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Written by Edward Mandla
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Sunday, 01 January 2006 |
PC Authority
I have said on many occasions that students who leave school without
being computer-literate are setting themselves up for a life with
limited opportunities. While many concentrate on teaching the
three Rs: Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic, computer literacy hardly
rates a mention. It is time that we start talking about the
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Written by Edward Mandla
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Tuesday, 20 September 2005 |
The Australian
I have long been of the view that the Australian information and
communication technology sector's biggest challenge is to develop a
strong national brand that we can promote globally. With this
goal in mind, I set out to glean some international insights from
Sybase president John Chen during his recent visit to Sydney.
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Written by Edward Mandla
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Tuesday, 04 October 2005 |
The Australian
Recent changes in Britain and Singapore regarding ICT professionalism
are raising eyebrows. The British Government has pushed the ICT
industry to a new level by demanding professional standards and
adherence to a code of conduct. And if you don't meet it, you are
not setting foot on a government installation.
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Written by Edward Mandla
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Tuesday, 18 October 2005 |
The Australian
I have to admit to being a little nervous when I chaired the government
ministers session at the ACS SEARCC conference at Darling
Harbour. Although I have always been complimentary towards
Tasmania's IT Minister Lara Giddings, because she engages well with
industry, I had to face potential consequences of my previous comments
that South Australia and NSW drag the chain in national information and
communications technology policy.
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Written by Edward Mandla
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Tuesday, 15 November 2005 |
The Australian
How times change. When I was at school my parents would exhort me to
hurry up and eat all the vegetables on my plate by reminding me that
children were starving in India. Today, the message really needs
to be that children should eat lightly and hurry back to their studies
because there are children in India and China starving to be their
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Written by Edward Mandla
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Tuesday, 01 November 2005 |
The Australian
Talking to strangers is a risky business, and I'm not referring to
online. Yet in this way I find out more about our industry and where it
should go than anywhere else. My qualifying question is whether
they know anything about the computer business. If they say not much, I
often ask what they think a computer person working in a large
organisation ought to be good at? Without fail, security is at or near
the top.
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Written by Edward Mandla
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Tuesday, 23 August 2005 |
The Australian
The best students, and particularly young women, are not being
attracted to hi-tech. Opinion is divided as to whether existing
scarcities of some technology skills and capabilities qualify as a
shortage, and faced with industry confusion, the Department of
Workplace Relations is determined to get it right. The level of
conflict in information issued this year about skills shortages in our
industry rivals that in the real estate sector, where agents are
forecasting both interest rate cuts and the end of the property price
slide.
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