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    How to protect your intellectual property in the Cloud 07 February, 2012 02:36:00

    Around this time last year, the cloud computing contract signings were coming fast and furious -- not just for commodity work like IT management or email, but for software and infrastructure closer to the core of corporate value. Not long after that, the calls started to come in to Greg Bell, principal and the Americas service leader for information protection at KPMG.
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    Seven signs you've outsourced too much to IT service providers 07 January, 2012 05:52:00

    The lure of IT outsourcing is strong -- from the promise of better service levels and lower costs to the premise of freeing up internal resources to focus on strategic business issues. And if your IT service provider -- and, let's face it, a few of your CXO peers -- had their way, you'd send it all out the door to a third-party.
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    NSW Dept of Family and Community Services appoints new CIO 21 December, 2011 10:26:00

    The NSW Department of Family and Community Services have appointed Tim Hume, from the state’s department of health, to the role of CIO.
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    IT outsourcing year in review, rating our 2011 predictions 15 December, 2011 03:23:00

    As the end of the year approaches, the predictions of what's to come in the next 12 months abound. Of course, those predictions are usually quickly forgotten and no one rushes to issue a scorecard for how they fared -- but that's not the case at CIO.com. This year, we're revisiting the 11 outsourcing trends we forecast for 2011 to find out which of them actually came to pass.
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    10 worst sales tactics of IT outsourcing companies 10 December, 2011 05:18:00

    IT service providers are big on talk of innovation these days—except when it comes to their own sales practices. It seems as if many vendor sales teams have been pulling from the same bag of frustrating and ineffective tricks to try to win deals since the dawn of IT outsourcing.
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    Guide: How to bulletproof your website 29 November, 2011 03:32:00

    'Tis the season to begin ramping up online shopping activity, and for retailers that means doing all they can to ensure their websites are up, highly available and able to handle peak capacity. Looming in many IT managers' minds is the cautionary tale of Target, whose website crashed twice after it was inundated by an unprecedented number of online shoppers when the retailer began selling clothing and accessories from high-end Italian fashion company Missoni.
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    Beware of staff fraud: KPMG Forensic 17 November, 2011 14:19:00

    Some Australian companies overlook internal security and rogue employees are getting away with millions of dollars, according to KPMG Forensic Australia associate director, Stan Gallo.
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    Education is key to BYOD security: Experts 08 November, 2011 16:38:00

    Educating employees on how to protect data on their smartphones and tablets is crucial to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) security, according to a panel of security experts.
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    Private cloud vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud 04 November, 2011 07:26:00

    There's no denying it: practically every business is moving to the cloud or at least thinking about it. But with a number of options available to them, many are still experimenting with which works best.
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    AIMIA elects new board members 13 October, 2011 13:39:00

    The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) has elected nine new board members.
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    Brain drain imminent: IT recruiter 29 September, 2011 09:35:00

    A new skills index released this week suggests CIOs should ditch the ‘wait-and-see’ contract approach to IT recruitment in the face of increasing offshore opportunities.
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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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