A presentation of the key findings from one of Australia’s most comprehensive research studies into what retailers are currently doing, thinking and planning regarding online advertising, marketing and e-tailing in Australia.

The research involved qualitative interviews with 21 of Australia’s top retailers, followed by a quantitative study which engaged a broad sample of 128 major Australian retail businesses. The research, supported by AIMIA’s Retail Industry Group and conducted by the Australian Centre for Retail Studies at Monash University, is seen as a landmark study, that will form the basis of an annual benchmarking study which will give retailers a comprehensive picture of the rate of online adoption across a range of areas.

Chairman of the AIMIA Retail Industry Group, Robert Wong said “It’s an important piece of research work for the retail and interactive industry as there is very little local industry data available benchmarking online adoption for retail in Australia. Retail is a competitive area, which is why there is need for someone like the AIMIA RIG to act as an independent collator of industry information for online advertising and e-tail”.

Event Cost
AIMIA Member Early Bird Ticket $65 (ends 14 September, 5pm)
AIMIA Member (from 15 September) ticket $75
Early Bird Ticket (ends 14 September, 5pm) $135
AIMIA Member  (from 15 September) ticket $150
Note: All credit cards will incur a credit card fee, dependant on card type.

Unable to attend? You can still purchase a copy of the video and materials from the event (available one week after the event) for just $150 by ordering online.

When: 22 September 9.00–11.30am
Where: Melbourne – RACV Club: 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne

When: Friday 24 September 9.00–11.30am
Where: Sydney – The Amercian Club: 131 Macquarie Street, Sydney

Get unparalleled access to educational opportunities that show you how to reduce IT complexity and enable IT-as-a-Service through virtualization at the biggest IT event in Australia.

Free to attend, vForum 2010 is the only event where you can hone your understanding and expand your knowledge through networking with peers and industry experts; discovering the latest business IT solutions; and getting hands on with cutting-edge demonstrations on the latest virtualization and cloud computing solutions. The event is available across a robust 2-day agenda and 2 floors of technology showcase with over 70 IT vendors.

For the first time this year, we’re also offering hands-on lab tutorials that will provide deeper technical insights into a number of VMware products. At a nominal fee, VMware advanced users can get access to a number of deep-dive tutorials which are conducted by VMware certified trainers and specialists, there to answer your most pertinent questions. Don’t miss vForum 2010 and mark your calendar today!

Registration opens second week of September – look out for your invitation to the biggest IT update of 2010.

When: 26 & 27 October, 2010

Where: Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre.

Price: FREE

As  technology evolves at such fast pace, the online users are expecting the highest quality of online experience and fast web performances. Therefore, delivering compelling features and content as well the overall web accessibility is a must-do, in order to maximise the gains and ROI of your websites and intranets in this competitive business environment.

Web Content Management Masterclass aims to examine what works and what not in enhancing the overall online reputation.

Attend this 2-day training program and gain crucial insights into:

• Optimizing the web content performance to improve your internal and external customer satisfaction through innovative and cost effective web contents
• Transforming web initiatives into performing assets to optimize web content ROI
• Enhancing leadership and project management competency to ensure on-time and efficient web project deliveries.
• Improving the functionality of web content for competitive e-commerce and e-business environment
• Enhancing usability and accessibility of web content and intranet to improve operation efficiency
• Increasing web security and enhancing the access control of confidential information
• Building a reputable corporate image through the reliable and sustainable content management system

For more information on this training, click on the URL link below

http://www.marcusevansassets.com/doc/pdfs/Ep_17059.pdf

When: 22ND – 23RD November 2010

Where: Sydney Harbour Marriott

For our next AISA social meetup we will return to The Longroom, located downstairs in the iconic George’s Building, as it was so very popular for our May and July meetings.

Please stay for a meal with other security professionals, or just drop by for a quick catch-up after work. Don’t worry if you don’t know anyone yet - you will be made welcome by your fellow members!

Where: The Long Room, George’s Building - Downstairs, 162 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
When: Thursday 9 September, from 5:30pm

The Long Room offers a delicious a la carte and tapas menu, as well as a great place for a relaxing after work discussion.

