| Minister for the Illawarra David Campbell cuts the ribbon to official... Minister for the Illawarra David Campbell cuts the ribbon to officially launch the School of Information Systems and Technology (SISAT). Watching on is the Head of SISAT, Associate Professor Peter Hyland and Holly Tootell who is the first person to submit a PhD thesis to the school | 
| Vice-Chancellor Professor Gerard Sutton officially launched Associate... Vice-Chancellor Professor Gerard Sutton officially launched Associate Professor Rob Macgregor’s book “E-Commerce in Regional Small to Medium Enterprises” immediately following the Minister’s launch of SISAT |
Minister for the Illawarra launches new school at UOW
24 Aug 2007 | Bernie Goldie
Minister for the Illawarra David Campbell today (24 August) launched the newly-formed School of Information Systems and Technology (SISAT).
Speakers at the launch referred to the offering of new degrees, exciting new research directions and the fusion of technology and business.
SISAT’s launch follows closely on the start-up of Accenture at UOW and CSC in the Coniston Technology Park.
Head of SISAT, Associate Professor Peter Hyland, said the new school highlighted the importance of high-quality graduates who are so much in demand by major IT consulting companies, worldwide.
Professor Hyland said the school was one of Australia’s leading teaching and research centres for building, deploying and managing the latest computing technologies and business computing systems.
“The IT industry, both locally and internationally, needs far more graduates than our present programs can supply. Our new school will produce exactly the type of graduates that the industry needs and will appeal to national and international students,” Professor Hyland said.
Sharing the stage for the official ribbon cutting ceremony was Holly Tootell from SISAT who has the honour of being the first person to submit a PhD to the school. The title of her thesis is “Social Impact of Automatic Identification Technologies and Location-Based Services in National Security”.
Meanwhile, UOW Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, separately launched Associate Professor Rob Macgregor’s new book which looks at how regional businesses lag behind in adopting e-commerce.
Security concerns are the primary reason for low adoption rates of e-commerce among small businesses, report the SISAT authors Professor Macgregor and Associate Professor Lejla Vrazalic who is currently working at the University of Wollongong in Dubai.
The authors argue that governments that wish to promote e-commerce practices in small businesses need to understand the mindset of the group when devising policies.
The book, “E-Commerce in Regional Small to Medium Enterprises”, is an outcome of studies spanning two years.
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