Key Players in the IT Industry

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Key Players in the IT Industry

• IT Fundamentals (2nd Edition)
• By Kellie Hughes et. al.

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Key Players in IT

• The key players in the IT Industry are those
  organisations that provide
• Employment
• Technological Advances
• Support for Staff
• Education

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Categories of Key Players

1. Vendors of IT products and services
2. IT Professional bodies
3. Government departments
4. Industry publications involved in IT industry
   promotion
5. Employer organisations
6. Relevant Unions

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Vendors
Those who develop software, manufacture hardware,
provide technical support, supply wholesale or
retail hardware, and software,
or provide on-line services such as Internet
services
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Vendors

• What sites do you know of that provides IT
  products and services?
• IBM Australia www.ibm.com.au products,
  services, solutions and news
• Harvey Norman www.harveynorman.com.au
  communications, hardware, peripherals, software
  and entertainment
• Local ISP Speedlink www.speedlink.com.au

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IT Professional Bodies

• The IT industry in Australia supports and is
  supported by a variety of special interest groups
  and associations. Groups such as
• Australian Computer Society (ACS)
• www.acs.org.au
• The recognised association for IT professionals
  in Australia and it has become the public voice
  of the IT professional and the guardian of
  professional ethics and standards

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IT Professional Bodies

• Australian Information Industries Association
  (AIIA). www.aiia.com.au
• Australia's most prominent industry association
  site. Contains news, information and links to
  other sites.
• Australian Trade Commission (ATC)

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Government Departments

• Many government departments concerned with the
  development and promotion of the Australian IT
  Industry
• Department of Broadband, Communications and the
  Digital Economy, http//www.dbcde.gov.au (DBCDE)
• Previously called Dept of Comm. Information
  Technology and Arts (DCITA)

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Government Departments

• Department responsible for range of issues
  relating to policies, regulation of online
  material, support and programs for Information
  Technology Sector
• Current Minister for DBCDE is Senator Stephen
  Conroy (2009).

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Government Departments

• Department of Industrial Relations (DIR).
  http//www.dir.nsw.gov.au
• Plays a small regulatory role in the Information
  Technology industry
• Main role includes standards for sick, holiday
  and long service leave entitlements

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Industry Publications
Publications that promote the IT Industry
together with IT goods and services
Professional organisations that publish
newsletters and journals
Daily papers that include an IT section on a set
day of the week
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Employer Organisations

• Organisations that have similar focus or market
• May be involved in determining a code of conduct
  or setting out industry guidelines or standards
  (see attachment on wiki week 8)
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic
  Engineers)
• AUSTEL (Australian Telecommunications Authority)
• CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone
  Consultative Committee)

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Unions

• An association of people who have a common
  interest
• Policy is to ensure that members get a good and
  fair return for their labour
• Achieved by negotiation with employers
• Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)
• http//www.actu.asn.au/vunions/actu/