Stories about: Dimension Data

The ICT industry is split on the recommendations made in a review of the troubled 457 visa program by industrial relations commissioner, Barbara Deegan.

Environmental issues exposed by the media and driven by consumers have placed IT departments under pressure to develop "green" data centers. Factors including the reduction of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in large data centers often provide the impetus for becoming green. A recent report issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) highlights the need for data center efficiency and demonstrates the increased pressure that IT departments are under.

A four-year IT modernisation overhaul of Victorian health provider Eastern Health will spell the end of server sprawl, expensive Private Automatic Branch Exchanges (PABXs), and soaring printing costs.

From COBOL programmers and cat herders to help desk zombies and hired hacks, we've got a list of the dirtiest jobs in IT and feedback from the poor souls who've held them

Cairns City Council is installing a 1000 user IP telephony system as part of a three year project to roll out unified communications across its entire legacy network.

When it comes to cleaning up their act, many CIOs are recognizing data centres as among the lowest hanging fruit. IDC estimates companies spent $US26.1 billion to power and cool servers worldwide in 2005, with a monstrous $14 billion of that being spent in the US alone. In fact, data centres account for between 1.5 and 3 percent of all electricity consumed in the US. Should current trends persist, the research organization projects, that bill will soar to $US50 billion by the end of the decade

As companies become wiser about recognizing and adopting successful project management approaches, they face the challenge of creating an environment that fosters success — but that means first defining what success means to the organization

Project managers must move beyond methodology and focus upon the often neglected and hardest part of project management - the people.

It's the ultimate game of piggy in the middle: Should the CIO report to the CEO or CFO? But increasingly CIOs agree that it's all about relationships, not reporting structures.

With so many low-rung programming and maintenance positions being outsourced, what formal processes do our CIOs have in place for entry-level IT hiring?

With Federal government hitching its border security to the biometrics bandwagon, two knowledgeable ex-feds give their frank and differing views on where the taxpayer-funded romance with the technology is heading. Julian Bajkowski reports.