Australian Computer Society

Media Release

World Wide Web A Potential Disaster Warns ACS President

Friday 9 August 1996, Canberra - President of the Australian Computer Society, Tom Worthington, has warned of impending disaster for organisations with unplanned World Wide Web sites.

In presenting the opening address to the 1996 Conference of the Oracle User Group ACT in Canberra on Wednesday, Mr Worthington called for organisations to ensure they employed professional staff with the necessary expertise, planning and appropriate resources to build Web sites and avert disaster.

"The Web is deceptively easy to use," said Mr Worthington.

"The danger is that anyone can build a very large and complex Web site which can get them and their organisation into a lot of trouble."

Mr Worthington, who is Web Master for the Defence Department's home page, provided details of Defence's web procedures and policies to the conference.

He will also be conducting a 'net workshop at the 14th World Computer Congress, 6 September in Canberra. Senator Kate Lundy, member of the Senate References Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts, will provide a commentary on Australian Telecommunications Regulation at the workshop.

For further information:

Web version of media release with links: http://www.tomw.net.au/twadd21.htm
Oracle talk: http://www.tomw.net.au/twadd20.htm
Oracle User Group - ACT: Darryl Shields, President, Telephone: (06) 2766278, http://www.aa.gov.au/ANZORA/ACTConf.html
14th World Computer Congress: http://www.acs.org.au/ifip96.html

ENDS

Media Enquiries:

Tom Worthington, ACS President, Email: tom.worthington@tomw.net.au
Caroline New, ACS Public Relations Consultant, Tel: +61 2 630 2108, Mobile: 041 188 9456, Fax: +61 2 630 1685 Email: cnew@acslink.net.au