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• Cyber security taught in high schools, thanks to BT and Big Four banks

  ​Australian high school students will be taught cyber security skills “for the first time” as part of a $1.35 million initiative backed by the Big Four banks, AustCyber and BT.

• NSW Budget: $100M for police technology

  The NSW government will spend $100 million over four years to equip police with new technology, under measures announced in Tuesday’s budget.
  

• Optus to help digitise schools

  The Queensland Education Leadership Institute (QELi) and Optus will create technology solutions for schools across the state following a new agreement between the companies.

• Tablets replacing PCs at Australian schools: IDC

  The Australian education sector is increasing its spending on tablets and cloud infrastructure as demand for PCs fall, according to analysts at IDC.

• Growing confidence in cloud security

  Cloud computing is blowing into 2013 on the winds of confidence, with IT professionals increasingly convinced that the security controls are adequate, but still very, very leery.

• 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.
  

Whitepapers about schools

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  Technology is driving Australia's STEM revolution.

  Australia is refining its focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects to produce the skills that today's students will need to be active members of tomorrows workforce. Choosing the right technology is essential - but do you know how to make that choice?

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  IDG STEM Study Insights

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  Infographic : IDG STEM study

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  What's keeping higher education CIOs up at night?