The CIO colouring book
A humorous look at the joys of being a CIO Full Story
iPhone secretly tracks owners
Researchers find iOS 4 logs up to 100 locations daily Full Story
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Resources CIOs in Australia
Australia's resources industry is booming and the pressure is on CIOs to deliverIn a fast growing sector, the bottom line is everything - +
9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012
They could be this year's game-changersWhile there are sure to be a lot of new networking and IT companies that emerge in 2012, these nine stood out for their potential to deliver game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields, including Cloud computing, enterprise search, and mobile application development. (These are in addition to seven hot Cloud companies and seven storage companies to watch that we highlighted last year.)
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Resources CIOs in Australia
Australia's resources industry is booming and the pressure is on CIOs to deliverIn a fast growing sector, the bottom line is everything - +
Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later
World IPv6 Launch event date is June 6 - why it is the significantA dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.
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Big data - Part 2
Will in-memory computing solve Big Data problems?A second technology making a significant impact on solving Big Data problems is in-memory computing, which takes workloads that were traditionally resident on disk-based storage and moves them into main memory. This delivers a performance improvement many times above that which has been possible previously. - +
Big data - Part 1
The rate of data growth in the world is mind bogglingAccording to IDC’s Digital Universe report the data created globally on an annual basis will leap from 1.2 zettabytes this year to 35 zettabytes in 2020 (one zettabyte is equal to one billion terabytes).
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Resources CIOs in Australia
Australia's resources industry is booming and the pressure is on CIOs to deliverIn a fast growing sector, the bottom line is everything - +
2011's biggest security snafus
There's plenty to consider and plenty of absolute classicsPerhaps it was an omen of what was to come when the city of San Francisco on New Year's Eve 2010 couldn't get a backup system running in its Emergency Operations Center because no one knew the password.
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Supply chain management in Australia - Part 2
CIOs must work with all aspects of the business to ensure systems are up to today's challengesIf supply chain experts can spend so much time and effort improving efficiency and still have more work to do, how are smaller companies meant to get their supply chains right? It’s not as if they have been standing still: CIOs at FMCG organisations and other companies of all sizes have long focused on using high-end supply chain management solutions to trim fat from their company supply chains. Many embarked upon massive enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations a decade ago as they stared down the end-of-life of existing systems and the spectre of the Y2K bug. Yet while their intentions were good, the same can’t be said for the methods of resolution. - +
Supply chain management in Australia - Part 1
CIOs must work with all aspects of the business to ensure systems are up to today's challengesIt all started, as these things sometimes do, with a chicken.
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A new era of IT transformation
A sponsored roundtable by EMCThe days of large IT transformation projects are over. In their place will be a new kind of IT transformation: smaller in scale, near-constant and more responsive to business needs — but with vast potential to revolutionise how IT is used by enterprises. - +
Supply chain management in Australia - Part 2
CIOs must work with all aspects of the business to ensure systems are up to today's challengesIf supply chain experts can spend so much time and effort improving efficiency and still have more work to do, how are smaller companies meant to get their supply chains right? It’s not as if they have been standing still: CIOs at FMCG organisations and other companies of all sizes have long focused on using high-end supply chain management solutions to trim fat from their company supply chains. Many embarked upon massive enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations a decade ago as they stared down the end-of-life of existing systems and the spectre of the Y2K bug. Yet while their intentions were good, the same can’t be said for the methods of resolution.
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Resources CIOs in Australia
Australia's resources industry is booming and the pressure is on CIOs to deliverIn a fast growing sector, the bottom line is everything - +
HTC Velocity 4G speedtest
How fast is the HTC Velocity 4G? We find outThe HTC Velocity 4G promises data speeds of up to five times faster than its competitors, but is it really that fast? We put it to the test.
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Wednesday Grok: SOPA opponents crank up The Angry
Information wants to be free, but someone has to get paidYou know it is evil because Rupert Murdoch supports it. We're talking about the Stop Online Priacy Act (SOPA) and its sister, Protect IP Act (PIPA). - +
2012 tech predictions: From IDG's editors worldwide
Consumerization of IT is the consensus choice of the new year's major technology force, one that will manifest itself in several formsWhat is 2012 likely to bring to the tech industry and its users?
