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From July, Australia’s universities will be looking for a supplier for the Australian Access Federation service which will promote researcher mobility and interuniversity collaboration. For researchers the decision can’t come soon enough, with many eager for the secure access to ...

When the Australian Computer Society commissioned a survey of the carbon footprint of Australia’s IT users it found that about 1.5 per cent of all emissions could be traced back to computer use. It’s a figure comparable to the civil ...

Making sense of data can be a survival skill. University administrators have to make accurate budget and planning decisions; they have to meet the expectations of students, researchers and academics; they have investment portfolios to manage; and must cope with ...

A new report gives a damning analysis of IT spending in universities, but the sector says it is spending up to make cost-saving measures elsewhere. Beverley Head reports.   Technology analyst IDC has delivered a damning broadside regarding the education ...

The higher education review has been told of a massive gap between supply and demand for ICT graduates, says Beverley Head. There are around 176,000 information and communications technology (ICT) professionals and 42,000 managers currently employed in Australia, according to ...

New technologies could embed videoconferencing in teaching and learning, says Beverley Head.   Videoconferencing first made a real splash during the 1989 pilots’ strike when corporate Australia was forced to look for alternative ways to hold interstate meetings. Now, videoconferencing ...

SunGard Higher Education, which set up its Australian operations a year ago, currently holds a slice of prime technology real estate – it’s got the top slot in Gartner’s “magic quadrant”. The magic quadrant is a device created by the ...

University IT systems are being brought into a holistic centre, says Beverly Head.   By the end of the year Queensland University of Technology expects to have its new student and academic management system (SAMS) running live – a major ...

Attracting and retaining IT staff is a considerable challenge for universities, but UniSA has found a creative solution, says Beverley Head.   Skills have once again been voted the number one challenge facing IT directors in Australia’s universities. Chief information ...

Search and reach are emerging as the twin pillars of modern information systems, says Beverley Head.   Thanks largely to Google and mobile phones, people increasingly expect instant access to information from anywhere and at any time. Andrew McAfee, associate ...