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Your Leadership Portfolio: The View from C-level
What does a Function Head CIO really do?Former senior IT leaders who rise to head of the function are often surprised by the competencies that they are expected to have at the C-level. - +
Apocalypse: 52 percent of CIOs plan to blow up IT groups
IT executives are hatching plans to institute a new IT model within three years: Forrester surveyThe saying goes something like this: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The statement is, of course, embraced as dogma by those fearful of change and by automobile owners praying for a reasonable bill of charge while waiting at the mechanic's garage.
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Apocalypse: 52 percent of CIOs plan to blow up IT groups
IT executives are hatching plans to institute a new IT model within three years: Forrester surveyThe saying goes something like this: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The statement is, of course, embraced as dogma by those fearful of change and by automobile owners praying for a reasonable bill of charge while waiting at the mechanic's garage. - +
SAP-Sybase: What to expect in the first 90 days
The vendor needs to deliver specifics on its mobility strategy, analysts sayNow that SAP's roughly $US6 billion acquisition of Sybase has gained clearance from European regulators, it may not be long before the deal is finalised. With that in mind, users and partners of the companies have much to consider during the next few months, analysts say.
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Apocalypse: 52 percent of CIOs plan to blow up IT groups
IT executives are hatching plans to institute a new IT model within three years: Forrester surveyThe saying goes something like this: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The statement is, of course, embraced as dogma by those fearful of change and by automobile owners praying for a reasonable bill of charge while waiting at the mechanic's garage. - +
An IT department's crucial role in a new product launch
Monsanto CIO, Shirley Cunningham, discusses the role of IT in meeting business objectives.In late 2008, Monsanto licensed a seed coating that helps corn, soybean and other seeds fight insects and disease during the tricky germination stage. By early 2009, company scientists had finished work on that cocktail of fungicides and insecticides, dubbed Acceleron, and the company wanted to get the coating to market in time for the 2010 planting season. "We were going after that opportunity very aggressively. If we don't hit season, that opportunity is another 12 months away," says CIO Shirley Cunningham.
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Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Yields ROI
Restoring in the cloud is much quicker than other disaster-recovery scenariosThe promise of cost savings derived from cloud computing is attractive, but concrete financial returns are not always quickly achieved. Except, perhaps, when it comes to disaster recovery. - +
Cloud Computing Poses Control Issues for IT
Few companies are putting critical data into public cloudsThough most U.S. companies still list customer and other corporate information as their most valuable assets, many keep pushing this data farther from safe lockdown in the data center--and are about to give it another strong shove in that direction.
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Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Yields ROI
Restoring in the cloud is much quicker than other disaster-recovery scenariosThe promise of cost savings derived from cloud computing is attractive, but concrete financial returns are not always quickly achieved. Except, perhaps, when it comes to disaster recovery. - +
Cloud-Computing Services: Fine Print Disappointment Seen
Develop proactive strategies to get the best out of cloud servicesThis is the type of analyst report headline that cloud computing vendors don't want to read: "Empty Promises and Tough Luck: Yankee Group Exposes the Cloud's Fine Print."
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IT Outsourcing Activity Remains Sluggish in 2010
US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, calls market 'unusually uncertain'The outlook for the IT outsourcing market is not unlike the outlook for the economy as a whole: It's "unusually uncertain," to use U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's words. - +
Why Salesforce.com Chatter Matters
Because Chatter is based on social networking UI principles, it's pretty quick to useCRM systems have large and intricate databases that describe customer interaction, and most of the effort goes into recording and managing the ongoing conversation between your firm and the customer. CRM systems have information about prospects, customers, e-mail/phone conversations, sales opportunities, and post-sale support. But look inside most CRM systems, and there's very little information about collaboration among your employees: just basic profile identification information and a dozen settings. In most CRM systems, it's difficult to see the totality of a user's activities: the system's focus is on the customer and the development of a deal, not about the conversations happening between users and their attempts to leverage information across your company.
