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    Data centers experiment with new power sources 10 May, 2011 01:58:00

    Data center power usage is soaring -- the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that data center energy requirements will double in the next five years. To address that surge in energy use, some companies are turning to alternative sources of energy, including solar arrays, natural gas turbines, wind power, fuel cells and hydro power. But one big question is whether these power sources will deliver a return on investment in the near future.
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    Should fuel cells power your data centre? 17 June, 2010 05:54:00

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    Meet America's first CIO 10 March, 2009 10:40:00

    In a surprise announcement, President Obama has named the first federal CIO of the US: Vivek Kundra, CTO of the District of Columbia. (He has yet to name the position he did promise he would create: the first national CTO.) So who is Kundra, and what might his appointment mean for the federal government's direction for and spending on technology?
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    Flying docs pilot first national e-health database 03 February, 2009 20:40:00

    The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is deploying what may be the first national e-health records management system to unify disparate medical databases across its four regional sites.
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    Australia's first National ICT careers week announced 12 May, 2008 14:06:12

    Convincing young people that a career in ICT offers a global passport and the chance to make a difference in some of humankind's foremost dilemmas, such as climate change, are among the key themes of the inaugural National ICT Careers Week, slated for 28 July to 2 August 2008.
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    Carrier Consumer Investments Dwarf Enterprise Upgrades 02 May, 2007 10:43:23

    The largest carriers in the US are collectively investing billions in enterprise network and service upgrades, but they are committing far more dollars to consumer and wireless services. One look at revenue potential and it becomes clear why - the carriers stand to gain billions in new business as initiatives such as IPTV take hold.
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    A Big Pill to Swallow 19 February, 2007 14:10:55

    According to a recent study by Massachusetts General Hospital and George Washington University, less than 25 percent of all US doctors use some form of electronic health records (EHRs) in their practices. Far fewer - only around 10 percent - have fully operational health information systems that collect patient health data, manage information such as orders for lab tests and prescriptions, and provide decision support.
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    Beating the Boomer Brain Drain Blues 03 February, 2006 11:23:46

    The oldest baby boomers are six years away from retirement. Will your company continue to thrive if they take their knowledge with them? Here's how to identify who has key knowledge and how to keep it within the company walls.
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    Building Bridges 13 December, 2004 10:59:44

    Canada's first National Science Adviser extols the virtues of commercialization
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    On the BEACH 14 July, 2003 12:01:02

    About 85 per cent of Australians visit a GP at least once in any year. Altogether, that amounts to roughly 100 million consultations annually. Every consultation is unique, because every patient is an individual, each with their own unique combinations of complaints - morbidity and associated other illnesses - and differing from each other in age, gender and background
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    On the BEACH 14 July, 2003 09:04:41

    Five years after BEACH was introduced to analyse data collected from Australian GPs, its creators have a message for CIOs: achieving data quality can be a long, hard road.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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