Friday | 29 August, 2008
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Acquiring Minds 07 May, 2003 11:03:19
Last year may have been a low-water mark for mergers and acquisitions in Australia but 2003's M&A activity is expected to hot up. The M&A challenge for the CIO is to ensure that due, not dud, diligence is done with regard to information systems. - +
The Real(time) McCoy 09 December, 2002 13:40:02
And there he was there in force, kicking off the first-day keynote, meeting with a covey of clients and going "one-on-one" in the advisory sessions, all of which left him a bit hoarse, but no less vocal, during an interview with CIO - one of a handful he gave during his visit. - +
Minding the Merger 06 September, 2002 11:00:00
Just 60 days separated the signing of a memorandum of understanding between professional service firms Ernst & Young and Andersen and the eventual merger of their Australian operations. That frantic pace galvanised integration teams, glued together composite teams and created an urgent energy, but it also led to less-than-optimal communications, particularly about some of the IT changes, and demanded a superhuman effort from the IT and administrative teams. - +
The Nuts and Bolts of Alignment 06 September, 2002 11:00:00
When Arnott's Biscuits had to integrate with a third-party logistics provider to support the outsourcing of its warehousing and distribution activities in Victoria, ensuring IT alignment was right at the top of its to-do list. - +
The Prying Game 06 September, 2002 10:30:00
Gathering competitive intelligence (CI) is a lucrative occupation that can deliver real rewards even to the most amateur of business spooks - but Australian managers are kidding themselves if they think they're doing it well. While savvy companies overseas keep close tabs on competitors by accessing a wealth of readily available information to win invaluable insights into the enemy's likely next moves, Australian companies have largely been slow to fully exploit this potent weapon. - +
To Secure and Protect 02 September, 2002 14:37:04
In the US, government CIOs are on the front lines defending IT infrastructure and information security. But the rules of engagement are still emerging here. - +
Just Do It 05 August, 2002 10:04:39
When Lou Gerstner was appointed to head IBM and turn the then unsteady behemoth around, he was clear that he was not big on the"vision thing". It was an admission that stunned analysts, competitors and not a few clients - +
It's Time to Take Control 05 August, 2002 09:57:02
Jerry Hale is giving the cold shoulder to the big consultancies that want to help him run his most important software projects. " I refuse to turn over the leadership of my ERP project to consultants," says Hale, vice president and CIO of Tennessee-based Eastman Chemical, which has 6000 users of SAP's R/3 ERP software. He felt burned by a consultant-led ERP project in the mid-90s that went over budget, over scope and far beyond the original project schedule. So when the time came to replace that system with a new one, Hale decided to use his own people to do the project along with a few handpicked consultants brought in to do small, specific tasks. David Johns, senior vice president and CIO at Ohio-based Owens Corning, doesn't rely on consultants either. He and his IT staff now run Owens Corning's big software projects themselves, using consultants only for certain tasks. - +
How Does Your ERP Grow? 05 August, 2002 09:51:12
Patrick Corporation IT manager David Hackshall received a CV a little while ago from a consultant wanting to charge the company $230,000 a year for ERP work. It is not going to happen, says Hackshall. Not these days. Patrick is a very lean shop with an ERP support staff half the size of that of most other organisations and absolutely no requirement for consultants to help it with future work - +
Riding the Wave the Aussie Way 11 May, 2001 12:37:57
Consistent with their reputation of being among the earliest new technology adopters, Australians are keen to "ride, ride, ride the wireless surf". - +
Boy, Was That Fast! 15 December, 2000 12:23:50
Last year ASPs were hotter than hot. Now after Pandesic's failure last summer, that sound you hear is the popping of the ASP bubble.
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CIO Live Podcast #79: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires Part II 05 October, 2007 06:00:00
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #78: Brent D Taylor, author of The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires 28 September, 2007 17:34:25
For his new book, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires, social researcher Brent D Taylor spent four years of intensive research investigating the psychological make-up and backgrounds of some of the world's richest men and women, including IT luminaries Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs. Taylor discovered that, despite working in different industries and coming from different upbringings, they all have one thing in common -- they are all outsiders. - +
CIO Live Podcast #77: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part III 21 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part three in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #76: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part II 14 September, 2007 07:00:00
Part two in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance. - +
CIO Live Podcast #75: Panasonic Speeds Up Trans-Pacific File Transfers, Part I 07 September, 2007 07:00:05
Part one in our three-part special report from CIO's sister publication Network World in the US, as Paul Desmond reports from the Network World IT Roadmap Conference in Santa Clara, California. With development teams in the US and Japan, Panasonic needed a more efficient way to move very large files between the two locations. Iben Rodriguez, IT consultant for Panasonic Research and Development, explains how a storage-area network and virtual server technology helped speed up WAN performance.
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US Terror threat system crippled by technical flaws 28 August, 2008 09:53:00
US Congress charges that US$500m project to prevent another 9/11 is a complete failure.A US House subcommittee is charging that a US$500 million IT project intended to "connect the dots" on terrorists and help prevent another 9/11 is a failure; it can't even handle basic Boolean search terms, such as "and, or and not." - +
Malware infects space station laptops 28 August, 2008 08:15:00
Not the first time, says NASA; astronauts load up Norton AntiVirusMalware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space Station, NASA confirmed yesterday. And it's not the first time that a worm or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit. - +
Best Western forced to play defense on data breach disclosure 29 August, 2008 08:08:00
Could hotel chain have done a better job of defusing story about system intrusion?The headline in this week's Glasgow Sunday Herald -- "Revealed: 8 million victims in the world's biggest cyber heist" -- was a grabber. - +
Separation of duties and IT security 28 August, 2008 09:40:00
Muddied responsibilities create unwanted risk. Kevin Coleman says auditors may start labeling poorly defined IT duties as a material deficiency.Separation of duties is a key concept of internal controls and is the most difficult and sometimes the most costly one to achieve. This objective is achieved by disseminating the tasks and associated privileges for a specific security process among multiple people. - +
How to recruit and retain the best young security employees 27 August, 2008 08:32:00
Today's youngest generation of workers, known as Generation Y, have different career goals than their parents did. What do you need to know to get them to work for you?The final installment in a series of articles about generational differences and security. Part one looked at managing workers in different age groups. Part two examined the types of security concerns that are most commonly associated with different generations in the general workforce. This article provides recruiting and retention advice for security employees.
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Jim2® empowers Australian manufacturers to expand in domestic and international markets 27 August, 2008 11:43:00
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