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| About Net-centric Computing | Courses | Staff | Students | Units | Research | Campus | For Staff | Sessional Staff |
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| About Net-centric Computing | Courses | Staff | Students | Units | Research | Campus | For Staff | Sessional Staff |
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 About Net-centric ComputingMonash’s Faculty of Information Technology was established 1990, and was the first such faculty in an Australian university. Monash was the first university to acknowledge the growing importance of Information and Communications Technology as a separate discipline, requiring specialist teaching and research. Monash aims for academic excellence in its teaching and research. The Faculty of Information Technology has some three hundred academic and technical staff, working on six of Monash’s campuses with over seven thousand students, including three thousand international students. Staff engagement in leading research projects is a hallmark of the faculty. For the student interested in an information and communications technology career, Monash’s Faculty of Information Technology offers high academic and research standards, a global profile and a range of courses and subjects from across the whole information and communications technology spectrum. The Faculty contains a
number of schools, each with an area of specialisation, including the Peninsula School of Information Technology.
The Peninsula School of Information Technology has two inter-related roles: the provision of quality courses and the conducting of research in
Net-centric Computing. As well as offering part of the Bachelor of Internet Systems and Commerce, the School offers the
Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems (Net-centric Computing), the honours degree of the Bachelor of Network Computing, the Graduate Certificate and
Diploma in Network Computing, the Master of Information Technology (by research), the Master of Applied Information
Technology, the Master of Network Computing (by coursework and by minor thesis) and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees.
The aim of the School is to provide students with a quality learning environment, which includes not only good
teaching from a committed and competent staff, but also the necessary physical resources together with a pastoral
and administrative infra-structure which guides and serves its students.The School seeks to develop its students so
they are ready to enter the computing profession.
The School is actively involved in research in the areas of computing associated with the School's focus on Net-centric
Computing, including mobile and ubiquitous Computing, peer to peer Computing, computer and network security,
computer mediated education,· distributed information systems engineering, health informatics, multimedia and
information management, software systems and middleware
Studying within the School provides an atmosphere that is personal, a place where students are known to staff and
other students. Class sizes are relatively small, and students have ready access to their lecturers and tutors. The
School offers excellent teaching and computing facilities. Students have access to specialised network computing
equipment.
Some Industry Partnerships The Peninsula School of Information Technology is able to offer the CCNA
Training course to Monash students and members of the public at the Peninsula Campus of Monash University. This innovative training program combines
broad educational experience with specific technical skills aimed at teaching participants how to design, build and maintain computer networks. The
official Cisco Networking Academy Curriculum 
is delivered in a standard networking lab environment equipped with Cisco routers, switches and other widely used networking gear. The short course
is offered in the afternoon or evening during the semester on a fee for service basis.For further information relating to course details, and registration please refer to the website: Monash Information Technology Institute.
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Some Industry CommentsThe focus for the School is Net-centric Computing. Below are some comments from people in the computing industry regarding the importance of Net-centric Computing. · "It is clear from industry trends that there is a strong demand for advanced skillsets in the area of network computing. This is evident in both the commercial and vendor marketplace, and also in the computing solutions being adopted by many organisations."Dr Les Trudzik, Partner, KPMG Management Consulting Pty Ltd Listen to comments made by Dr Les Trudzik  · "For organisations to meet the challenges of business today, they need specialists in the field of network computing, who must be able to design and construct distributed applications, which operate on local area networks, wide area networks, Intranets, the Internet and the World Wide Web. They must be able to administer and manage these networks and provide such services as content provision, document management, multimedia training, access to stores of structured data, broadcast data, streaming audio and video and personalised services and important real time collaboration."
Sharon Matthews, CEO, United Customer Management Solutions Listen to comments made by Sharon Matthews  · "As I am sure you are aware, Australia Post has Australia's largest retail network and, in order to support and continue to improve the ways we use new technologies with respect to it, we have a significant requirement for advanced networking skills."
Valda Berzins, Chief Information Officer, Australia Post Listen to comments made by Valda Berzins  · "The present skills base in Australia (and internationally) is quite inadequate to support the present demand for Network based systems, and with the forecast rise in Web based electronic commerce, this problem will significantly worsen."Roy Francis, Project Manager, OSA 2003 CP&I BP&IS Telstra Corporation, Strategic Development Group Listen to comments made by Roy Francis  · "My experience to date clearly confirms the shortage of network literate IT professionals."Lex Giezen, Business Development, Lexicon Internet Services Listen to comments made by Lex Giezen  John Nemarich, Project Manager Info Tech, B.H.P. Westenport Listen to comments made by John Nemarich
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The Peninsula School of Information Technology has a
partnership with Sun Microsystems, the inventors of Java. The School is a participant in Sun academic programs.
The Peninsula School of Information Technology is a member of the Oracle
Academic Initiative, which provides access to Oracle technology and instruction, and enables integration of Oracle's IT courseware into academic
programs.
The Peninsula School of Information Technology is a member of the Rational Rose seed program.