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To Have and to Hold 06 February, 2004 10:10:30
There is growing concern among CIOs about the hidden cost of storing information - that is, the additional management overhead that comes with every piece of information that has to be stored.How does an enterprise deal gracefully and effectively with such unwieldy mountains of information? - +
Architecting Services 09 November, 2004 11:11:59
The idea is to optimize technology investments and achieve tighter alignment by integrating existing systems, applications and users into a flexible architecture that can easily accommodate changing needs.The SOA concept isn't new, it's not a technology per se, it isn't just the use of XML and Web services, and it's a good deal more than a development methodology. - +
The Truth About On-Demand CRM 08 March, 2006 11:30:45
Despite the hype, the truth is that hosted solutions aren't going to take over the CRM world anytime soon.Hosted, on-demand CRM is sometimes cheaper and easier to roll out than the software that lives on your own machines. But if you think on-demand means that all you have to do is flip a switch, you're dead wrong. - +
Front and Centre Shoulder to Shoulder Back to Back 09 December, 2002 11:28:17
"The medium to big end of town is not as enamoured of technology of itself as it has been in the past. It is pausing for breath."With these words Bob Hayward, senior vice president for Gartner in the Asia Pacific, set the tone for the firm's annual Symposium/ITxpo held in Sydney in mid-November. The message would have been no great shock to the 1400 delegates who had gathered to hear the regional and international analyst line-up. - +
A Licence To Kill For 11 November, 2002 10:46:12
No more Mr Nice Guy. It's time to get tough at the bargaining table.Dr Kevin McIsaac recently met with a client who had managed to knock the price of Oracle licences down from almost $1 million to just $200,000 through intense negotiations and contract tweaking. While impressed with his client's killer instincts, McIsaac reckoned there was scope to get the price down even further - perhaps as low as $60,000 or $70,000 - just by going with the Standard, rather than the Enterprise Edition. He recommended as much.
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12 quick IT productivity wins 02 March, 2007 16:14:47
Quick tips to boost your productivityStop us if this story sounds familiar. You've been asked to a) keep your infrastructure humming and b) come up with innovative ways to use technology to boost the bottom line. Meanwhile, your resources are stretched tighter than a US$2 string on a banjo and you spend so much time putting out fires you should be wearing a helmet and carrying a hose. - +
The top 20 IT mistakes to avoid 19 January, 2005 16:56:41
We all like to think we learn from mistakes, whether our own or others'. So in theory, the more serious bloopers you know about, the less likely you are to be under the bright light of interrogation, explaining how you managed to screw up big-time. That's why we put out an all-points bulletin to IT managers and vendors everywhere: For the good of humanity, tell us about your gotchas so others can avoid them.
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In-house Web hosting is on its way out, according to a recent report by Jupiter Media Metrix Inc., as U.S. companies discover that they can save big bucks and potential time and money-eating errors by outsourcing Web-hosting tasks.
U.S. companies could save anywhere from US$6 million to $12 million over three years by outsourcing Web hosting services, Jupiter said.
Currently, 34 percent of U.S. companies handle hosting internally and another 24 percent manage their applications internally but outsource server management. Many companies have opted for in-house hosting due to security concerns, control issues and customer service and confidentiality issues, according to Jupiter.
The problem is that companies overestimate the competitive advantages of in-house Web hosting, and fail to see the possible cost reductions that come with outsourcing the service, Jupiter reported.
U.S. companies with in-house Web hosting spend more on staffing and technology than they would if they outsourced these functions, saving 30 percent to 40 percent of their Web-hosting costs, according to the researcher.
The cost-reducing benefits of outsourcing are most apparent in companies with mid- to high-traffic sites, Jupiter said. Over three years, a company with a staff of 18 to 25 people would pay three times more per year than it would to outsource the activity. Furthermore, management tools and expenses would cost the company another $2 million over a three-year period.
In addition to paying too much for Web hosting, companies perform other Web hosting blunders such as initiating Web projects before their site hosting and technology infrastructure design is built, Jupiter said.
