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Posted By Online Services, AIIA,
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
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Digital Local Government (DLG) Program: DBCDE this week released the $17.1 million DLG program guides. AIIA positively influenced the shape of these guidelines via a forum organised involving both members and non-members and a follow-up report. The guidelines call for the submission of project business cases for funding to deliver innovative online services by councils in the eight National Broadband Network first-release sites. The program encourages the development of online services that are replicable and scalable, and which other local governments across Australia can adapt for their purposes. It has the potential to encourage a step change in the quality, availability and speed of local government services. The program guidelines provide information on the objective and purpose of the program, as well as information to assist eligible councils to develop project business cases for program funding. Guidelines and more information about the Digital Local Government are available on the Department’s website.
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Posted By AIIA,
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
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AIIA has been invited by Standards Australia and the
Australian Government Information Management Office to join JTC1 – the international
Joint Technical Committee of the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission – focusing on Standardisation in the
field of Information Technology.
The Australian JTC1 Strategic Advisory Committee is designed
to represent Australia in matters of national importance to the ICT sector as
JTC1 works towards the development of international ICT standards.
The JTC1 Strategic Advisory Committee will be responsible
for the provision of high-level strategic advice to Standards Australia on
Australia’s position in these areas. AIIA will be working closely with members to
ensure that standards reflect support their priorities in areas ranging from
cloud computing to eHealth.
If you have any questions about the Committee please contact
AIIA General Manager, Government Relations and Programs, Loretta Johnson.
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Posted By AIIA,
Monday, 24 October 2011
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NSW
residents and organisations are invited to have their say and contribute to the
development of a Digital Economy Industry Action Plan for the State.
The
NSW Government's 'Have your Say' website is now open until 18
November to receive online comments and submissions.
Public
submissions and input is invited to help develop Industry Action Plans for a range of key economy sectors, including the Digital Economy. The
Digital Economy plan is focused on digital content and applications; information
services and analytics; and, smart networks and intelligent technologies.
Deputy
Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Stoner said the Government
has established Industry Taskforces to develop the Industry Action Plans to
position key sectors of the NSW economy for growth, innovation and
productivity, exports and global competitiveness, and new investment over the
next decade and beyond.
"The
Have your Say website can be used by anyone including individuals, industry
participants, local government, organisations and associations,” Mr Stoner
said.
"The
online forums will allow people who are unable to attend live forums or don't
have the time to write formal submissions to participate via the internet at
any time of the day or night that suits them.
"They
will also suit organisations who wish to participate in the Industry Action
Plan consultation process in an informal way.
"Feedback
provided through the online forums will allow for a qualitative and
quantitative analysis of comments and submissions made, trends and key issues
identified, and characteristics including geographical locations."
Updates
on the Industry Action Plan process will be provided through www.business.nsw.gov.au and social
media using the Twitter hashtag #iapnsw and the Facebook page.
Formal
submissions are also being sought addressing the Taskforce's Terms of Reference,
which are available on the site. The closing date for these is 25 November
2011.
Submissions
can be uploaded via the Have your Say website.
Public
forums are also planned for industry participants in both metropolitan and
regional areas in February and March next year.
Meetings
will also be held with key industry thought leaders in peak industry associations,
regional associations, individual companies and academia.
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Posted By AIIA,
Monday, 24 October 2011
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Nominations are closing soon for the 2011 South Australian
Pearcey Award. Nominations will be accepted until close of business on
Wednesday 2 November 2011.
The South Australian Pearcey Entrepreneur Award is a State
award, rolling up into the iAwards Benson National ICT Entrepreneur of the Year
Award, and is aimed at encouraging and rewarding fresh and innovative talent in
the ICT and Digital Media professions. It is awarded to an individual mid-career
who has demonstrated innovative and pioneering achievement and contribution in
their chosen industry. The winners will be drawn from contributors across all
aspects of the ICT and Digital Media industries including but not limited to)
computing science, the Internet, communications, social media and networking,
interactive media, games and the like. The idea is to embrace all those younger
professionals in the ICT and Digital Media sectors and not exclude anyone. The individual
should be one who will act as a role model for others to acknowledge and
hopefully emulate.
2011 Award Presentation
The 2011 SA Entrepreneur Award will be presented at a
ceremony to mark the occasionon 17 November 2011. Nomination forms and
application guidelines are available for download.
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Posted By AIIA,
Monday, 24 October 2011
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Targeting small business and independent software vendors,
Fujitsu has announced a free trial program for its Cloud services over a two
month period. The trial includes Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a
Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) hosted in the company’s sustainable Australian data centres.
Find
out more at the Fujitsu Australia website.
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Posted By Online Services, AIIA,
Sunday, 23 October 2011
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AIIA member and iAwards winner Infoxchange has supported the development of ICT in East Timor over the past 6 years via the social enterprise called Info Timor.
Infoxchange has been sending 'end of life' hardware to Info Timor for remanufacture and then to put into schools, community centres, IT training centres and government departments. The remanufactured equipment is sold and the income generated pays the staff.
Infoxchange is put together a container at the moment and is seeking donations of computers and laptops to be sent to Info Timor to allow them to continue to increase the ICT capacity and create employment.
