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    Plan Like Your Enterprise 21 July, 2008 13:39:33

    Effective CIO participation in corporate planning is critical for business and IT success. However, engaging in corporate planning can be a bumpy road for CIOs due to conflicting time lines, power politics, unforeseen shocks and shifting priorities in business units and the corporate office.
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    Process Trip 04 February, 2008 13:07:03

    When Rich Phillips became COO OF Maritz Travel about two and-a-half years ago, he sat down and took a hard look at the big industry picture
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    Know Which Risks Matter 15 January, 2008 12:36:11

    IT risk assessment is doubly difficult if you don't know which types. . . It doesn't matter what kind of data it is or where it comes from.
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    3 Ways to Be More Creative: Relax, Exercise and Sleep More 05 November, 2007 14:15:55

    If late nights at work leave you groggy and ill-equipped to deal with a morning brainstorming session, here's why: The best ideas come from a healthy, rested brain
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    Blog: Getting Beyond Having 'One Right Way' 15 July, 2007 16:32:19

    It doesn't matter who is presenting (and this is as true of my presentations as anyone else's), the structure of the slide on the screen does leave the impression of "one and only one right way". Partly this is the way we take in information - diagrams, flow paths, bullet points all act to engage the "left side", or analytical elements, of our brains, which deal in logic, chains of items, and cause & effect. As a result, we walk away thinking "if we just do this, then that must result".
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    5 Sensible Tips for Achieving Work/Life Balance 05 July, 2007 10:13:21

    Martha Zeigler has high expectations for herself at work. So high that she routinely stays late at the office so she can toil uninterrupted by phones and co-workers
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    The Innovation Quest 27 February, 2007 11:12:10

    Innovate or evaporate. The message has gone out and is now accepted and clearly understood by Australian companies. Indeed, the message has probably been embraced more wholeheartedly by Australian companies than has previously been recognised. The perception that success comes simply from competing on cost, price, or quality no longer holds sway. Innovation is the vital link.
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    Money (That's What They Want) 05 September, 2006 09:00:00

    After years of focusing on the bottom line, CIOs are setting their sights on top-line growth
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    Get Engaged 16 August, 2006 14:48:03

    Engagement is about creating an environment where people want to come to work. It is up to managers to do what they can to make a positive difference
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    The Best Times For Business Thinking 26 July, 2006 12:00:23

    Finding the best time of day to do your creative thinking
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    Computer Society blindsides Treasury with demands for child-care tax breaks 15 March, 2005 12:53:49

    With the Federal Budget only weeks away, the Australian Computer Society (ACS) has bypassed Communications and IT Minister Senator Helen Coonan to court the chorus of discontent emanating from the government's back bench with a costed demand for widespread tax reform.
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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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