Eighty percent of companies jump the gun on their Web development projects, Jupiter said, and due to this lack of planning, nine out of 10 of these ventures will incur some avoidable rebuilding.
Jupiter recommends that companies undertake infrastructure design in tandem with first-stage application planning and development. If this precaution is not taken, companies risk exceeding their scalability limits and may have to "shift into crisis mode," incurring sky-high hosting costs, the researcher reported.
By choosing a technology infrastructure provider simultaneously with an application developer, companies can cut implementation delays by 25 percent to 30 percent, Jupiter reported.
When selecting for a Web hosting provider, companies should look for reliability, scalability, security, a proven track record, accountability, response speed and customer service, the researcher suggested.
After all, according to Jupiter, slimming down a company's in-house Web hosting could fatten up its bank account in the long run.
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19th August, 2008 Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney Developed in partnership with CIO Magazine, IDC, INTEP and the CIO Executive Council.
The world of the CIO is extremely complex and diverse. Multiple priorities demand attention and decisions are needed instantly. Individual teams need to be driven towards common goals, and businesses strive to become more mobile, agile and responsive. For CIOs, the challenge never ends.
Every year the CIO Summit identifies what is top of mind for CIOs across Australia and New Zealand, and offers insight for CIO benchmarking and vendor strategic planning alike.
Recent IDC research shows that over 59% of CIO's believe that 'to achieve their business strategies, technology should be used more aggressively than today.'
Join us on August 19th to discover how this is possible with the latest technologies including Virtualisation, Web 2.0, IP Surveillance and Software as a Service (Saas).
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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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Citibank debit card fraud highlights ATM vulnerabilities 08 July, 2008 08:17:53
'Back-end servers are kind of a joke,' and the trouble doesn't end thereMalicious ATM intrusions, such as the late-winter breach that resulted in the compromise of Citibank debit card data, are not at all surprising given the vulnerable state of many of the servers and other components involved in processing such transactions, according to some industry representatives. - +
How to not have your Web site hacked like Sony's 07 July, 2008 08:23:22
A SQL injection attack was used to plant malicious code on pages of two popular Sony Playstation games - SingStar Pop and God of War, reports security company Sophos. Hundreds of Web pages from other businesses have also been compromised.The US Sony Playstation Web site is the latest high-profile victim of a hacker attack on business sites that's spreading malware at breakneck pace, says a security vendor. - +
AG launches review into national e-security 07 July, 2008 11:07:49
Howard's security agenda dragged over coals.A review of Australia's top e-security projects lead by the Attorney-General's Department has been launched to scrutinise the Howard's government's $73 million E-Security National Agenda. - +
Selling zero-day exploits has a down side 07 July, 2008 10:16:36
There is an ongoing argument about the ethics of selling 0-day exploits on the open market: It helps if you don't sell exploits targeting the company you work for.Information Security can sometimes be a funny field to work in. Some days it seems as if anybody with their hands on unpublished exploit code can sell it for all they're worth, and others it seems that they are set to become the target of law enforcement and the companies the code affects. It does help if you don't work for one of the companies that is set to be affected by the exploits you are trying to sell and aren't trying to bootstrap a competing company in the process. - +
'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.
Zepto release the Mythos, the 2nd installment in the Centrino 2 refresh 09 July, 2008 12:05:00
Symantec Data Protection Solutions Preferred by Users and Industry Experts 09 July, 2008 11:56:00
Frost & Sullivan: Australia’s Mobile Advertising Spend to Grow 300 Per Cent in 2008 09 July, 2008 07:57:00
DIARY ALERT - Symantec data leakage prevention seminars 08 July, 2008 17:20:00
Dimension Data Appoints New National Human Resources Director 08 July, 2008 16:58:00
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Application Modernization: Preserving Your Organization’s DNA
Modernization has once again attained buzz-word status. But like any other term with billions of dollars swimming around it, modernization has taken on some unexpected connotations. Read on to discover how to embrace modernization in your organization successfully.
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