Thursday | 4 December, 2008
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Taking Out a Contract 07 December, 2004 13:16:40
Open the bottom drawer, blow the dust from those IT contracts and go searching for the demons and the diamonds that lurk within - +
Moving to Safety 14 July, 2003 11:10:17
The dotcom tsunami left a glut of hosting facilities in its wake, with many now being rebadged as data or disaster recovery centres. But what seemed like a safe bet in the 90s – a mirror site just a stone’s throw away – looks like more of a gamble post 9-11. - +
Who's In Charge? 11 June, 2003 11:39:12
In part 1 of CIO's exclusive State of the CIO survey, published in our April issue, we looked at the overarching results of the feedback we received from 257 CIOs and senior IT executives. Last month, in part 2, we explored CIOs' best - and worst - working relationships. In part 3, we take a look at CIOs' key responsibilities - +
You Say To-may-to and I Say To-mah-to 09 December, 2002 14:45:16
Arnott's CIO Sue Sutton saw clearly from the very beginning of the Internet frenzy that the hype and the predictions about the so-called dotcom revolution were mostly "just crap". - +
Lines of Authority 09 October, 2002 10:15:00
When Gil Lithgow joined CitiPower as CIO a little less than four years ago he quickly discovered how little formal IT governance was in place. Sure, the business was meant to put up a business case to justify each and every item of IT expenditure, but there were no checks or tests to show the so-called business benefits of any expenditure. - +
Altered States 08 May, 2002 11:45:00
People are willing to change. They're just not willing to change continuously, says Dr Max Jory, a senior lecturer in psychology at Monash University."Change consumes a lot of our resources," he warns. - +
Fighting Back 19 November, 2001 10:00:00
How to go from partner to plaintiff in one not so easy lesson. - +
Boardroom Blues 16 October, 2000 10:26:43
After decades of hard slog, the value of information technology is finally pulling into focus for Australian boardrooms. However, CEO's and company directors still prefer to keep their IT staff at arm's length. Beverley Head reports on the scratchy relationship which persists between the CEO and the CIO.
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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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SOA What? Why You Need SOA Governance Framework 04 December, 2008 08:32:00
Adopting services oriented architecture (SOA) in your enterprise without thinking through IT governance can cause something like the Gold Rush in the 1800s; extreme rates of growth and minimal law and order which produce unexpected outcomes. - +
The Myth of Cloud Computing 04 December, 2008 08:25:00
Why the rapid spread of virtual technology is becoming a security riskWhy the rapid spread of virtual technology is becoming a security risk. - +
Who Pushed Vendors Toward Better Security? 04 December, 2008 09:38:00
Hint: It had something to do with pressure from customers and government agencies, writes Oracle CSO Mary Ann DavidsonHint: It had something to do with pressure from customers and government agencies, writes Oracle CSO Mary Ann Davidson. - +
CPO & CISO: A Comprehensive Approach to Information 04 December, 2008 08:42:00
GE CPO Nuala O'Connor Kelly advocates greater CPO/CISO cooperation to place the right value on information assets.GE CPO Nuala O'Connor Kelly advocates greater CPO/CISO cooperation to place the right value on information assets. - +
Virtually every Windows PC at risk, says Secunia 04 December, 2008 08:00:00
Almost all PCs scanned by patch tool have an unpatched app; 46% have 11-plus.More than 98% of Windows computers harbor at least one unpatched application, and nearly half contain 11 or more programs at risk from attack, a Danish security company said Wednesday.
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