The Scoop with Mark Jones on MISaustralia.com

How will a structurally separated Telstra look and behave? And what's the long-term impact on the government's NBN? The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined by Senator Nick Minchin; David Forman, executive director of the Competitive Carriers Coalition; and Tony Boyd, financial services editor, The Australian Financial Review.

If there's a skills crisis, why are many skilled IT contractors out of work? Should contractors shift to full-time employment? Joining The Scoop host Mark Jones is an employer, recruiter and contractor: Bob Correll, CIO, Department of Immigration and Citizenship; John Henderson, general manager, Canberra office, Hudson; Ross Turetsky, managing director, Grant Solutions.

Corporate fraud costs the Australian economy more than $3.5 billion each year as the financial crisis accelerates the problem. How should CIOs respond? The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined by three fraud experts: Alastair MacGibbon, director of Surete Group and a former eBay security executive; Dr Russell Smith, Principal Criminologist at the Australian Institute of Criminology; and Ajoy Ghosh, Australian Security Solutions Executive at Logica.

Isn't social media just a fad? If not, how should corporate Australia respond to the social media mindset? The Scoop is joined by Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics, Mike Hickinbotham, Telstra senior social media manager, and Optus social media manager Sebastian Vasta.

When was the last time you visited a human travel agent? Online travel is soaring but does it lack the "human touch?" And how is technology improving e-travel? The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined in this video podcast by Jetstar CIO Stephen Tame and Expedia Asia Pacific director, retail & product strategy, Nicholas Chu.

If you need proof there's an economic recovery brewing, positive signs are emerging from Australia's Angel investment community. The Scoop is joined by three angel investors who offer insight into new opportunities: Ruth Drinkwater, chief executive of The Australian Association of Angel Investors, Jordan Green, founder and chair of Melbourne Angels, and Cliff Rosenberg, a Sydney-based angel investor & the former managing director Yahoo! Australia & NZ.

Australia's well-documented skills crisis appears set to get worse. A report by the Australian Computer Society has highlighted a widening gap between IT students and workplace demands for more staff. Joining The Scoop host Mark Jones are Whitehorse Strategic Group chairman Ian Dennis, the Australian Information Industry Association's Michel Hedley and the University of Technology, Sydney's Dr Wayne Brookes.

The global economy is feeling the effects of sustained investment in broadband and electronic payment systems. So have we reached a tipping point where the "digital" economy now drives the "real" economy? The Scoop is joined by Google chief economist Hal Varian and Melbourne Business School's professor Joshua Gans.

Blackberry dominates the executive smartphone market. But should CIOs now consider the new iPhone 3Gs for large scale rollouts? And what about Microsoft devices? The Scoop is joined in the studio by George Lymbers, CIO of the Anglican Church, and Robin Simpson, research director at Gartner.

The NBN promises to deliver 100Mbps download speeds, but what else? At the Financial Review Broadband Conference 2009 service providers discuss what applications and services the NBN will deliver and ask if we should shut down the copper network? On the panel are Pipe Networks CEO Bevan Slattery, Nextgen 's Malcolm Roe, TransACT COO Gordon Dunsford and Ericsson ANZ vice-president Tony Malligeorgos.

The government expects half its $43 billion NBN bill will be funded by the private sector. But is that realistic? And where will the money come from? In part one of this two part NBN series recorded live at the Financial Review Broadband Conference 2009, The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined on stage by Peter Williams, CEO, Deloitte Digital; Matt Healy, national executive, regulatory & government, Macquarie Telecom; and Phil Campbell, senior analyst, Citi Investment Research.

The popularity of multi-touch technology has soared thanks to the iPhone. Microsoft's forthcoming Windows 7 promises a new level of mass adoption. What's on offer in Windows 7, and what are the business implications of multi-touch interfaces? The Scoop is joined by Professor Bruce Thomas from the University of South Australia, Scott Gosling, national practice manager of Microsoft services at Data#3, and Iain McDonald, founder of Amnesia Razorfish.

The Satyam scandal and the global financial crisis have redrawn the outsourcing landscape. Is it time for CIOs to adopt an onshore strategy? The Scoop's Mark Jones is joined by Peter Kazacos, CEO of PK Business Advantage and Sri Annaswamy, director of Swamy & Associates.

So why do we need the $43 billion NBN? The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined by NBN Expert Panel member, the University of Adelaide's Professor Reg Coutts and BuddeComm managing director Paul Budde to discuss what services require a 100Mbps broadband network. Prof Coutts also offers his insights into the Expert Panel's thinking.

A decade after <em>The Cluetrain Manifesto</em> articulated social media's potentially disruptive impact on business, it's time for a reality check. How well is business adopting Twitter, blogs and social networking? The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined by Shel Israel, author of the forthcoming <em>Tweetville</em> and Iggy Pintado, author of <em>Connection Generation</em>.