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Making Storage Easier for Non-IT Execs to Understand 01 December, 2008 14:15:00
With increasing amounts of incoming data threatening to overwhelm firms, Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida wants to make the economics of storage easier for non-IT executives to understand.With increasing amounts of incoming data threatening to overwhelm firms, Hitachi Data Systems CTO Hu Yoshida wants to make the economics of storage easier for non-IT executives to understand. - +
Man Behind MasterCard's 100-Terabyte Data Warehouse 22 July, 2008 08:37:42
MasterCard's head of global technology, Rob Reeg, talks about his new job, MasterCard's massive data warehouse, just how fast credit-card transactions really fly and his personal experience with credit-card fraud.Rob Reeg took over as president of MasterCard's Global Technology and Operations in May 2008, the de facto chief of IT at the US$4 billion credit-card and electronic payment provider. - +
Marriott Takes Disaster Recovery, Virtualization Underground 14 July, 2008 11:09:36
Marriott's disaster recovery center is 220 feet underground in a limestone mineHurricane Katrina and the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center caused scores of companies to reconsider their disaster recovery and business continuity plans, whether they were affected by those catastrophic events or not. - +
PDF Key to Digital Preservation — But Not Alone 29 May, 2008 12:01:34
UK organization says agencies must combine PDF/A with a comprehensive records management program and formally established records policiesUK organization says agencies must combine PDF/A with a comprehensive records management program and formally established records policies - +
One Company, One Vision, One Truth 07 March, 2008 12:10:55
As Nationwide grew, its data became siloed and scattered, making it increasingly difficult for the company to get an accurate picture of its finances. HereÂ’s how it brought all that data into focusIn a span of three short years, between 2000 and 2002, Nationwide Insurance got a new CEO, CIO and CFO. Jerry Jurgensen, elected by Nationwide's board in 2000 to replace the retiring CEO, was hired for his financial acumen and his ability to transform a business's culture
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Diligent CTO demystifies data deduplication 04 May, 2007 12:14:34
Diligent's CTO, Neville Yates discusses deduplication technologiesDiligent Technologies is among the pioneers of data deduplication technology, which helps enterprises reduce redundant copies of data and, in turn, shrink storage requirements and shorten backup times. Neville Yates, Diligent's CTO, talked with Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor about the varying deduplication technologies used with today's virtual tape libraries (VTL).
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SAN, NAS, ILM, SAS — Your Boss Doesn't Care 06 July, 2007 12:00:55
Storage-area network (SAN) and network-attached storage (NAS) are examples of acronyms that can drive a wedge between managers and techsStorage is awash in TLAs (three-letter acronyms). LUN, SAN, NAS, ILM, SWD, SAS, HBA, DAS, CAS and FAN are all acronyms that regularly appear in storage-related literature, publications and columns. - +
Treasure Hunt 03 April, 2007 13:36:26
A slew of new enterprise search options can be found at every price, including free. What do you really need to discover true value?Who wouldn't like to outgoogle Google? Given the sophistication of today's consumer search tools, many CIOs have users (and maybe even the CEO) banging on the door asking why valuable corporate data is still locked away in various places and unsearchable. Trying to capitalize on this need, a bevy of vendors are introducing or revamping enterprise search offerings. - +
The Value of Protecting Customer Privacy 19 January, 2006 09:42:00
Privacy practices strongly related to a company's trustworthiness, research shows.Research by the Ponemon Institute finds that public trust in corporations is fragile. In a recent survey, more than 70 percent of respondents said that two data breaches in the same company would be sufficient grounds for them to take their business elsewhere. Another study, which examined consumers' opinions about the trustworthiness of 14 companies that suffered data security breaches this year, found that trust in these companies dropped significantly after the breaches were reported.
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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 NewtonComputerworld gets an exclusive behind the scenes look inside Internode's Adelaide data centre with network guru Mark Newton - +
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 whiteJust 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. - +
HP targets the cloud with new hardware 12 June, 2009 08:27:00
HP offers complete cloud computing package for businessesHP 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. - +
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 CIOLess 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. - +
Inside Telstra's Virtualisation Strategy 11 May, 2009 14:12:00
Need to cut infrastructure costs driving the strategyTelstra is increasingly turning to virtualisation as its core strategy to both manage the rising costs of, and growth in, its data centres, according the companyÂ’s CIO, John McInerney. - +
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 DefenceÂ’s strategic policy white paperThe 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 Industry Insight Podcast #4: Kerry Stratton, Managing Director of Healthcare, InterSystems 12 June, 2009 10:01:28
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers talks with Kerry Stratton, Managing Director of Healthcare for InterSystems, to discuss the successful deployment of the first stage of the Swedish National Patient Overview (NPO) project -- the Swedish national health record -- and what Australia's e-healthcare initiatives can learn from the project. - +
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CIO Live Podcast #85: The Power of Social Networking Part II: Juliette Powell, author of 33 Million People in the Room 08 June, 2009 08:17:11
Part II of CIO Editor Matt Rodgers' talk with the multi-talented Juliette Powell -- social networking expert, entrepreneur, television presenter, former beauty queen (Miss Canada 1989) and author of the new book 33 Million people in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking -- about how Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social networking tools are transforming modern businesses. - +
CIO Live Podcast #84: The Power of Social Networking Part I: Juliette Powell, author of 33 Million People in the Room 02 June, 2009 13:40:54
Part I of CIO Editor Matt Rodgers' talk with the multi-talented Juliette Powell -- social networking expert, entrepreneur, television presenter, former beauty queen (Miss Canada 1989) and author of the new book 33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking -- about how Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social networking tools are transforming modern businesses. - +
CIO Live Podcast #83 - Privacy Laws: Emma Weedon, Senior Associate, McCullough Robertson 25 May, 2009 11:08:44
CIO Editor Matt Rodgers talks with Emma Weedon, Senior Associate with law firm McCullough Robertson, about the increasing need for companies to comply with privacy laws.
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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. - +
AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate 03 July, 2009 08:25:00
$500,000 of goods per week purchased with fake credit cardsThe Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have struck a major blow to a multi-million identity fraud syndicate. - +
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. - +
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 InternetFacebook 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. - +
DR a growing concern for A/NZ CIOs: Symantec 02 July, 2009 09:16:00
Mission critical apps and cost of down-time major driversCIOs 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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