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    The pros and cons of Cloud Computing: a CIOÂ’s view 15 June, 2009 09:01:00

    Cloud Computing is coming to your neighbourhood, and market competition soon will demand that you give it attention, because its likely rapid growth will bring large benefits for enterprises.
    Cloud Computing is coming to your neighbourhood, and market competition soon will demand that you give it attention, because its likely rapid growth will bring large benefits for enterprises.
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    IT Advocate: Privacy rules 09 June, 2009 11:35:00

    Welcome CIOÂ’s new series of columns devoted to legal issues and IT. This month: the increasing need for organisations to comply with privacy laws.
    Welcome CIOÂ’s new series of columns devoted to legal issues and IT. This month: the increasing need for organisations to comply with privacy laws.
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    The Self Evident Truths of Project Management: Truth # 7- “All projects are ‘change projects’” 09 June, 2009 07:21:00

    Benefits come from change. Therefore, it makes sense that every project should be seen as a ‘change project’.
    Benefits come from change. Therefore, it makes sense that every project should be seen as a ‘change project’.
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    Blog: Why Nerds Are Losing Control of Twitter 15 May, 2009 12:50:00

    Twitter is going mainstream. Who would have thought it?
    Twitter is going mainstream. Who would have thought it?
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    Blog: The Innovator's Dilemma 01 May, 2009 16:11:00

    Innovative ideas are not popular; it takes hard times to open our minds to innovative ideas. When things are going well enough there is no need to be innovative because innovation means moving outside our comfort zone; so why would we? If you are an innovator now is the best of times. But you need to be tough because you will cause discomfort and you will not popular (at first).
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    Enterprise Support, ERP, fees, Leo Apotheker, Oracle, quarterly earnings, SAP, shareholder, software maintenance 01 May, 2009 16:16:00

    At a time when most enterprise software vendors are boldly clinging to their sacred cash cows, bowing to the all-mighty shareholder and ignoring some basic customer needs, SAP has recently displayed a refreshing blend of common sense, customer service and business smarts.
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    The Self Evident Truths of Project Management: Truth #1 - We Do Projects to Realise the Associated Benefits 28 April, 2009 11:24:00

    Project managers need to shift their perspective from ‘delivering projects’ to ‘realising benefits’.
    Project managers need to shift their perspective from ‘delivering projects’ to ‘realising benefits’.
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    Blog: Business to IT: Poor App Performance Is Killing Us 27 April, 2009 10:11:00

    Sometimes I forget that selecting, implementing and paying for core enterprise applications are just the first steps in the long and arduous journey of managing the lifecycle of enterprise applications.
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    Blog: Cloud Computing and the Fist of Innovation 27 April, 2009 10:03:00

    “The credit crunch and liquidity crisis will make the invisible hand of economics the visible fist of innovation.” This comment from a thoughtful colleague brought several loosely related ideas into much clearer alignment. It comes from Michael Bogovich, an international program manager at Abbott Laboratories.
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    New Google search tools announced 27 April, 2009 09:59:00

    Boost for results from news and images
    Google has unveiled two new tools to make searching the web for information and images easier.
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    Blog: One Week in the Twitterverse: Me, Oprah and Millions More on Twitter 27 April, 2009 09:57:00

    Boy, did I pick an interesting week in which to join Twitter: First I join up (@twailgum) last Thursday. The very next day someone named Oprah Winfrey goes out there and steals all my thunder.
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    How to Win CFO Friends and Influence Business People 23 April, 2009 09:05:00

    A new Forrester report offers a methodology designed to help IT measure tech investment uncertainty and risk, plus demonstrate potential returns on investment dollars to the executive suite.
    Conventional wisdom and decades' worth of IT project failures and less-than-desirable outcomes tell us that every tech-related investment-from a massive SAP ERP rollout to a small Salesforce.com SaaS CRM deployment-comes with some amount of risk.
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    How to Manage Peer Conflict 22 April, 2009 09:15:00

    Direct Energy CIO Kumud Kalia on how to deal with mounting peer dissension
    Direct Energy CIO Kumud Kalia on how to deal with mounting peer dissension.
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    Blog: The Biggest Loser in Oracle-Sun Deal: SAP 21 April, 2009 07:45:00

    Oracle's announcement of its intended US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun has certainly shaken up the hardware and server operating system (OS) business markets.
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    Blog: Why CFOs and CEOs Hate IT: ERP 20 April, 2009 11:46:00

    We're always trying to figure out why IT is vilified and demeaned by the "cost center" label uttered by CEOs, CFOs and other senior leaders. ("But, but...we're not really true business partners?!")
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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 companyÂ’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 DefenceÂ’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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    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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