Link for venue: http://www.thelongroom.com.au

Event web page: http://www.aisa.org.au/index.php?page=303

RSVP and any queries to:

Beverley Roche
AISA Melbourne Committee Member
Email:  b.a.roche@hotmail.com

Don’t miss a wonderful evening of great food, company and of course information sharing with your AISA colleagues.

Agenda: Discussion on the following topics;

* Security Architecture (need, definition, market, challenges)

* Learnings from Enterprise IT Architecture (experience, selling it to the organisation)

* Relationship between Architecture, ISMS, Risk Management

* Continuing support for AISA Security Architecture Group (when it starts officially)

Where: Australia Post, 111 Bourke Street, Melbourne

When: Thursday 9 September, from 8:30am

N.B. Due to venue space limitations and venue security requirements, you MUST register in advance if you wish to attend - by Friday 3 September at the latest please!

RSVP via email to Admin@aisa.org.au

Who should attend: AISA members who work in the Security Architecture field.

When you’re hearing about the latest web technologies and techniques don’t you always think “I wish I could play with these right now”?

Enter Amped - the Hackday, reloaded, brought to you by Web Directions, happening in Sydney this October 16.

http://ampedweb.org/

We’ve taken the traditional hack day, pulled it apart, thought long and hard about what’s great, what’s not so great, and how as many different kinds of web folks can come together for one intense 10 hour period of hacking, designing and making amazing things.

Then we’ve assembled all the pieces to create an event that’s challenging, inspirational, and more fun that it should be legal to have with technology.

Whether you’re a developer, designer, an IA, IxD, whatever your role, at Amped you’ll find

* challenges to engage you

* mentors to inspire you and bring out your best

* prizes including an all expenses paid trip for Tokyo for Web Directions East for the top FOUR place getters

* a sensational closing party

Not only that, but Amped is catered, with food and drink to keep you energized throughout the day. And best of all, thanks to our generous partners, Amped is free.

=====  How does it work? =====

Step 1 - sign up. Places will go fast!

Step 2 - in the weeks leading up to Amped, we’ll let you know more about the challenges, so you can be prepared to hit the ground running on the day

Step 3 - turn up to the PowerHouse Museum on Saturday October 16th ready to rock

The challenges will help provide structure to your work on the day - you’ll be able to choose from a range of possible challenges focussing on front end design and development, interaction design, data and information visualisation, back end development, mobile web application development and more.

Each challenge area will have mentors on hand to help you, and there’ll be prizes for the best work on each challenge.

Then it all wraps up with a fantastic party - food and drink, music and more.

It’s free, fun, and open to everyone, but places are limited, and will go fast. So register now, and clear your diary for Saturday October 16.

http://ampedweb.org/

=====  What’s all this about amazing prizes? =====

Then, the winners from each challenge go into the Amped smackdown - with the overall winners off to Tokyo for an all expenses paid trip to Web Directions East.

Yes, that’s right, The Grand Prize is a once in a lifetime, all expenses paid trip to Japan to attend Web Directions East for the four top placegetters. Plus there’s a tonne of amazing prizes from our partners to be won.

=====  Help us spread the word =====

With something as amazing as Amped, it’s really important that we spread the word and give as many people as possible the chance to be there on the day, especially those people who wouldn’t necessarily come along to something like Web Directions itself. We’d love your help with reaching out to these people, so, if you can

1. forward on this event to anyone at all who you think might be interested

2. tweet or blog about Amped (hashtag #amped)

3. spread the word to any web communities you are a part of

you’ll be doing your bit to help out something that we hope will be a real catalyst for something exciting in the Australian web industry. Thanks and look forward to seeing you there!

=====  Web Directions South - your discount code =====

With the race to launch Amped, we haven’t yet had time to go in there and turn off that very generous discount you’re eligible for as a previous Web Directions attendee.

http://south10.webdirections.org/

Amped is free, but, if this event has got you excited about the web again and you want to bite off a bit more of the action for the week, you can still come to Web Directions on October 14 and 15 for just $799 - just use the code WDS10-THANKS when you register and we’ll see you there!

Join CIO, the CIO Executive Council & IDC on 6 October at Australia’s premier Melbourne event for senior IT executives – the CIO Summit 2010.