If you have any IT equipment that is surplus to need or at the end of life please contact Infoxchange on 03 94187400 and speak to Katrina or email info@infoxchange.net.au
Info Timor has been created to build the ICT capacity of the country through the provision of training, internet services, computer remanufacturing and IT support services. In 2006 Infoxchange bought six young Timorese to its workshop in Abbotsford Victoria and put them through a six month training program which resulted in te gaining a Certificate in IT. On returning to East Timor they established Info Timor and today have around 30 Timorese employed in a number of workshop across the East Timor. www.technology.tl
Infoxchange Australia is a not-for-profit community organisation based in Melbourne, Victoria with a mission to create social equality and opportunity by empowering people through access to information technology and enabling the exchange of information and ideas. www.infoxchange.net.au
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Posted By Online Services, AIIA,
Sunday, 23 October 2011
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The benefits of increased technology use in lowering your business’ carbon footprint are often not fully understood. The team from the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) with the support of Carbon Down, have released the second instalment of their GreenIT eBook- ‘Greening your business through technology’.
This book supplements the first eBook, and presents a keener focus on addressing the needs of small to medium sized businesses. The GreenIT eBook Version 2 highlights why GreenIT is important from an industry capability perspective, gives an overview of a generic GreenIT roadmap an organisation may choose to follow, and then highlights - through 16 different case studies - how organisations have benefited by implementing a number of these GreenIT initiatives. The eBook brings to light the indirect contribution of technology to sustainability, championing the transformational role of information communication technologies in a low-carbon economy, by looking at ways to assist other industries to meet the challenge of lowering their overall environmental footprint. Through activities such as optimising fleet management, more intelligent utility grids, electronic bills and payments, video-conferencing and improved building management systems, the eBook shows the significant opportunity to implement new technologies that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the business sector. Similar to the introduction of any new business practice, the eBook encourages organisations to ‘start small’, focusing on quick wins- or the low-hanging sustainability fruit. Short term success will then allow a sustainability program to expand throughout a business, building up momentum and management buy-in. The formation of a Green Team throughout this process is essential, in order to provide leadership, as ongoing initiatives involve more and more stakeholders. Further insights, hints and tips from the eBook include: • Energy efficiency will account for 55% of Australia’s cuts in greenhouse gasses over the next 40 years. • A recent calculation of the IT footprint within Australia indicated that the IT Industry alone accounts for nearly 2.7% of Australia’s total carbon emission • Power is not managed very well within Australian data centres. Some 65% of IT departments rarely see the power bill nor do they have an idea of how much electricity they are consuming. • A simple first step medium sized organisations can take is to start measuring their data centre’s Power Utilisation Effectiveness (PUE). • More than 50% of executives consider sustainability ‘very’ or ‘extremely important’ in a wide range of areas (including new-product development, reputation building and overall corporate strategy). To access AIIA’s GreenIT eBook- ‘Greening your business through technology’in full, visit here>> For more information regarding the cost of sustainability to your business, register for the FREE Grow Me The Money hosted breakfast ‘The Economics of Sustainability’, held at VECCI on Thursday 27thOctober. Find out more about cost effective sustainability actions that can save your business money, and reduce carbon emissions. To register, simply call VECCI Sustainability on (03) 8662 5196, or email your details to SustainabilityEvents@vecci.org.au.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License. To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/au/ Attribution requirements are waived.
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Posted By Online Services, AIIA,
Sunday, 23 October 2011
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AIIA has more than 100 industry representatives who volunteer their time and expertise to drive the association. The Australian ICT sector actively supports a culture of giving back through CSR initiatives in our member companies. Let's make sure our voice is heard and contribution counted in the National Survey of Volunteering Issues.
This survey is a critical tool to help drive and shape Volunteering Australia’s policy and advocacy for the coming year. This year, Volunteering Australia is giving more emphasis to asking volunteers, organisations and companies for their ideas on:
* Priority issues
* What would make a difference
* What makes volunteering work well.
The survey is open until Sunday 6 November. The results will be released on International Volunteers Day on Monday 5 December.
There are three parts to the survey – you only need to do the one that applies to you and your involvement in volunteering. Follow these links to access the relevant survey:
For COMPANIES
For VOLUNTEERS
For NOT-FOR-PROFIT or GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS
The survey has been conducted annually for more than five years and the data has been used by many sources to influence decision makers about the key issues affecting volunteering.
See www.volunteeringaustralia.org for more information
AIIA is keen to map the current contributions that our members make through their CSR initiatives. Please contact Kelly Hutchinson to share your experience, showcase your programs or recognise your people in the AIIA bulletin and Member Profiles.
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Posted By Administration,
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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AIIA national board elections
A Reminder that AIIA's online election for the 2011 Board of Directors closes 4.00pm AEDT Friday 21 October 2011.
All eligible members have been sent an email with voting instructions and voting codes.
Voting in AIIA's election provides you with the opportunity to have a say in the future direction of Australia's ICT industry. There are 18 candidates for the 7 vacancies on the Board of Directors and your vote is vital to ensure the result is truly representative of AIIA's membership. Assistance:
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Posted By Online Services, AIIA,
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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From Alexander Graham Bell’s original telephone to the transistor, laser, solar cells, DSL, UNIX, DWDM and MIMO and many more, Bell Labs has produced fundamental breakthroughs that have shaped industry and enable modern telecommunications networks. Join Alcatel-Lucent for free public lecture and showcase events in Sydney and Melbourne.
Speakers and topics include: Bell Labs - An Innovation Driven View of the World with Alice White, Bell Labs Chief Scientist; Immersive Applications of the Future with Jan Bouwen, Bell Labs Residential Applications Research Director; The Emerging Directions of Wireless with Tod Sizer, Bell Labs Head of Wireless Research; Toward a Cloud Operating System with Moritz Steiner, Computer Networking Researcher and Optical Innovation with Sebastien Bigo, Head of Optics WDM.
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