages.

Training & Development

Canberra's IT skills crisis blamed on Gershon cuts

By John Hilvert | Dec 1, 2010 | 10 Comments

High price to re-hire culled workers.

Training & Development

IT workers top 2009-10 skilled migrations

By Liz Tay | Oct 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

Australian immigration program targets skills shortage.

Networking

Analysis: What's holding back IPv6?

By Juha Saarinen | Sep 6, 2010 | 9 Comments

Buying a nice address on the Internet will soon cost a bomb.

Hardware

Telcos squeezed in Apple iPhone shortage

By Brett Winterford | Oct 21, 2009 | Comment Now

Fears of no stock for Christmas sales.

Training & Development

SAP eyes user group summit to address skills shortage

By Ry Crozier | Jul 21, 2009 | 2 Comments

International skills not always applicable.

Training & Development

Australia needs ICT people – 9,000 to be precise

Dec 3, 2008 | Comment Now

.NET, Java, SAP and Cisco skills are high on Aussie employer wishlists, according to a new skills index developed by KPMG Econtech.

Training & Development

Contact centres urged to look offshore for staff

By Liz Tay | Sep 15, 2008 | Comment Now

Australian contact centres need to look offshore to solve staffing issues, claims customer service outsourcing agency, Convergys.

Hardware

Atom shortage hits Asus

By Dean Pullen | Aug 22, 2008 | Comment Now

A source from Asustek has shed light on the reasoning for older Celeron's appearing in new models of the popular Eee PC.

Training & Development

E-learning gets a boost to counter skill shortage

By Ashley Clark | May 9, 2008 | Comment Now

The Australian Flexible Learning Framework has allocated $5.3 million for the creation of new e-learning solutions for vocational and educational training (VET).

Training & Development

Recruiters expect temporary slowdown in IT vacancies

By Liz Tay | Apr 30, 2008 | Comment Now

The global economic slowdown might be softening the IT recruitment landscape, recruiters say, but the Australian skills shortage is far from over.

Training & Development

IT recruiter signs international hire agreement

By Liz Tay | Apr 1, 2008 | Comment Now

A newly-awarded Federal Government labour agreement will allow three recruitment companies to hire and land skilled workers from overseas.

Training & Development

Admiring, not hiring is the key to skills shortage

By Liz Tay | Mar 27, 2008 | Comment Now

While the Australian IT industry laments a lack of industry awareness and training to support staffing requirements, employee retention could be the key to overcoming the ...

Training & Development

Can Web commuting end the skills shortage?

By Liz Tay | Mar 11, 2008 | Comment Now

Take a look around. Is your office looking emptier? Driven by a focus on the work-life balance and enabled by improved broadband availability, more Australians are working from ...

Training & Development

Traditional recruitment fails to solve IT skills shortage

By Robert Jaques | Mar 6, 2008 | Comment Now

A fundamental disconnect exists between current attempts by IT and telecoms firms to hire talented staff and the priorities of the candidates themselves, according to a new ...

Training & Development

Gaming away the Australian skills shortage

By Liz Tay | Jan 29, 2008 | Comment Now

With the 2008 harvest of high school graduates now in the bag, universities are reporting rising enrolment figures in the traditionally stark fields of science and engineering.