CIO

Stories by: Peter Hind

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    Marriage on the Rocks 06 May, 2008 16:09:55

    Ian Angus, NCR Australia's MD in the mid 1980s, was the first person to advise me that the relationship between a CIO and their IT supplier was akin to a marriage
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    Wanted: ITIL 3.0 champions 13 February, 2008 09:23:12

    The Internet was defined in 1974, but, in 1995, Bill Gates wrote a book called 'The Road Ahead' and failed to mention how it would transform our lives. Similarly, Informational Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) first saw light of day in the UK in the mid 1980s. Today there is hardly a serious CIO who has not embraced this set of concepts and techniques for managing IT infrastructure, development and operations. However, it has taken a long time to gain traction and is only now gaining significant support in the US.
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    The Digital Divide 04 February, 2008 13:15:03

    In all the post mortems I have read about John Howard's downfall I've seen no mention of the part IT played. Yet I believe that it was the then federal government's ignorance of IT that was the first thing Kevin Rudd exploited to paint himself as a man of the future. His ambitious proposal to roll out a high-speed broadband service was really his first big policy announcement
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    Antisocial Tendencies 10 December, 2007 14:22:34

    I can be a real Neanderthal when it comes to technology. I don't rush to embrace the latest and greatest. Nor am I interested in gadgets and the digital lifestyle. Instead I get enthused by the business practicality of technology in overcoming problems and transforming processes. If 25 years in IT has taught me one thing it is that the best products are the robust ones, which usually means they have been around for some time
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    Wiki Wacky 02 October, 2007 09:55:55

    I strongly believe that IT practitioners should take a conservative approach when it comes to the adoption of technology
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    Heavenly Sent 03 September, 2007 14:14:51

    It must seem like heaven to a CIO: A software product that only costs you something when you use it. A product that eliminates software upgrade angst and support requests. The neon sign over the pearly gates reads "Software as a service", better known as SaaS
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    Hole in My SOX 06 August, 2007 12:15:42

    Please allow me to eat some humble pie. Last year I used one of these columns to call for IT vendors to put a sock in all their pronouncements about Sarbanes-Oxley
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    A Price to Pay 05 July, 2007 10:07:09

    I thought the project was going to be a doddle. A certain vendor wanted the prices of its rivals' products so it could gauge the price-competitiveness of its own offerings
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    Philosophical Differences 05 June, 2007 10:41:18

    Even after 25 years in the IT industry it has taken me a fair amount of time to get my head around the topic of service-oriented architecture (SOA)
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    The Lucky Country? 07 May, 2007 14:10:51

    You would think that someone living close to the CBD of Australia's largest city would have a reasonable chance of getting satisfactory Internet service. Think again
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    Work Experience 03 April, 2007 13:25:23

    For as long as I can remember experts have pointed to inexperience and poor judgement as the reasons so many young people are involved in road accidents. Certainly experience does count in all walks of life, but perhaps most measurably in business. The longer you do a task the better you become at it.
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    Inside Internode's data centre 05 June, 2009 14:39:00

    Computerworld gets an exclusive behind the scenes look inside Internode's Adelaide data centre with network guru Mark Newton
    Computerworld gets an exclusive behind the scenes look inside Internode's Adelaide data centre with network guru Mark Newton
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    HP uses outside air, big fans, 12-foot raised floor to cool servers 03 June, 2009 07:44:00

    It's also cutting data center power use by painting server racks white
    Just off the North Sea coast in the United Kingdom, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s EDS unit has built a data center that largely relies on cold sea air to keep servers chilled and -- by doing so -- cut the center's cooling power needs in half.
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    HP targets the cloud with new hardware 12 June, 2009 08:27:00

    HP offers complete cloud computing package for businesses
    HP has designed a new portfolio of hardware, software, and services, aimed at reducing costs and saving resource, particularly for businesses involved in Web 2.0, cloud and high-performance computing.
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    Defence to spend $700m on ICT reform 05 June, 2009 11:13:00

    Strategic Reform Program report reveals only half of defence IT budget visible to CIO
    Less than half of the annual $1.2 billion spent by Defence on its ICT is visible to its chief information officer, Greg Farr, a new report has revealed.
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    Inside Telstra's Virtualisation Strategy 11 May, 2009 14:12:00

    Need to cut infrastructure costs driving the strategy
    Telstra is increasingly turning to virtualisation as its core strategy to both manage the rising costs of, and growth in, its data centres, according the company’s CIO, John McInerney.
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    Defence to Initiate ICT Reform Program, Expand CIO Role 05 May, 2009 11:56:00

    ERP rollout, data centre consolidation, single architecture all on the cards, according to the Department of Defence’s strategic policy white paper
    The Defence department has signaled a raft of changes to its approach to information technology under a new ICT reform program.

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    New scam email uses Australian Federal Police to gain victims' trust 03 July, 2009 10:49:00

    Fake offers of free AFP monitoring service to stop "cybernetic attacks"
    Cyber criminals have changed tack in their ongoing scam campaign against banks, moving to the use of government agencies to gain the trust of unsuspecting email recipients.
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    AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate 03 July, 2009 08:25:00

    $500,000 of goods per week purchased with fake credit cards
    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have struck a major blow to a multi-million identity fraud syndicate.
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    5 steps to secure a new PC 30 June, 2009 00:19:00

    Just unwrapped a brand-new PC? Security pros share their secrets for making your system Internet-safe.
    A common misconception is that a shiny new computer is more or less secure because it hasn't yet been exposed to the Internet's sinister underbelly. But the truth is, these machines come out of the box needing scores of patches, some basic security software downloads and the disabling or replacing of items security pros don't typically trust.
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    Facebook simplifies privacy settings, calls them too complex 02 July, 2009 05:48:00

    The social-networking site is also getting ready to let members share content with anyone on the Internet
    Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet.
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    DR a growing concern for A/NZ CIOs: Symantec 02 July, 2009 09:16:00

    Mission critical apps and cost of down-time major drivers
    CIOs in Australia and New Zealand are increasingly getting involved in the disaster recovery planning of their organisations, according to a new survey from Symantec.
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