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The right formula: how technology can drive business process improvement
By Software AG | 19/3/2009
Download this white paper now to learn about the technologies that can help drive business process improvement and how to align your technology team to get your organisation across the line - faster!
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State of Internet Security
By Webroot | 19/3/2009
Spyware, viruses and other malware transported via Web sites represent the most serious data threat to companies today. Read on find out how you can appropriately leverage technology and appropriate business technologies to protect your business.
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A Platform for Master Data Management to Help You Know and Trust Your Data
By Initiate | 1/6/2009
Truly knowing – and trusting - your data empowers you to achieve an array of business initiatives. Trying to improve customer service, lower operational costs, improve compliance or manage risks? Read on for expert help.
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Look before you leap | Key considerations for moving to 802.11n
By Motorola | 18/11/2008
Discover how you can plan a high performance 802.11n network and how your business can reap the maximum benefit from a clean-slate 802.11n impementation. Read on to discover the best 802.11n strategy for your organisation.
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Wireless LANs: Is My Enterprise At Risk?
By Motorola | 2/6/2009
This paper details the risks associated with wireless LANs, and offers an overview of the inherent properties of wireless LANs and differences from wired networks. Read about real-life breaches and incidents and strengthen your own defence.
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Yarra Valley Water At Work: Improving Information Flow with Oracle Technology
By Oracle | 3/3/2009
Find out how Yarra Valley Water have used IT to effectively leverage IT resources across the organisation whilst improving information flow, enabling business change and empowering the knowledge worker. Watch the video now.
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Reducing the risk of insider abuse
By McAfee | 2/4/2009
The potential for insider abuse can never be eliminated completely, but the steps outlined in this white paper can reduce the potential for such abuse. Read on to ensure no one person can alter your operations to their personal advantage or to the detriment of your organisation.
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The business justification for data security
By McAfee | 1/4/2009
In the information security world we face two major types of threats: "noisy" threats which directly interfere with our ability to do business and "quiet" threats which cause real damage, but don't necessarily prevent people from doing their jobs. Read on to discover how to combat both types of threats and to justify the use of data security within your business.
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LANPlanner | Ensuring High Performance WLAN Networks
By Motorola | 18/11/2008
Learn how the Motorola LANPlanner facilitates prompt and precise planning and the design and measurement of robust 802.11a/b/g/n networks. Download this paper now to discover how to take wireless network performance to the next level.
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Data grids and service-oriented architecture
By Oracle | 5/11/2008
When choosing an SOA strategy, corporations must ensure data availability, reliability, performance and scalability. A data grid infrastructure, built with clustered caching provides a framework for improved data access that can create a competitive edge and sustain customer loyalty. Read on to discover how this can be created within your organisation.
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Business Processes and Customers - Difficult Domains to Integrate
By Sword Ciboodle | 1/6/2009
Get more out of CRM, integrate BPM with customer needs. This BPM Focus whitepaper discusses the problems with traditional CRM and explains the best practice scenarios for better customer interaction.
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5 steps to getting started with data loss prevention
By McAfee | 1/4/2009
Lost and leaked data from stolen laptops, compromised networks, and malware-infected client devices all affect Australian businesses. Read on to discover the five critical steps to prevent data loss within your organisation.
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HP Data Center Transformation solutions offer practical ways to overcome the energy and capacity limitations, operational vulnerabilities and technology constraints that can plague your data center. Choosing from a portfolio of solutions matched to your business needs, we can help you transform your data center into a business-driven, process-smart and future-ready asset.

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    Inside Internode's data centre 05 June, 2009 14:39:00

    Computerworld gets an exclusive behind the scenes look inside Internode's Adelaide data centre with network guru Mark Newton
    Computerworld gets an exclusive behind the scenes look inside Internode's Adelaide data centre with network guru Mark Newton
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    HP uses outside air, big fans, 12-foot raised floor to cool servers 03 June, 2009 07:44:00

    It's also cutting data center power use by painting server racks white
    Just off the North Sea coast in the United Kingdom, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s EDS unit has built a data center that largely relies on cold sea air to keep servers chilled and -- by doing so -- cut the center's cooling power needs in half.
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    HP targets the cloud with new hardware 12 June, 2009 08:27:00

    HP offers complete cloud computing package for businesses
    HP has designed a new portfolio of hardware, software, and services, aimed at reducing costs and saving resource, particularly for businesses involved in Web 2.0, cloud and high-performance computing.
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    Defence to spend $700m on ICT reform 05 June, 2009 11:13:00

    Strategic Reform Program report reveals only half of defence IT budget visible to CIO
    Less than half of the annual $1.2 billion spent by Defence on its ICT is visible to its chief information officer, Greg Farr, a new report has revealed.
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    Inside Telstra's Virtualisation Strategy 11 May, 2009 14:12:00

    Need to cut infrastructure costs driving the strategy
    Telstra is increasingly turning to virtualisation as its core strategy to both manage the rising costs of, and growth in, its data centres, according the company’s CIO, John McInerney.
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    Defence to Initiate ICT Reform Program, Expand CIO Role 05 May, 2009 11:56:00

    ERP rollout, data centre consolidation, single architecture all on the cards, according to the Department of Defence’s strategic policy white paper
    The Defence department has signaled a raft of changes to its approach to information technology under a new ICT reform program.

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CIO Summit The New World Order Opportunities and Challenges for CIOs

23rd July 2009
The Westin Sydney


A content-rich networking event where CIOs and senior executives collaborate on business and technology issues ranging from the impact of the economic downturn to the most pressing trends affecting IT in the enterprise.

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    New scam email uses Australian Federal Police to gain victims' trust 03 July, 2009 10:49:00

    Fake offers of free AFP monitoring service to stop "cybernetic attacks"
    Cyber criminals have changed tack in their ongoing scam campaign against banks, moving to the use of government agencies to gain the trust of unsuspecting email recipients.
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    AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate 03 July, 2009 08:25:00

    $500,000 of goods per week purchased with fake credit cards
    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have struck a major blow to a multi-million identity fraud syndicate.
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    5 steps to secure a new PC 30 June, 2009 00:19:00

    Just unwrapped a brand-new PC? Security pros share their secrets for making your system Internet-safe.
    A common misconception is that a shiny new computer is more or less secure because it hasn't yet been exposed to the Internet's sinister underbelly. But the truth is, these machines come out of the box needing scores of patches, some basic security software downloads and the disabling or replacing of items security pros don't typically trust.
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    Facebook simplifies privacy settings, calls them too complex 02 July, 2009 05:48:00

    The social-networking site is also getting ready to let members share content with anyone on the Internet
    Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet.
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    DR a growing concern for A/NZ CIOs: Symantec 02 July, 2009 09:16:00

    Mission critical apps and cost of down-time major drivers
    CIOs in Australia and New Zealand are increasingly getting involved in the disaster recovery planning of their organisations, according to a new survey from Symantec.
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