The Brisbane Line and the NBN
At the annual Queensland Premier’s AIIA Luncheon in Brisbane yesterday Premier Anna Bligh discussed how the State had just completed its submission to the Broadband Advisory Committee in Canberra. Her...
View ArticleThe Great Debate and Queensland’s own political sh*t (tech) storm?
Imagine coming to work tomorrow in a world without technology? Back in November Sam asked that very question in a Longview article entitled, What the ICT industry needs is a great campaign. The...
View ArticleICT Policy: R&D set-backs should not go unchecked
Over the last few years we’ve made a few statements about the requirement for ICT to make it onto the national agenda as a foreign policy issue. Two clear areas stand-out worth exploring. Firstly, as...
View ArticleICT Policy #2: Encouraging ICT strategy thinking within small business
First a few facts. 80% of Australian SMEs do not have an ICT strategy and most buy their technology from the retail channel on an ad-hoc basis. Taking 1-man operations out of the equation, Australia...
View ArticleThe NBN and Digital Human Rights
Any traveller on Qantas will be familiar with the company’s Change for Good program that supports the United Nations child-aid agency UNICEF through the collection of spare change or foreign coin...
View ArticleHitachi Data Systems Analyst and Influencer Summit 2012: Part 2
In my previous report, Hitachi Data Systems Analyst and Influencer Summit 2012: Part 1, I provided background on the direction of HDS with regard to their strategy for addressing the challenges of Big...
View ArticleRealising Gonski-led student achievement in Australian education
The Australian media has been discussing Minister for Education Peter Garrett’s statement that the latest figures in the international schools comparisons confirmed Australia’s education performance is...
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