Produced by CIO magazine in partnership with sister organisations, the CIO Executive Council, and research firm IDC, the CIO Summit provides a compelling, content-rich event where CIOs and other senior IT executives can come together to get up-to-speed on critical business and technology issues ranging from the impact of local economic conditions to the most pressing global trends affecting IT in the enterprise.

The CIO Summit is a unique opportunity for CIOs and IT professionals to acquire knowledge and insight from industry pundits as well as real-world experience on a variety of important topics concerning IT.

The 2010 summit agenda will draw on IDC’s Forecast for Management (FFM) Survey. The FFM asks CIOs questions relating to their use of, expenditure on, resourcing for and challenges with IT — including what they are planning in terms of budgets, resources and intentions for the use of technology in the coming years.

The summit will draw on this information and present an overview of the dynamic ICT industry and offer insight for benchmarking and vendor strategic planning.

Attend the CIO Summit in 2010 to share a stimulating day of ideas and insights with your peers and expert speakers.

The CIO Summit 2010:

Features a mingling of IT users and executives and recognised industry leaders

Is a comprehensive forum for busy CIOs and IT professionals to acquire knowledge and insights enabling informed decisions, increased ROI and maximum productivity

Promotes an exchange of ideas, challenges and solutions, and business case studies

Encourages discussion of pressing IT implementation issues and best practices

Who will attend

The CIO Summit is a highly-focused, ‘C’ level summit for Australia’s leading technology thinkers including:

CIOs

CTOs

IT Directors

Senior IT executives

IT Managers and other senior business executives

The event is designed to appeal to those with a strategic focus on business and the role that technology plays in their companies ability to remain competitive in the coming decade.

When: 6 October, 2010

Where: Hilton on the Park, 192 Wellington Parade, Melbourne

Price: Limited time Complimentary Registration* - value $395

Click here to register

In a market full of hype, Red Hat makes the cloud real and compelling.

At Red Hat, cloud computing is an evolution not a revolution. By leveraging the investments you’ve already made, and going at your own pace, Red Hat makes it easy and manageable to prepare for the future.

Meet. Engage. Plan.

Are you ready to learn how Red Hat unlocks the value of your IT ecosystem? Join us for a complimentary half-day seminar in your city focusing on cloud computing, virtualization, platform, middleware, and the future of IT. You’ll walk away with:

A practical view and best practices about virtualization and private clouds

A better understanding of the future of your IT ecosystem, and how Red Hat unlocks its value

A SOA and business process automation strategy that maximizes the value of cloud and on-premise deployments

Knowledge from experts and peers into relevant infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service topics

When: Tues 7 Sept - Perth,
Thur 9 Sept - Adelaide,
Tues 5 Oct - Brisbane,
Thurs 7 Oct - Melbourne,
Tues 12 Oct - Sydney,
Weds 13 Oct - Canberra (Please Note: Canberra starts at 1pm)

Confirm your attendance today. Seats are limited

The QLD Education Resources Expo is an exclusive trade show for Education Professionals with Free Admission and aims to assist all educators to access the latest innovative products, services and ideas in the education industry and build on professional development.

Visitors can register for a free ticket online now at www.edresourcesexpo.com.au and a ticket will be sent to the nominated email address immediately. Visit the website for more information on the seminar program, exhibitor list and special offers and competitions.

When: Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 September, 2010
Where: Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Time: 10am to 3pm
Price: Free Admission

http://www.edresourcesexpo.com.au

GTUG Campout is an annual weekend-long event where Google Technology User Group members have an opportunity to design, develop and demo a complete application over the course of two days.

This year the theme will be HTML5 and will be a world-wide event, with over 19 GTUG events planned from Silicon Valley to Tokyo.

The Melbourne event kicks off on Saturday, August 14th @ 10:30am with registration followed by a technical talk, after which ideas and teams will come together.

For more information visit http://www.melbourne-gtug.org.

(sorry for the late notice, this was only just submitted!)

Join us on August 9th to learn from some successful mobile entrepreneurs and quiz them on their innovative ventures and their views on the path to success.