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8 amazing things you'll do with Windows 8
Windows 8 will power Apple iPad-like tablets, and many other cool toolsWindows 8 is still a couple of years away, but Microsoft is already telling partners what to expect in the next generation operating system. Luckily for the public, Microsoft planning documents shared with HP and other OEM partners were leaked this week, providing a wholly unexpected Windows 8 sneak preview. - +
Windows 7 Migration: Five Real Challenges & Lessons Learned
Any companies running Vista are at the tail-end of a rollout and do not have the budget for another upgrade so soon.Windows 7 momentum is slowly but surely spilling over into the corporate world as long-frozen tech budgets begin to thaw and new PCs are purchased.
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Apocalypse: 52 percent of CIOs plan to blow up IT groups
IT executives are hatching plans to institute a new IT model within three years: Forrester surveyThe saying goes something like this: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The statement is, of course, embraced as dogma by those fearful of change and by automobile owners praying for a reasonable bill of charge while waiting at the mechanic's garage. - +
Unified communications and collaboration
A gateway to overcoming business challengesLike many other countries, Australia has faced unpredictable business conditions over the last 18 months. As a nation it is frequently viewed as fighting above its weight given the size of the economy. Unlike many other countries, however, it also continues to face the unpredictability of some unique challenges specific to our business landscape. The Business Challenges Index, a study recently commissioned by Optus Business, details the challenges faced by businesses across a range of industries. We embarked on the study to understand the challenges facing our customers and provide the right solutions to help them succeed.
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Why the $35 tablet will never exist
"India unveils $35 computer for students," says CNN.com. "India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer," reports BBC News. "India to provide $35 computing device to students," says BusinessWeek. - +
iPhone 4 to launch midnight Thursday: Optus
Optus this morning confirmed plans to launch Apple's latest iPhone 4 handset at midnight launches around the country on Thursday night, despite Apple publicising plans to open its stores from 8am Friday morning. - +
Don't confuse SOA with cloud: Gartner
Business doing service-oriented architecture (SOA) for better IT management shouldn’t assume they will automatically be ready for cloud computing, says a Gartner software analyst. - +
How to Create a Clear Project Plan
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Commonweath Bank CIO talks cloud computing
The Commonweath Bank of Australia CIO and group executive for enterprise services, Michael Harte, is serious about cloud computing. CBA wants to buy software and infrastructure as a service over a network and Harte sits on the Enterprise Cloud Leadership Council. In this extensive interview, he talks to CIO about his cloud computing strategy and the opportunity it presents to break vendor lock and create contestability. - +
IT skills availability less thanks to NBN: report
Shortages in business analysts and IT support staff have emerged with the expansion of NBN Co being blamed as a contributing factor. - +
Five open source help desk apps to watch
If your help desk software is giving you trouble, there are some open source options available. In this part of CIO's five open source applications to watch we take a look at help desk software, which is the basis of incident response and IT service delivery. - +
Gen Y, Gen X and the Baby Boomers: Workplace Generation Wars
As Boomer bosses relinquish the reins of leadership to Generation X, both are worrying about Generation Y. For the good of the enterprise, everyone needs to do a better job of getting along - +
All Systems Down
A blow-by-blow record of one of the worst health-care IT crises in history and what CareGroup CIO John Halamka learned from it. - +
Updated: Telcos, Apple release Aussie iPhone 4 pricing
Telstra, Optus and Apple itself have released their respective local pricing details for the iPhone 4, with the big T also confirming it would open its stores around Australia at midnight on Thursday night to give full access to customers keen to pick up the hyped Apple handset as soon as possible. - +
WA Roads drives Hyper-V into production
A year after betting on Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation platform, Main Roads Western Australia is looking to consolidate its server infrastructure and exploit better disaster recovery. - +
5 open source billing systems to watch
Collecting money from customers should be the easy part of your business, but a contrary billing system can make life unnecessarily difficult for CIOs. In this edition of 5 open source products to watch, we take a look at billing systems. They’re open source, Web-based and can be extended and integrated to suit specific needs. - +
Q&A: Santos CIO Hugh Banister
CIO spoke exclusively to Hugh Banister, CIO at gas supplier Santos, about the challenge he faces in his role, what his average work day looks like and some of the IT projects Santos is working on. - +
NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source
A New Zealand high school running entirely on open source software has slashed its server requirements by a factor of almost 50, despite a government deal mandating the use of Microsoft software in all schools. - +
OpenSUSE 11.3 released with two netbook options
After nine months of development, the Novell-backed openSUSE Linux distribution has released version 11.3 which adds support for netbooks, touchscreen interfaces and a cloud-based backup and synchronisation service. - +
AMP dumps Lotus Notes in move to cloud email
Financial services giant AMP this afternoon revealed that it would ditch its Lotus Notes/Domino installation as part of a shift to Microsoft's Outlook/Exchange platform hosted by CSC Australia.
