Stories about: Macquarie University

The federal government today announced more than $5.9 million in funding for counter-terrorism science and technology research as part of the Office of National Security's, Research Support for Counter-Terrorism (RSCT) program.

Australia's higher education sector is serious about unified communications with three universities investing more than $12 million in developing innovative networks that can deliver a multimedia experience to students.

It's the CIOs who know how to handle the Yellow Risks - those that offer no certain course of action - that are going to do best in the race for further advancemen

A Closer look at the lingering legacy of fixing the Y2K problem

There is no prescribed educational route to the profession; no undergraduate course from which one emerges with the letters "CIO" freshly stamped on the forehead. CIOs emerge from teaching, from accounting, from the armed services, from computer programming. All are educated, but none have been trained to be CIOs, they have learned their craft from a combination of experience and judiciously selected education and training programs

Strategic planning seems to have taken a bit of a holiday in recent times, especially in the private sector where many listed companies are so concerned about their future that they do not bother to think beyond the next quarter results. However, according to John Smyrk, a strategic planning consultant and principal of Sigma Management Sciences, it is a mistake to think of "strategic" purely in terms of time frames.

Any supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link. It's a truism this health industry SCM initiative grapples with on an all too regular basis

Because companies can't immediately see the ROI of an IT/business continuity plan, too many put developing one on the backburner. But when a disaster hits home, planning for the possibility of IT destruction suddenly seems anything but wasteful

The Macquarie University Graduate School of Management is conducting a study to ascertain whether or not organisations align their IT to their strategic planning so as to optimise their investment in IT, and to identify these key factors if they are present. If you would like to participate in the study, please fill in the attached questionnaire, which should take between 30 and 40 minutes. If you would like to receive a summary of the results of the study you may fax or email your contact details, including name, postal address and/or email address, to the researcher, whose contact details are below.

The Macquarie University Graduate School of Management is conducting a study to ascertain whether or not organisations align their IT to their strategic planning so as to optimise their investment in IT, and to identify these key factors if they are present. If you would like to participate in the study, please fill in the attached Questionnaire which should take around 30 - 40 minutes. If you would like to receive a summary of the results of the study you may fax or e-mail your contact details including name, postal address and / or e-mail address to the researcher, Jonathan Farrell, at the contact details below.