http://www.cio.com.au CIO Government en-us Copyright 2010, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:25:04 +1100 60 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=279285461&rid=-601 Everyone knows a good outsourcing relationship needs to be actively managed. So does a good IT outsourcing contract. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:30:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1950497079&rid=-601 Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI). Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:09:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1881603444&rid=-601 True BlackBerry lovers, or "CrackBerry" addicts, if you will, can never have too many BlackBerry apps Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:28:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=76912886&rid=-601 Internet provider iiNet cannot be held responsible if its users choose to breach copyright laws by downloading movies, a Federal Court judge in Sydney has found. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:11:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1705403838&rid=-601 The Western Australian Police service has entered into a $5 million contract with the ASX-listed Empired for strategic IT consulting services. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:37:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1989294316&rid=-601 Middle management just isn't what it used to be. The old definition of a middle manager--those senior staff in charge of overseeing the details of day-to-day management and reporting to top management--is too narrow, says Leslie Willcocks, Professor of Technology Work and Globalization at the London School of Economics (LSE) and head of its Outsourcing Unit. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:30:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=289903273&rid=-601 Our panel of Australian CIOs weigh-in with some fundamental realities about IT that have stood the test of time. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:24:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1929797868&rid=-601 The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April 1, 2011, Denmark's Liberal Party said on Friday. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:23:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1942352135&rid=-601 While cloud vendors trumpet the savings and flexibility they can provide compared to on-premise IT, they don't, as a matter of course, address key e-discovery issues. Before signing any tempting deals, experts say, CIOs must hold vendors' feet to the fire about how--and how quickly--the vendor will help meet data requests in the face of lawsuits, compliance audits, data breaches and other legal situations. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:31:00 +1100 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=338382486&rid=-601 A move to the cloud will enable new kinds of applications that public safety and law enforcement agencies can use to do their jobs better, Microsoft’s CEO said during its annual Worldwide Public Safety Symposium on Wednesday. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:49:00 +1100