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    Microsoft signs cloud deals with California, New York City 21 October, 2010 06:32:00

    Continuing the progress that Microsoft is making in the state and local government sector, the company has signed cloud computing deals with the city of New York and the state of California.
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    The Executive Woman's Guide to Mentoring 08 January, 2010 08:19:00

    Every stage in your career progress requires new skills. Sometimes, the knowledge you need to acquire is technical minutiae that can best be learned with a more experienced practitioner at your elbow. At other times, you need advice about developing business skills, or help deciding which new position to accept. Such advice can be acquired haphazardly, or it can come from a mentoring relationship.
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    The Executive Woman's Guide to Mentoring 14 March, 2008 11:33:40

    Successful women who've served in both roles explain what makes a mentoring relationship work, how to find the right person and knowing when to part
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    Coonan launches RFID guide 27 July, 2006 08:38:52

    The Minister for the Department of Information Technology, Communications and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan used her opening address at the GSI Impetus 2006 conference in Melbourne this week to launch a guide to RFID adoption for Australian business.
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    Tales of mystery and missing laptops and PCs 23 October, 2003 14:49:05

    Missing backup tapes from the Prime Minister’s office, cleaner’s removing PCs from the Attorney General’s department, laptops stolen from staff cars and homes while couriers mysteriously lose hardware in transit, are just a few of the extraordinary incidents a parliamentary committee heard last week.
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    Dire States 08 August, 2003 11:46:13

    State budgets in the US are being hit harder than ever before, and state CIOs are having to slash and burn while maintaining high service levels. How do they do it?
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    At Your (Shared) Services 04 February, 2003 13:18:52

    It’s out with outsourcing and in with “insourcing”, as state governments explore the benefits of shared services.
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    A Licence To Kill For 11 November, 2002 10:46:12

    Dr Kevin McIsaac recently met with a client who had managed to knock the price of Oracle licences down from almost $1 million to just $200,000 through intense negotiations and contract tweaking. While impressed with his client's killer instincts, McIsaac reckoned there was scope to get the price down even further - perhaps as low as $60,000 or $70,000 - just by going with the Standard, rather than the Enterprise Edition. He recommended as much.
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    Bulletproofing IT Contracts 06 September, 2002 11:00:00

    It was a story that gave pause for thought across the US, creating in IT buyers everywhere those uneasy, there-but-for-the-grace-of-God sensations that beset us all when a peer comes under attack and we know our turn could one day come.
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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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