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NBN to deliver virtual English tuition to new migrants

The Federal Government will introduce a three-year trial of virtual English classes via the National Broadband Network (NBN) to new migrants in regional and rural Australia.

By Diana Nguyen | 08 February, 2012 09:31

Tags: National Broadband Network (NBN), government, elearning, education, Chris Bowen
Apps-related jobs tallied at 466K in U.S.

Nearly half a million jobs in the U.S. have been created because of the 1 million-plus applications designed for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, according to a new study.

By Matt Hamblen | 08 February, 2012 06:40

Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, training, technet, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, Management and Careers, it management, industry verticals, Education/Training, education, Apple
An argument for keeping IT training budgets intact

Every corporation wants an effective workforce, but few want to pay for the training that can give them one. Some executives seem to believe that their IT staff should be able to keep up with new ideas and technology on their own time, with minimal corporate financial support. Those organizations that do support training and education tend to do so only in good times, so those items are often among the first to be slashed when IT budgets get tight.

By Bart Perkins | 07 February, 2012 02:11

Tags: training, Management and Careers, it management, industry verticals, freemium, Education/Training, education, careers
Engineer's wife 'ferocious' in Obama Q&A on H-1Bs

The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas. The offer was made during a live online town hall after the engineer's wife questioned the government's policy concerning H-1B visa workers.

By Patrick Thibodeau | 04 February, 2012 09:09

Tags: training, services, outsourcing, it management, industry verticals, Google, Education/Training, education, careers
VMTurbo upgrade supports the three major virtualization platforms

VMTurbo has upgraded its operations management suite to support the three major virtual environments and to improve its capacity-planning tool.

By Tim Greene | 02 February, 2012 02:25

Tags: xenserver, VMware, VMTurbo, Virtualization, Microsoft, industry verticals, hyper-v, hardware systems, education, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance

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NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source

A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools.

By Angus Kidman | 25 January, 2010 06:03

Tags: schools, New Zealand, Microsoft, linux.conf.au, Linux, open source, education
50 years of essential student technology equipment

University students just can't do without their gadgets. We look at the technology that's been a must-have for students from the 1950s to the present day.

By Lauren Barnard | 07 September, 2009 13:51

Tags: education
IBM, Monash extend IT education partnership

IBM and Monash University have partnered on a new $1.2 million Future Leaders Scholarship program aimed at developing IT leaders versed in both technology and business.

By Tim Lohman | 28 August, 2009 11:11

Tags: Monash University, education, it skills, IBM, careers
Education IT chiefs debate open source

The concept of open source software seems so firmly entrenched in higher education that it comes as almost a shock to realize there's actually a debate over it. But debate there was, civilized and trenchant, this week during the annual Educause conference on high technology in higher education in the US.

By John Cox | 03 November, 2008 14:16

Tags: education, open source

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