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Ballmer pushes slates but reveals few details
Microsoft's chief executive on Thursday sought to address some common questions raised by analysts, but his answers may not have been exactly what they were looking for. - +
Intel wins key ruling in class-action suit
A court-appointed special master has rejected class-action status in an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, determining that the plaintiffs failed to show that PC buyers were harmed by discounts Intel offered to manufacturers. - +
The honeymoon is over: Nintendo records a loss as DS sales plummet
Nintendo reported a net loss for the April to June quarter as the strong Japanese yen and weak demand for its products hurt earnings. - +
Amazon launches two new Kindles, one with Wi-Fi only
Amazon launched two new Kindle e-readers priced at $139 and $189 late Wednesday, with the cheaper version a Wi-Fi-only e-reader and $10 less than the Wi-Fi-only Nook. - +
Dell, HP to resell Oracle's operating systems
Oracle said Thursday that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on their x86 servers. - +
Nvidia lowers Q2 revenue expectations
Graphics company Nvidia on Wednesday lowered its revenue expectations for the second quarter of its fiscal 2011, partly because of a shift toward lower-priced graphics processing units and integrated graphics. - +
SAP adding iGoogle-like layer to its portal
SAP is sprucing up its NetWeaver portal with an upcoming add-on, Enterprise Workspaces, which will provide an iGoogle-like way for users to work with content. - +
Amazon's new Kindle rachets up e-reader price battle
Amazon.com's announcement late Wednesday that it will launch a new version of its Kindle e-book reader in August could further stoke a price battle between major players in the e-reader market. - +
IBM invests in infrastructure sensing and analysis tech
IBM will develop technology to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure in a new laboratory it is opening with Carnegie Mellon University. - +
Microsoft slates IE9 beta for September
MIcrosoft will ship a beta of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) in September, a company executive said today. - +
Could Facebook be the next AOL?
Last week, Facebook announced that it had amassed 500 million users, a formable portion of the global Internet audience. But even as Mark Zuckerberg and company celebrates, others are busy trying to uproot Facebook's popularity by establishing a set of open standards to share Facebook-like features across the Internet. - +
Google Apps intrigues IT pros, but security worries remain
Google likes to boast that more than 2 million businesses run Google Apps, but IT pros harbor concerns about security in the cloud and the limited functionality presented by Google tools such as Gmail and Google Docs. - +
Nintendo product news coming in Sept., 3DS details likely
Nintendo will announce details of a new product on Sept. 29, it said Thursday. The tight-lipped company wouldn't provide any more details, but with its 3DS handheld due to be launched in the coming months the chances are high it will be detailing launch and price details for the highly-anticipated product. - +
Sony back to profit on Bravia, Vaio, PS3 strength
Sony returned to profitability in the second quarter, helped by strong sales of key products, prompting it to raise its profit outlook for the full year on Thursday. - +
AMD overtakes Nvidia as top discrete graphics vendor
Advanced Micro Devices overtook Nvidia during the second quarter to become the top discrete graphics card vendor, according to market research firm Mercury Research. - +
Kindle first impressions: It's all good
Well, now we know why Amazon's stock of Kindle 2 e-readers evaporated so quickly. Just hours after I wrote about the devices being out of stock, Amazon announced a new model of its popular e-reader. The device, called simply the Kindle, is available for pre-order now and will ship August 27. While most of us will have to wait a month to get our hands on the new gadget, a few lucky bloggers and technology reporters already got a chance to check it out. So far, they seem to like it...a lot. In fact, in reading many of the reports about the new Kindle, I found it difficult to find anything they didn't like about it.
