"Digital Economy" NSW plan just "fluff"
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A project of the 10-year-old NSW government model for the digital economy” does not say much at all and has very little to benefit the economy, on technical side. “
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This is the view of Freelancer.com Chief Matt Barrie, on the Task -Force, which was worked on the action plan NSW Digital Economy Industry – the public consultation next month or so published, but from this side Celebrated
from the State Government and the Task Force as “. Setting the direction and vision for our country in the next decade and beyond, “Mr. Barrie describes in part as a fluff” ‘Window”’ dressing room and a” white elephant “.The task force includes one each Representatives from IBM, Telstra, Optus, Foxtel, CSIRO, Omnilab integrated media companies, network Ausgrid, digital production company, the factory. project and risk-capital OneVentures
But in an e-mail to the members of the Task Force Last week, says Mr. Barrie:
“see After attending the first meeting and how the committee was poorly defined (read:” Digital “) and stacked (read: any technology company), with the exception of Deaker woman who is a joint venture capital for technology companies working .. . and of course, the CSIRO, it became clear that this is to try one more embarrassment for the initiative to build the tech industry. Was
“I mean, the first meeting, they discussed the project of an ‘intelligent light’ in Parramatta, the proposed distributed throughout the country. “I’m serious guys, WTF? What we are talking about when we say that digital technology? Or a mishmash of interest in the film, media, telecommunications, services and infrastructure, if so, what could our” digital Future “to be achieved?” The 53-page report project that touches on issues of funding and support to start-up point raised in this series Digital Dreamers contains eight recommendations . But Mr. Barrie, who is the head of three years, online-business-outsourcing has transformed more than $ 35 million last year, he poured scorn on some other (read his comments on each at the end). He suggests an alternative plan. The problem in Australia, he says, is declining enrollment in science and technology, and the fact that schools do not focus enough IT. high school students “are to have a whole group of people, frankly, not much has changed in the last 20 exposed, 30 or 50 years,” he said. “We are pleased with the established pattern of behavior said to be” right “and” drugs “to the career top aim. Are ” Graduate students and do not know what it means to “engineer” the word means. “The two subjects that we teach them today in some schools are so ridiculously awful, you might think that t hey were written by The Onion about 1950.” Mr Barrie outlined a detailed plan of how the program can be for a relatively low cost and rewritten, with the participation of the National School of Computer Science. and propose new programs, rather than that proposed in the report. Mr. Barrie says there is no other industry that can have as much wealth for the country with a low investment, and “there is no other industry in which” the age of 28 can make $ 50 billion company in eight years. “” That’s a lot of jobs in an area with high capacity, and a set of sentences in the society, “he writes. ” marketing, but fluffy, building, waved his hand and the word Smith is to report on political correctness is not really part of it, in my opinion. “ RecommendationsIn an interview prior to the loss of the relationship, said Deputy Prime Minister, Andrew Stoner NSW, the findings of the report this site” would be taken over by the government a political sense. “
1 Guide International Digital – .. obtaining business opportunities for NSW positioning the state as a” global leader in digital technology, “and the promotion of the state” digital product design and functionality of services “ Strategies are presented to improve the global exports of hosting high profile conferences on NSW digital business and the markets of Sydney as the “Silicon Boomerang”, an online portal for “Digital Business”, target-specific hot spots such as mobile applications, government leadership through early adoption of digital solutions such as e-learning and e-health and the appointment of a “digital ambassador”Mr Barrie takeover: “Money for window dressing”
Precinct 2 Digital -.. establishment of a “. Fence digital innovations open space “with a new stroke Carriage Works in the long run will include the fence.” vibrant digital community and entire rail yards of ATP [Australian Technology Park in Redfern] “reveals that the” to the central station “
take Mr. Barrie:”. Build a building in a terrible area of town that always scheduled for the technology, but still a white elephant because it is an abandoned rail yard on the back side of Redfern. “
Connected three regional communities – .. Stimulate” “taking of regional NSW communities and improve the reading technologyMr. Barrie:” Digital culture fluff, but we need to “regional” word in the report so as to exceed the control key word to “
4 Digital Literacy -. programs like the National Computer Science School (NCSS), FIRST Robotics, CSIRO scientists in the schools and STELR (Science and Technology Education use of relevance). teachers teach skills digitally, “modify” the high school technology curriculum,. use the technology in the classroom (an entire section dedicated to the $ 25 Raspberry Pi single-board computer), and links with industry
take Mr. Barrie: “NCSS is a fantastic program and to be honest my company funds for some reason over the Australian government as a whole in each year.”
