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    Home of the underdogs 09 July, 2008 10:46:04

    "As an IT manager, are you going to put your reputation on the line that five guys from a small startup in Vancouver are to deliver for your organization," asked Jevon MacDonald, blogger and co-founder at StartupNorth.ca.
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    Blog: Pegasystems CIO to colleagues: drink your own champagne 18 July, 2007 16:14:42

    At Microsoft, developers will tell you that they "test their own dog food," using their own software before and after shipping to customers. Jo Hoppe, CIO of Pegasystems, prefers a classier term to describe how her colleagues utilize her company's business process management (BPM) software before it hits the market. "We're drinking our own champagne," she says.
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    Third World Software Could Have Role in Disaster Relief 08 August, 2006 10:28:30

    An open source disaster management system developed for the Asian Tsunami could play a role in future Australian emergency management efforts.
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    De-nerding Your Geeks 03 May, 2006 12:45:06

    The need to align with the business forced most CIOs to change from geek to chic - jettisoning their old school mentality toward IT and swapping their Dockers for Hugo Boss in the process. But convincing the rest of the IT department to follow suit may prove to be a much tougher job . . .
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    The Advantages of Working Dangerously 08 September, 2005 13:35:17

    Early adopters of new IT and customers of start-up vendors can win competitive advantage and other treasures, but only if they look before they leap
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    Defence adds more protection 25 July, 2005 09:32:58

    With an existing mixture of mainframe and proprietary Unix systems, the Department of Defence has chosen the x86 and IA64 architectures over Sparc for its new $450,000 security management application.
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    Open for Business 09 November, 2004 11:10:24

    A recent report published by CSC's Leading Edge Forum makes a strong case for open source software, but is sound business sense being lost amid all the cheerleading?
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    Future Results Not Guaranteed 11 September, 2003 12:11:07

    Contrary to what vendors tell you, computer systems alone are incapable of producing accurate forecasts
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    Know-It-Alls 16 November, 2001 10:00:00

    To streamline customer service, Marconi employed a system to facilitate knowledge sharing among its tech support personnel. In the process, the roles of tech agents changed dramatically
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    How Indian Got Its Vroom Back 06 August, 2001 16:33:47

    The venerable motorcycle company gets a new lease on life, and it's betting on ERP to keep it rolling.
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    Single Minded 01 December, 1999 12:25:23

    CIOs increasingly are relying on a single PC vendor in an effort to reduce costs and complexity. But as in any exclusive relationship, both sides need to make some concessions
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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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