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5 minutes with . . . Nick Quinsey, associate director, IS, Macquarie Bank
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Charles Chung now heads Acer Australia as managing director, Filling the VACANCY left by Patrick Lin. Patrick Lin headed off to the US last week after being promoted to president of Acer America Corporation, where he will replace Max Wu.
IT outsourcing provider Advantra has chosen Tivoli management software to manage Telstra's 50,000 computer desktops across Australia.
The project, already in the deployment stage, is one of the largest implementations for Tivoli systems locally.
5 minutes with . . . Srimal Abeysekera, information services manager, Macquarie Area Health Service, (NSW)
In an effort to raise $250,000 for the Starlight Children's Foundation and Giant Steps, Australian IT companies have joined forces to launch an IT charity fund called 'Putting IT Back'.
The initiative will involve the staff of IT companies Com Tech Communications, IBM, Compaq, Optus, Cisco and Dell.
Computerworld: How did you get into information technology?
David Gold: I joined Looksmart right out of business school. I was always an early adopter of new technologies and was very interested in the Internet right from when it started.
5 minutes with . . . Maria Cabrera, IT manager, Civic Services Group, Bankstown City Council
A kind word not only means more to employees than cash - it can increase overall productivity through staff retention, according to the results of a recent Morgan & Banks survey.
Employees said they prefer acknowledgement and full appreciation for work done instead of good wages.
5 minutes with . . . David Sharp IS manager - Sydney, Coudert Brothers
Telstra's trial of a new system designed to record all call centre conversations provoked staff anger last week and union threats of action to prevent the telecommunications giant invading both customer and staff privacy.
5 minutes with . . . Paul Cameron, director technical operations, Excite@Home
Q & A - 5 Minutes with... Philip Richmond IS manager, NSW, Egis Consulting Australia
Computerworld: Did you always envisage you would have a career in IT?
Peter Gasparovic: At school, I did not know what the computer industry would have to offer in the way of challenges and I actually thought it would be just a boring office job. So I saw myself initially as being a policeman and eventually that changed to wanting to be a pilot.