http://www.cio.com.au CIO Government en-us Copyright 2008, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:50:03 +1000 60 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=201607001&rid=-601 A new report from IBM warns of the growing global impact of rapid changes in several areas beyond government control Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:44:20 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1165755058&rid=-601 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are asking a federal court to order the US Department of Justice to turn over records about the agency's tracking of mobile phone users. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:37:23 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=181113410&rid=-601 Australia's open source community leaders have written an open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard calling for consideration of free and open source software in the implementation of the Digital Education Revolution for the National Secondary School Computer Fund. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:06:27 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=172407399&rid=-601 Japan's Self Defense Force lost sensitive data pertaining to a joint US-Japan military exercise last year, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:17:21 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1852774688&rid=-601 The NSW government has buckled and signed on to the federal government's $1.2 billion computers-for-schools plan after allegedly demanding an extra $245 million to cover implementation costs. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:06:22 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=165941963&rid=-601 If there is any doubt to the power of social media, social networking and social software, then nonbelievers may need to Think New Orleans. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:08:37 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=252740567&rid=-601 A new report from Deloitte says that leading businesses have trained people to expect high-quality, personalized services, and these are standards which citizens are now applying to government Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:33:19 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1066434940&rid=-601 A four-year IT modernisation overhaul of Victorian health provider Eastern Health will spell the end of server sprawl, expensive Private Automatic Branch Exchanges (PABXs), and soaring printing costs. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:36 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=829370314&rid=-601 Melbourne will be home to a $100 million, 400 teraflop supercomputer, expected to be the world's largest supercomputer dedicated purely to the life sciences. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:07:58 +1000 http://www.cio.com.au/index.php?id=1170020999&rid=-601 It's becoming increasingly dangerous to post blogs in some parts of the world. Various governments continue to step up efforts to crack down on bloggers who expose public corruption and human right violations, according to a research study released earlier this month. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:20:50 +1000