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The paper provides an analysis of the ROI organizations that adopt a centralized virtual desktop (CVD) computing environment with VMware View can realise.
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Special Report: Green and Sustainable IT in the Enterprise 15 April, 2010 11:58:23
Despite all the hype surrounding Green IT, many CIOs and senior IT executives are unsure about the best way to start their organisations on the green journey. In this special edition podcast, CIO Australia editor Matt Rodgers speaks to Sundeep Khisty, Green Practice Leader, HP Enterprise Services, Asia Pacific & Japan, about how CIOs can best guide IT to become a core part of a company's sustainability strategy. - +
CIO Industry Insight Podcast #9 Scott Dawes, VP of Applications Business Unit, Oracle ANZ 03 March, 2010 10:26:28
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers catches up with Scott Dawes, VP of Oracle's Applications Business Unit in A/NZ, about the role supply chain and logistics software plays in keeping global businesses moving. - +
CIO Industry Insight Podcast #8: Michael Sentonas, Chief Technology Officer for McAfee Australia 25 February, 2010 11:26:51
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers talks with McAfee Australia CTO Michael Sentonas about the findings of McAfee's latest critical infrastructure protection report, In the Crossfire: Critical Infrastructure in the age of Cyberwar as well as the new security threats CIOs face in today's Web 2.0 world. - +
CIO Industry Insight Podcast #7: Peter Thomas, Senior Director for Exadata Solutions & Architecture, Oracle ANZ 17 February, 2010 10:01:02
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers talks with Peter Thomas, Oracle's Senior Director for Exadata Solutions and Architecture, about the company's latest high-end database and storage system. - +
CIO Industry Insight Podcast #6: Brenton Smith, Managing Director, CA (ANZ) 26 October, 2009 12:47:52
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers talks with Brenton Smith, CA's managing director in Australia and New Zealand, about how the software multinational coped with the global economic downturn, it's Mainframe 2.0 initiative and the company plans for cloud computing.
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'Unhackable' Android can be hacked 30 July, 2010 02:49:00
Black Hat pwns top shelf handsetsOnce thought to be unhackable, the Android phone is anything but, according to researchers presenting at Black Hat 2010. - +
Dell seeks services boost with new security offerings 29 July, 2010 05:04:00
Dell is introducing a security services portfolio for midsized businessesDell on Wednesday beefed up its security offerings with new hardware and services, which could help the company to strike more long-term service engagements with customers. - +
This year's Defcon badge has a persistent display 29 July, 2010 03:17:00
The 128 by 32 pixel display by Kent Displays holds a picture even without a batteryIt's one of the best things about the Defcon hacking conference, and one of its most closely guarded secrets: the programmable badge that's handed out to show attendees every year. - +
ATM hack gives cash on demand 29 July, 2010 07:34:00
Windows CE-based machines can easily be made to dole out cash, a security researcher saysBarnaby Jack hit the jackpot at Black Hat on Wednesday. Twice. - +
What the Gulf Oil Spill can teach CIOs about disasters 20 July, 2010 19:24:00
Max Huang gives three key questions for dealing with remote resources and connectivity in a disaster scenario.While I'm by no means trying to take attention away from the horrific environmental and economic disaster that the now largest oil spill in U.S. history has caused, I can't help but see some lessons that I and other IT professionals can learn from it.
Kyocera takes the guess work out of cutting technology costs 27 January, 2010 17:20:00
Riverbed Provides Seamless Integration Between Network Assessment and Acceleration with Enhanced Cascade Solution 27 January, 2010 15:25:00
Devious Ransom Trojan Takes Your Data Hostage 27 January, 2010 14:08:00
Symantec Simplifies Information Management for Enterprise Organisations with NetBackup 7 27 January, 2010 11:52:00
Extreme Networks announces scalable virtualised infrastructure for managed hosting and enterprise data centres 27 January, 2010 11:51:00
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