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  • Opinion: Do you want your maverick dead or alive?

    The first maverick was a Texas rancher named Samuel Maverick. In his steadfast refusal to brand his cattle, his surname now connotes someone who wilfully takes an independent (and frequently disruptive or unorthodox) stand against prevailing modes of thought and action.

    Written by Gerald Khoury • 09 May 13 10:20

  • Opinion: New approaches to managing risk in complex IT projects

    As a younger lawyer, I recall watching a vendor and a customer sparring fiercely over the scope and detail of a data loss indemnity for a solid week. It was a lively experience – a range of scenarios were vigorously tested, worst cases dramatically illustrated and positions passionately defended by each side and their legal representatives.

    Written by Ken Saurajen • 08 May 13 09:41
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    Opinion: Mobility – a death knell for the idle enterprise

    Today’s IT departments no longer deal with just standard-issued company desktops running on the same operating systems. They deal with a slew of devices from desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets – all with different operating systems, apps and security risks.

    Written by Chris Gacesa • 07 May 13 09:53

  • Mobile Players Offer a Mix of Messages in TV Ads

    Apple, Samsung and Microsoft take divergent paths to selling their smartphones via TV commercials. The winning approach: Focus on your own unique features, and resist potshots at the competition.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige • 02 May 13 23:27
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    3 Tips to Help CIOs Adjust to a New CEO

    An executive adviser urges CIOs not to be passive in developing a relationship with the new CEO. Speak up about opportunities for business growth and communicate the business impact of the IT function.

    Written by Lauren Brousell • 30 April 13 18:50
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    Opinion: Big data necessary, but not enough

    In today’s inter-connected world of transactions and interactions, data has become a key factor in the production process. The ability to take advantage of this factor is what makes a smart organisation different from one that is not so smart.

    Written by Paul Thorley • 29 April 13 11:59

  • Seven considerations when adopting a new cloud platform

    When looking to make a strategic cloud decision, organisations can generally follow one of two ideologies: closed or open.

    Written by Mark Randall • 26 April 13 15:38

  • Opinion: Don’t de-friend the citizen

    Last year, when an earthquake hit Melbourne, Twitter was the first on the scene. Within minutes, the subject became the top Twitter-trending topic worldwide and even caused the Geoscience Australia website to crash as people went online to see what had happened.

    Written by Pankaj Chitkara • 02 April 13 14:56
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    Oracle's Delusional Hardware Marketing Isn't Fooling Anyone

    Despite repeated reprimands from the National Adverting Review Board, Oracle continues to run ads making questionable claims that its Sun hardware outperforms the competition. This isn't surprising--perception often trumps reality in advertising, after all--but will Oracle ever be able to back up its claims?

    Written by Rob Enderle • 29 March 13 13:19

  • Keeping mobility on the road

    Reaching the state where mobile technology covers any application, any device, anywhere for every user is no mean feat.

    Written by CIO Staff • 28 March 13 16:20

  • Using data analytics to achieve competitive advantage

    Governments and enterprises can use business intelligence (BI) and data analytics to achieve real competitive advantage in uncertain economic times when budgets are being squeezed, according to attendees at CIO’s roundtable “Creating an intelligent information business.”

    Written by CIO Staff • 28 March 13 14:57

  • Deploying mobility a worthwhile challenge

    Rolling out efficient and secure mobility infrastructure across an organisation is a challenging but ultimately worthwhile exercise, particularly as users are demanding access to information anywhere and at any time from a plethora of mobile devices.

    Written by CIO Staff • 25 March 13 10:22
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    A guide to disaster recovery planning

    Despite an increase in natural disasters in the last few years in Australia, disaster recovery (DR) planning is still not ranked highly on the agenda of most organisations.

    Written by Steve Stavridis • 22 Feb. 13 10:30

  • Opinion: Predicting the tech future

    For my recent column of predictions for 2013 I polled a huge number of IT people to see what they are expecting, and ended up getting more than 400 responses.

    Written by Mark Gibbs • 15 Feb. 13 23:19

  • Editor's Letter: CIOs Can Play a Big Role in Business Evolution

    Well-known business models (Avon, Netflix and Best Buy) are under siege, underscoring the point that IT plays a more central role than ever before in the rise and fall of almost any company.

    Written by Maryfran Johnson • 30 Jan. 13 14:35

  • How to get the most out of social CRM this year

    Though social CRM’s a field in its infancy, it has the capacity to dramatically transform the way we engage customers, do business and understand markets. But how do you separate the substance from the hype and develop a social CRM system that’ll grow your company?

    Written by Ian Whiting • 15 Jan. 13 16:53

  • Opinion: The Goldilocks strategy

    A documented IT strategy is the most valuable resource you can develop; it’s the shop window that displays the value your IT organisation delivers. Yet, it’s also a trouble spot for many CIOs who either end up lumbered with a white elephant or decide to ditch the IT strategy document altogether.

    Written by Gerald Khoury • 27 Dec. 12 12:00

  • Looking into the crystal ball – a peek into what 2013 will bring

    The anticipated slowdown in the resources sector is making many Australian businesses nervous about their spending. As a result, CIOs are being asked to focus on pragmatic things like reducing costs, helping to improve existing business processes, and finding the right people to run their current infrastructure. By contrast, in the US, cost cutting has already run its course and priorities of CIOs has shifted back to increasing the top line competitiveness and agility of the businesses they drive.

    Written by John Martin • 11 Dec. 12 15:35

  • Is bigger better when it comes to DDoS attacks?

    DDoS attacks have remained on the front page again in 2012 for a very simple reason; they continue to attack the largest and most secure networks in the world, from governments’ web properties to Wall Street.

    Written by Gary Sockrider • 07 Dec. 12 15:51

  • The curse of the Black Swan: little events that have big security impacts

    What happens if you can’t see that your company’s data has been stolen until it turns up in someone else’s portfolio? It’s not always the highly visible events that are the catastrophe.

    Written by Carlo Minassian • 20 Nov. 12 14:11
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