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Steward of Change 12 December, 2005 12:13:34
The role that any whole-of-government CIO has in a federated system is extremely challenging because if anything is done across multiple agencies it has to be done by enlisting the goodwill of the individual agencies - particularly the big agencies, the gorillasAnn Steward is Australia's first federal CIO in close to a decade. She brings more than 20 years' worth of experience to the role, but will that be enough to convince Australia's independently-minded government agencies to work together? Only time will tell . . . - +
The Influence Peddlers 06 June, 2001 11:27:58
Who represents IT interests in Canberra? The vendors. And as long as CIOs are kept at arm's length from the process, that's the way it will stay. - +
Hand In Hand 28 March, 2002 12:15:00
There are many benefits to be gained when the spheres of government and business intersect. Partnerships enable the public sector to benefit from commercial dynamism, innovation and efficiencies, by harnessing private sector capital, skills and experience with the high standards and commitment found within the public services, but these rewards don't come without risks. - +
Taming the Two-Headed Beast 07 May, 2003 14:40:21
The worlds of IT and physical security are colliding. Here's what to do about itAs information technology became more interconnected and integral to an organisation's prosperity, its security was separated from the person who issued ID badges and ensured that fire regulations were observed. But the pendulum is swinging again. - +
Ready for Retirement 03 February, 2006 12:53:11
People facing the life transition from full-time employment to retirement have to realize that they are retiring from a job, not from life.Career Planning Guide Part III - Calling It A Day
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A question of letters 29 September, 2003 15:15:51
When it comes to making choices about furthering professional qualifications and training there are certainly no shortage of academic options. For the last 30 years, an MBA degree has been seen as the benchmark that the business community sets for managers to progress to senior executive level. Yet with the rise and rise of the information technology industry, most tertiary institutions offering an information sciences or computing degree are adding a Masters option — often in the form of a Masters in Business Technology or a Masters in Information Technology Management — while almost every tertiary institution in Australia offers an MBA. The question for many about to take the plunge back into academia is which one will hold more sway when times get tough, and which will bring in more bacon when the sun shines. - +
Mastering the C track 02 May, 2002 13:59:49
While postgraduate studies hold the promise of career consolidation, the first choice is which path do you want to follow: technology or business - perhaps with the title chief technical officer (CTO) or equivalent or do you want to be a CIO (chief information officer)? How do you choose? - +
IT gets a Clayton's budget 23 May, 2001 10:22:00
Australia's IT sector will have to be satisfied with the Federal Government's previously announced 'innovation package' as its 'budget', because it certainly missed out in the official one.
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An industry body has slammed the government's lack of recognition of the growing importance of vocational training to the IT industry.
Leo van Neuren, executive officer for the Information Technology Telecommunication Industry Training Advisory Body (IT&TAB) said the sector has been "left out in the cold" in the federal government's Innovation Action Plan.
Funding of $151 million has been earmarked for universities to create 2000 places, with priority to be given to information and communications technology (ICT), mathematics and science.
"Vendor training, which is the industry-preferred way of training and is linked to vocational training, has not received a look-in," van Neuren said.
"I think there should be a balance put on the importance of tertiary and vocational training in assisting the IT skills shortage."
Prime Minister John Howard detailed the $2.9 billion, five-year, "Backing Australia's Ability" plan, in what is an election year, to boost Australia's research, development and innovation.
Initiatives to solve Australia's skills shortage and to streamline immigration arrangements for ICT professionals, were also announced.
The report states a legally-based Ministerial Direction will be issued to immigration decision makers to give immediate processing priority to ICT professional applying under the temporary business (long stay) visa and the skilled stream of the migration program.
"In the future, ICT specialists will make up an even larger proportion of the skilled workers entering Australia through the permanent migration and temporary entry programs," Howard said.
Rob Durie, executive director for the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) said the government has announced initiatives that will ease the immigration issues many Australian companies face when they recruit people with IT skills from overseas.
"The government has responded to our concerns that the information technology industry is a global industry."
Other changes to the immigration policy include another 2500 permanent visa places allocated to Australian-trained ICT professionals.
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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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'I have a lost laptop horror story for you' 30 June, 2008 10:08:14
The devil of identity theft is in the details that follow...The devil of identity theft is in the details that follow: Russ Jones tells a tale of woe that isn't particularly dramatic -- or rare -- and yet it's exactly the kind of story that worries me enough to ignore my better judgment and buy identity-theft protection from my insurance provider. - +
SQL attacks lobs onto pro tennis site 02 July, 2008 11:52:19
Wimbledon perfect time for crook's criminal racket.Visitors to the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site have potentially been infected with spyware after apparent lax security allowed a malicious script to be injected across its pages. - +
Hacking tools: A new version of BackTrack helps ethical hackers 30 June, 2008 10:57:21
BackTrack is the quickest way to get access to hundreds of (legal) hacking toolsVersion 3.0 of BackTrack has been released. BackTrack is a Linux-based distribution dedicated to penetration testing or hacking (depending on how you look at it). It contains more than 300 of the world's most popular open source or freely distributable hacking tools. - +
Japanese military loses data again 02 July, 2008 08:17:21
Japan's Self Defense Force lost sensitive data on joint US-Japan military exerciseJapan's Self Defense Force lost sensitive data pertaining to a joint US-Japan military exercise last year, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. - +
ACLU, EFF sue US gov't over mobile phone tracking 03 July, 2008 08:37:23
Two civil liberties groups sue the US Department of Justice over mobile phone trackingThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are asking a federal court to order the US Department of Justice to turn over records about the agency's tracking of mobile phone users.
Ballarat Grammar Improves Student Access to Computer Based Learning with HP ProCurve 04 July, 2008 16:49:00
Media release: 40 Per Cent of Australian Businesses Do Not Validate Their Data 04 July, 2008 10:29:00
Kaseya helps turbo charge BlueFire’s service delivery model 03 July, 2008 17:23:00
Computershare Selects Symantec for Data Loss Prevention Globally 03 July, 2008 14:52:00
DST International moves to new Shanghai office 03 July, 2008 13:21:00
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