It's a subject that will appeal to our more sentimental readers and is the focus of our special report on page 1 (Computerworld Australia print edition April 5).

Interestingly, readers surveyed for the special report nominated the year 2006 as the best of times, claiming IT and business alignment has elevated technology to a status more befitting those working in IT today. I like the attitude of why be an extra when you can play the leading role?

And judging by the latest salary surveys, the year could turn to gold, especially for those with titles in high demand such as enterprise architects or project managers.

ICT is certainly an industry that's never short of activity - from roundtables to award nights, even the occasional breakfast seminar. I've done them all in the past week. The ICT event calendar is relentless.

It was good to finally present Frost & Sullivan's inaugural ICT awards after enduring the judging process last month which wasn't easy.