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  • What CIOs really want for Christmas

    The decorations are going up and the office party is the talk of the canteen — yes, Christmas festivities are upon us. While kids everywhere are busy making lists of the toys and gear they want to see under the tree Christmas morning, we asked Australian CIOs what Santa could bring them to make their life easier in 2012.

    Written by Deanne McIntosh • 09 Dec. 11 09:05
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    Q&A: Realestate.com.au's IT service delivery manager

    Damian Fasciani talks about moving to the Cloud, the consumerisation of IT, and how the REA has taken a leaf out of Apple's book.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 09 Nov. 11 15:23

  • Racing and Wagering Western Australia off and running for Melbourne Cup

    The IT systems of Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) are off and racing in time for this year’s Melbourne Cup, the culmination of a four-year modernisation program that includes the implementation of a Cisco Unified Computing System and intelligent network.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 01 Nov. 11 00:01

  • A business-focused approach in SOA design, governance

    If you listen to industry discussion of service-oriented architecture (SOA), you are likely to get the impression that SOA is best thought of as a technical approach for application integration. The reality is that SOA is much more.

    Written by Randy Heffner • 04 Aug. 11 04:28

  • TransGrid begins business process modelling project

    NSW state-owned electricity transmission network operator, TransGrid, has started a three-month business process modelling system (BPMS) project to deliver process modelling capability across its enterprise in a standard way.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 05 April 11 11:16

  • Social media essential to IT service management: Analyst

    CIOs must start to think about integrating social media into their service desks as the technology becomes ubiquitous in everyday life, according to analyst firm, Ovum.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 31 March 11 14:40

  • Dell introduces server with 96 CPU cores

    Dell on Monday introduced a server that can accommodate up to 96 CPU cores -- a big boost in the computational power provided by its hardware.

    Written by Agam Shah • 15 Feb. 11 01:09

  • Amazon's Beanstalk aims to make Web Services easier to use

    Amazon on Wednesday planned to introduce an offering that combines its Web services into one tool that is aimed at making it easier for customers to use and fine-tune the services.

    Written by Nancy Gohring • 20 Jan. 11 04:05

  • Tony Ferguson Weightloss uses public Cloud services to expand into UK, South Africa

    Anecdotal reports suggest that Australian CIOs are consciously avoiding the public Cloud, but Julian Lamb, head of technology at Australian weight-loss company, Tony Ferguson, doesn’t understand why. By adopting Cloud solutions Salesforce.com, Telstra’s version of Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), and contact centre suite IPscape, Lamb has enabled his business to add some 1600 new retail outlets across the UK and South Africa since April.

    Written by Tim Lohman • 07 Jan. 11 09:00
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    Talend acquires SOA vendor Sopera

    Open-source data integration vendor Talend is expanding its footprint into SOA (service-oriented architecture), announcing Wednesday that it has purchased Sopera, developer of an open-source ESB (enterprise service bus) and other technologies. Terms were not disclosed.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 11 Nov. 10 06:59

  • SOA's not dead says Burton

    SOA is set for a comeback according to analyst company, Burton. Nearly two years ago, it was a Burton analyst, Anne Thomas Manes, who proclaimed that SOA was dead but it appears that reports of its demise have been exaggerated.

    Written by Maxwell Cooter • 06 Nov. 10 02:13

  • Cricket Victoria moves to flexible standard operating environment

    Cricket Victoria’s largely mobile workforce posed a challenge to Rebecca Brown when she began working as IT Manager of the governing body. She soon realised that allowing staff administrator rights was an issue that had to be addressed.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 15 Oct. 10 14:19

  • Google social media strategy 'absent': Ovum

    Google's recent social media asset buy-up lacks a well-defined strategy, according to Ovum analysts Eden Zoller and Neha Dharia.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 06 Sept. 10 13:51

  • Yarra Trams finally settles on supply control system

    Private Melbourne tram company, Yarra Trams, will implement real-time supply monitoring and control systems over the next year as it seeks to replace obsolete systems throughout the network.

    Written by James Hutchinson • 06 Sept. 10 11:37

  • Strike over nightmare Maritime software

    NSW boat owners may unknowingly be out on the water in unlicensed boats because of the failure of the government's new licensing software, a union says.

    Written by AAP • 03 Sept. 10 16:24

  • ABC readies ‘biggest ever' technology project

    The ABC is preparing to deploy the first stages of a CMS overhaul next month with the media giant set to replace its ageing content system by 2012.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 16 Aug. 10 11:46

  • Forrester: Open-source BI has pros and cons

    A new Forrester Research report finds that while a number of open-source BI (business intelligence) offerings are providing many of the capabilities enterprises require, certain shortcomings remain.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus • 12 Aug. 10 04:47

  • Open source Ruby, Python hit rocky ground at Microsoft

    Microsoft's open source IronRuby and IronPython projects are shrouded in a dubious future as the last of the full-time IronRuby developers departed the company last month.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 09 Aug. 10 12:32

  • SOA projects need reviewing for success: analyst

    Project reviews coupled with a greater understanding of SOA deployment is vital if systems integration is to be successful.

    Written by Lisa Banks • 04 Aug. 10 03:51
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    Qld health IT disaster shakes up Australia's government CIOs

    Top-level State and Federal Government chief information officers around Australia have acknowledged they are aware of the Queensland Government's dramatic change in IT strategy following revelations of widespread problems with the state's IT shared services strategy, but are broadly withholding comment on how the debacle might impact their own initiatives until the full picture is known.

    Written by Jenna Pitcher • 04 Aug. 10 14:35
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