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Ubuntu's risky leap: Unity on Wayland
Today Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth announced on his blog that the Ubuntu distribution will move away from the traditional X.org display environment to Wayland a more modern alternative. - +
5 open source groupware suites to watch
Messaging and groupware is at the heart of business and applications most people use everyday. While the big names like Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Google Apps are increasing their influence, enterprises have several viable open source options. Of course, there plenty of complaints about the quirks and complications of the bi- name groupware suites so perhaps it’s time to give the lesser-known options a try. In this installment of 5 open source things to watch, we take a look at open source groupware suites which can communicate without costing the farm. - +
Android vs iPhone
I picked up my first Android phone at the beginning of this year — the Google Nexus One. Prior to that I had been a BlackBerry user and the IT organisations I managed all ran BES servers and only supported BlackBerry devices so the transition to the Nexus One was quite a significant one. - +
CIO Blast from the Past: 60 years of Hamming codes
In 1950 Bell Labs researcher, Richard W Hamming, made a discovery that would lay an important foundation for the entire modern computing and communications industries. He had invented a code for correcting errors in communication and the Hamming code was born. CIO Blast from the Past takes a journey through 60 years of information theory and discovers how the Hamming code legacy lives on today. - +
Google search engine now detects bad businesses
In an uncharacteristically public way, Google has acknowledged modifying its search engine so it can identify businesses that provide bad service and lower their search results rankings accordingly. - +
Google Nexus S gives Apple huge headache
Google has dived back into hardware, formally announcing its second smartphone, the Nexus S for US and UK consumers. - +
WikiLeaks.org downed by domain hosting service
WikiLeaks' main website could not be accessed on Friday through its WikiLeaks.org domain name after a subsidiary of Dynamic Network Services terminated its domain name service. - +
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. - +
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. - +
How to create a clear project plan
One of the critical factors for project success is having a well-developed project plan. - +
CIOs talk: iPad adoption strategies
As CIOs battle the influx of tablet devices in the workplace, deliberation over enterprise adoption strategies is on the rise. - +
Smart grid market progressing, but fractured: Logica
Victoria’s failed smart meter rollout has prompted a radical shift in the way that smart grids are viewed by the energy sector, according to Logica. - +
5 open source BI projects to watch
Business intelligence (BI) is frequently among the top prioroties for CIOs and finding the right software to do the job is always a challenge. Cloud-based software may be all the rage, but CIOs must still manage in-house information and make better use of it through analytics and reporting tools. The big four software companies have all made strategic investments in the BI space over recent years and the options have dimnished, but there are alternative tools popping up and snatching a lot of customers in the process. This installment of '5 open source things to watch' is all about BI that doesn't scar the annual report. - +
Tight jobs market to feel skills pinch post 2010
Don’t wait for the New Year - start looking for a new job now - is the recommendation of one recruitment agency which predicts a soft market in 2011. - +
5 open source ERP projects to watch
Whatever the incarnation, Enterprise Resource Planning is at the heart of every business with the world’s largest software companies are all clamouring for a piece of the action. The big vendors may scoff at the idea of an open source ERP suite, but given the success rate of traditional ERP projects, CIOs could do worse than take a look at free options. In this edition of 5 open source things to watch, we take a look at ERP suites where the barrier to entry – for testing, at least – is on the small side. - +
WikiLeaks vows to never say die with 355 new websites
WikiLeaks has asked the Web community to open mirror sites so it cannot be downed or censored and said Monday that 355 new sites are already up.
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Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill
Lawmakers in Hawaii on Thursday quietly dropped a bill that would have required Internet service providers to collect the detailed browsing histories of Internet users in the state and store the data for at least two years. - +
Rubinstein leaves HP
Jon Rubinstein, known for his role developing the original iPod for Apple and for running Palm, has left Hewlett-Packard, where he's worked since the company's acquisition of Palm. - +
White House CTO Chopra leaving his post
Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, is stepping down in early February. - +
Security roundup: The triumph of hactivists, the sorrow of Symantec
It was another busy week for hactivists attacking the online targets of their ire. This time, hackers under the banner AntiSec appeared to have hacked the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. government's online security website, in protest against the much-railed-against legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) as well as other bills regarding intellectual protection. Similarly, the group Anonymous is believed to be behind the distributed denial-of-service attack on Thursday that brought down the European Parliament's website in what is thought to be retaliation for European support for the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing site the week before. Anonymous also opposes a treaty being ratified in Europe now called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. That deals with infringement of intellectual property rights. - +
Internode offers new NBN-equivalent FTTH plans to more customers
Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has introduced fibre to the home (FTTH) plans at 20 real estate developments around Australia that align prices with its NBN services. - +
Drive-by-download attack exploits critical vulnerability in Windows Media Player
