Educational institutions may still have a long way to go in changing perceptions about ICT careers among high school students, according to new research from the University of Canberra - Education Institute.

After more than 900 developers and 130 teams putting in 20,000 hours of research and development over 48 hours, the GovHack winners of 2013 have been announced.

Providing university students with access to useful mobile apps is certainly a good way to enhance their learning experience. The Australian National University (ANU) recently took this one step further by adding augmented reality technology to its iANU mobile application.

Creating an innovative organisation is not all about harnessing new technologies; it’s about a change in work processes and people management, according to a group of technology leaders who spoke at the Amplify Festival in Sydney.

Since the Victorian Department of Business and Innovation’s early adoption of Salesforce.com’s CRM platform in 2007, CIO Chris Gilmore has seen increasing numbers of government agencies looking into using cloud services. The CIO said he expects a significant increase in cloud adoption within government.

For government agencies, many of their employees work ‘out in the field’ – whether it’s on an infrastructure project, or meeting with community groups and members – so being able to work remotely is critical to business efficiency.

Australian government CIO Glenn Archer has announced the release of the Australian Government Cloud Computing Policy version 2.0 at the CeBIT trade show in Sydney.

The Department of Health and Ageing has issued a request for tender (RFT) for the provision of text-to-speech software for its websites.

With transformation high on the list of priorities for CIOs this year, skills in deploying enterprise-wide architecture and driving business efficiency are in high demand but in short supply, according to Harvey Nash’s 2013 global CIO survey.

Many companies are failing to quickly respond to website performance issues, leaving customers feeling like their online experience hasn’t improved since the first generation of websites in the mid-1990s, according to a survey by Vanson Bourne.

There are only a few CIOs who are delivering on their innovation initiatives in their organisations, with the majority struggling to find the time and resources to make it happen, according to Harvey Nash’s 2013 global CIO survey.

Just under a third of CIOs are planning to take up a role with a different organisation within the next 12 months, according to recruiter Harvey Nash’s 2013 global CIO survey.

With sales and marketing departments having more control over the technology agenda in many organisations, CIOs need to think about whether they are putting in enough time and effort in their relationship with the chief marketing officer (CMO) as they would with finance and other business chiefs.

While Microsoft may be eager to sell its “re-imagined” Windows 8 to enterprises, Forrester research reveals that IT leaders are not keen to move onto the operating system any time soon.

CIOs are not delivering on mobile business apps as fast as they could be, according to a global survey conducted by IT market research firm Vanson Bourne.