The System Administrators Guild of Australia

Welcome to the official website of the System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU). SAGE-AU was formed to advance the profession of System Administration by raising awareness of the need for System Administrators, and educating System Administrators in technical as well as professional issues.

"Firewalls under Fire"

Australia's plan for a new internet filter has been widely criticised by service providers, who say it will be ineffective and slow down the speed of internet traffic. Internet expert Mark Newton joins the 'Today' show to discuss the Government's proposal for a mandatory new online filter.

See Mark on the 'Today' show

SAGE-AU proposes three-step safe Net plan for families

IT professionals' advocacy group SAGE-AU has proposed a three-pronged plan that can protect families from objectionable Internet content without slowing Internet performance to a snail's pace.

SAGE-AU (the System Administrators Guild of Australia) is a not-for-profit professional organisation representing system administrators in Australia. System administrators are the technology wizards who keep computers and networks working, including much of the Internet in this country. Read on...

SAGE-AU calls for open talk on Net censorship

IT professionals' advocacy group SAGE-AU has called on the Federal Government to embrace open discussion of its proposed Internet filtering regime in order to ensure the best possible policy outcome.

SAGE-AU (the System Administrators Guild of Australia) expressed its concern after reports that the office of Federal Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, had attempted to silence criticism by a SAGE-AU member of the Government's controversial plan to filter Internet content. Read on...

The Australian System Administrators' Conference 2009

SAGE-AU is pleased to announce that the seventeenth annual Australian System Administrators' Conference will be held on the Gold Coast, 10-14 August, 2009.

Further details will be published on the website as details are confirmed.