5 channels of financing and investing activities -.. has increased for companies with high growth in NSW last year was invested only $ 120 million to $ 1.8 trillion funds available in Australia by venture capital firmsbetween strategies. discuss the creation of a “funding for the Office of Government” for the company on ways to access the existing system of federal funds, such as Australia and the commercialization of R & D tax incentives to benefit the creation of at least $ 20 million “Digital Future Fund Investment”, the promotion of investment by ICT companies, to encourage to pension funds to invest in innovation to ensure the implementation of the “crowd-funding” (ie companies of the community funded kick start to judge), the creation of mentoring programs, cutting red tape and offer available tax incentives and other organizations in innovation investing
take Mr. Barrie. “Instead of bringing us to put pressure on the federal government over the tax reform to undo what they did with stock option plans, through the funding of law amount, and flourish in fact to create a favorable regulatory environment for start-ups and attract investors, we try to put $ 20 million into a fund to try to bribe the start-up to the use of the building, we build in Redfern. “
6 SME-Government Networks Corporation – .. create collaborative networks, the technology companies connect with business partners and public investment in the development, trade and industryMr. Barrie ‘ take p> “I do not know what to say here, but again we must conclude” SMEs
7 Open Innovation Date – “for the keyword density in the relationship.”.. facilitate access to government information in the public sector and the involvement of citizens and organizations to use information to drive innovation strategies open to the public include the education of how the collected data to be useful for other users, implementation of an “Open initiative. And the construction of a public forum
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Mr. Barrie: <"Each ministry is now required to have a API ‘.” Could better than Obama has just said, formulated be / p> 8 Port Integrated Logistics Systems – .. To help industry, the development of an integrated port logistics to ensure a safe passage and efficient transport of goods from producer to consumer
take Mr. Barrie. “I do not know what on earth is this supposed to be here … no infrastructure in the Committee, should the Task Force on how we build the technology sector in this country, for representatives from Telstra, Optus, the film industry and Freelancer.com are fully qualified to work, not talk about container terminal. ‘.
The 53-page report was distributed to members of the working group last Tuesday and they were only a day and a half to sign-off given. The “final version” was then scheduled to be delivered to the NSW Government by the end of last week. “If no response is received, we will continue the process of transition and an answer of “zero”, as the consent to release have, “wrote Michael Harrington NSW Department of Trade and Investment in an e-mail to members of Task Force, seen from this side. suggests Mr. Barrie Technology entrepreneurs and inviting as Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Global Australia-based Atlassian power technology, the Task Force (“to be fast, if not already, the next largest in Australia, billion-dollar company”). However, said Mr. Cannon-Brookes said. “Mate, I did last year, and was the first and the last government committee that I never do”The Chairman of the Task Force, IBM Research and Development Director Glenn Wightwick, said in a statement by the NSW Department of Trade & Investment Task Force, which had a “rigorous process of consultation” for views involved in the industry.
He said the draft final report 30 written submissions would be considered together with comments made in seven regional consultations on the matter expressed. “The same task force also includes skills, knowledge and understanding of the right side of the industry considered high, and the seen the draft final report represents the efforts and opinions of the entire team, “said Wightwick. Foxtel Chief Information Officer, Robyn Elliott, who also sits on the Task Force, the draft of the report by the Herald , which was captioned version 32, was “a definite possibility, not yet. “ According to the State Government’s report for another round has to be approved by public consultation before the plan is completed to read. ” Matt is a member of the Task Force, like the rest of us, so we all our comments on it, “he said. But Ms. Barrie Elliott dismissed suggestions that companies such as Foxtel not tried the right company in a task force to build the digital economy are included. ” It is not is just for start-up, as all businesses have access to digital skills, “he told the Herald . Another member of the Task Force, Jennifer Wilson, director of the factory project Barrie said, “does not generate a lot of really good points,” but most would be a federal government need support. The response to comments made by Mr Barrie on digital fence near made by Redfern, said Ms. Wilson, that there are a lot of richer discussion of the Task Force meeting at which area of the digital age has Whoever the draft report. “The Committee is not suggesting that we take t his disused railway lines and in start-up center,” he said, adding that The Task Force recognized there was already considerable burden on start-ups, Sydney and Pyrmont.
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