Security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro have come across a Web-based attack that exploits a known vulnerability in Windows Media Player. - +
Nintendo: Wii U will launch in time for 2012 holiday season, use touch-card tech
Nintendo said Friday its next-generation Wii U game console will launch in time for the holiday season in the U.S., Europe and Japan. - +
Aruba smashes security intrusions for Tennis Australia
Tracking intrusions to the Tennis Australia network is easier this year due to an expanded partnership with Aruba Networks. - +
802.11ac boosts buzz more than bandwidth
Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not advocate a position that is particular to the author's employer and has been edited and approved by Network World editors. - +
Researchers unearth more Chinese links to defense contractor attacks
Researchers with Symantec have uncovered additional clues that point to Chinese hacker involvement in attacks against a large number of Western companies, including major U.S. defense contractors. - +
How to Prevent Thumb Drive Security Disasters
For such a small device, the plastic, handheld USB flash drive can cause big security headaches. Even if you have robust end-point security and establish rigid policies about employee use of these drives, employees still find a way to copy financial reports and business plans for use at home. While other security breaches are more traceable, a flash drive is more difficult to monitor, especially after the employee leaves work. - +
The real reasons why SOPA and PIPA are real bad
Following last week's Backspin, reader Alex Gonzales (Sweetwater, Texas) wrote to me: "Just read your SOPA article and I guess I'm just not seeing the big picture. If the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) could put an end to online piracy and stop a lot of those damn viruses, maybe even stop hackers -- what's bad about that? You say bad for business, bad for Internet -- but how? How is stopping/policing the bad stuff on the Internet bad? Give me some real reasons as to why [SOPA/PIPA] is bad. And don't tell me to go read the SOPA/PIPA bills in their entirety." - +
Strathfield Council deploys iPad 2 to councillors
Strathfield Council in Sydney’s inner west has deployed Apple’s iPad 2 to all councillors following a unanimous vote in favour of the move. - +
Samsung loses again in German patent suit against Apple
The district court in Mannheim, Germany, has again sided with Apple in a patent suit brought by Samsung Electronics, saying on Friday that the company had not infringed on a second patent asserted by Samsung against the iPhone and iPad. - +
Telstra provides assistance package for Tweed Shire flood victims
Telstra has today released an assistance package for residents and small businesses in and surrounding the flood-affected Tweed Shire region. - +
Investors bet $16 million on growth in application delivery market
When investment firm Edison Ventures decided to contribute the majority of a recent $16 million round of funding for application delivery controller provider Kemp Technologies, investment manager Lenard Marcus acknowledged that some initial risk was incurred.
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CIO industry insight podcast #11: Brad Howarth talks about the future of broadband 15 June, 2011 09:17:33
Journalist for CIO Australia, Lisa Banks, chats to Brad Howarth about A Faster Future; the book he co-authored with Janelle Ledwidge. - +
CIO Live Podcast #89: Graham Waller, vice president and executive partner, Gartner 24 November, 2010 14:34:44
CIO Australia editor, Georgina Swan, talks with Graham Waller, co-author of The CIO Edge - 7 Leadership Skills you need to drive results. The book examines the key skills CIOs need and how to develop them,focusing on the importance of the interplay between IT processes and people leadership. - +
CIO industry insight podcast #10: Rob Livingstone discusses the instruments required to fly into the cloud 14 October, 2010 10:08:38
CIO Australia editor, Georgina Swan, talks to the 'accidental CIO' about the opportunities and pitfalls of the cloud - +
CIO Industry Insight Podcast #9: Tim Ayling, Chief Executive Officer, Platform46 06 August, 2010 09:22:40
CIO Australia editor, Georgina Swan, talks with Platform46 CEO, Tim Ayling, about collaboration in the enterprise. - +
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.
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Symantec: disable pcAnywhere until fully patched 27 January, 2012 08:00:00
Anonymous source code threats prompt major response.Symantec on Tuesday took the dramatic step of advising customers of its secure communications product pcAnywhere to disable it, confirming that a 2006 data breach in which hackers stole its source code had led to a heightened risk of a successful attack. - +
Microsoft plucks Kelihos botnet coder from AV industry 25 January, 2012 08:58:00
Source code and hobbies leads to identity.Microsoft has named Russian software developer Andrey N. Sabelnikov as the alleged coder behind its botnet takedown target, Kelihos. - +
EU eyes board with 24 hr data breach notifications 24 January, 2012 09:18:00
And fines up to 2 per cent of global turnover.A tough new European data privacy regime, set to be unveiled this week, contains proposed penalties that appear certain to elevate privacy and security to the board room. - +
ASIC: clients should "urgently" review online trading account security 23 January, 2012 08:56:00
Unauthorised trading hits users from several unnamed firms.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned online stockbroking accounts users to check their computer security after discovering "several" intrusions during recent surveillance. - +
The week in security: A bitter bar of SOPA 20 January, 2012 18:00:00
While much of the online world followed Wikipedia’s unprecedented SOPA legislation protest, security concerns provided a more definitive solution as the Obama administration promised to veto SOPA on the basis that it would push people to “dangerous, unreliable DNS servers” and compromise secure improvements like DNSSEC.
Software AG Delivers a New Generation of Business Mashups with ARIS MashZone 2.0 17 September, 2010 11:37:00
Software AG Named a Leader in Business Process Management Suites by Independent Research Firm 09 September, 2010 14:35:00
Europe’s Silicon Valley – Delivering Sustainable Economic Growth is the Agenda 02 September, 2010 09:44:00
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
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