Presenters & Panel

Mobile Games, Wil Monte, Owner – Millipede

Millipede Demo: CityGT Promo
Mobile Social Media, George Tsigounis , Product Manager –Telstra – Tribe

For more information visit http://www.momomelb.com/blog2/2010/08/momo-august-successful-mobile-entrepreneurs-insight-inspiration-on-aug-9th/.

(Apologies for the short notice, this was only just submitted today)

DATE:  Tuesday 10th August 2010 (2nd Tuesday of the month)

TIME: 7:00 PM till 8:00 PM

VENUE:
Ground Floor Tutorial Room
Baillieu Library
The University of Melbourne
Parkville

AGENDA: Presentation and Q&A session on Subversion (SVN on LINUX and
TortoiseSVN on Windows), documentation and source code version control
software - conducted by Bob Fulton (SAGE-AU).

WHO: SAGE-AU Members, prospective members, and other people involved
with system administration.

MENU: A carefully selected range of traditional SysAdmin fare (ie.
pizza) is provided free of charge to attendees. Members with special
dietary requirements should contact the executive prior to the meeting.

DIRECTIONS:
To get to the venue by public transport, catch a University, No 8
(Moreland) or No 1 (East Coburg) tram up Swanston St or the number 19
tram (North Coburg) up Elizabeth St. The tutorial room is at the south
end of the ground floor of the Baillieu Library.

ANZA TechNet’s Gateway to the US One-Day Introductory Workshop

Australian entrepreneurs and CEOs with innovative technologies
seeking to explore and expand into the US market are encouraged to
sign up now for ANZA TechNet’s Gateway to the US One-Day
Introductory Workshop in Australian capital cities.

Click:
http://www.marketing.anzatechnet.com/acton/form/857/0006:d-0012/0/index.htm
for details and registration.

The cost is $495 (USD) which covers up to two members of your
company.

Save $165 (USD) when you register before 13 August.

Complete the workshop and make an informed decision about whether the
US market is right for you and your company.

When: Tuesday 20 July 2010, 7pm Where: Sydney, downstairs at Atlassian, 173-185 Sussex St. Two great presentations, the first by Glenn Butcher (Atlassian) on “surviving a security incident” and the second by Andrew Cook (Smartworx) on issues and strategies particularly around online apps and architectures.

More Info: http://anyvite.com/rocftyviex

Now in its eleventh year, CA Expo is the one of the largest IT Management events in Australia.  Now that the economic uncertainty of the past 12 months is behind us, we can look to the future. Virtualisation has helped build our platform for growth but are we ready to jump at full velocity into the Cloud? Can we turn theory into reality? CA Expo 2010 will challenge your assumptions; with new thinking, new strategies, and new real-world stories. Crossing the spectrum of IT Management, Security and Governance, learn more in one day than others will in 12 months. At CA Expo ‘10 you’ll be able to touch and feel technology that breaks down the barriers to cloud computing and virtualisation adoption for the first time. CA Expo 09 is free to attend for IT and business professionals.

Melbourne - Tuesday 20th July 2010 Crown Towers 8.30am
Sydney - Wednesday 21st July 2010 Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 8.30am

For more information visit http://www.ca.com/au/content/campaign.aspx?cid=231362.

Hobart, Tasmania. August 9th - 13th, 2010  Join us for 3 days of training followed by 2 days of technical and information sessions.

* Dedicated Microsoft and Solaris training streams.

* A new “Foundations of system Administration” stream, designed especially for those who are new to System Administration.

This stream includes a mix of technical and non-technical sessions designed to provide new SysAdmins a solid grounding in key skills and knowledge needed to be effective System Administrators.

Keynote address:  Tom Limoncelli International author of The Practice of “System and Network Administration”, and the O’Reilly book Time Management for System Administrators.

For more information visit http://conference.sage-au.org.au.

method360’s PRINCE2 training course in Adelaide on the 16th - 20th August 2010. Prince2 is the worldwide standard in project management and since it was mandated by the Australian Federal Government its uptake is increasing exponentially here in Australia.  Don’t miss out on that job or promotion that you have been working towards just because you are not a PRINCE2 Practitioner. Visit the method today to see how you could benefit from a becoming a PRINCE2 practitioner. Visit http://www.method360.com.au or call 1300 100 360.

http://www.method360.com.au/training-courses/prince2-project