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    Little for CIOs to Get Excited About in Federal Budget 13 May, 2009 15:48:00

    Questions remain over e-security, skills shortage
    The federal governmentÂ’s budget has drawn a mixed response from industry analysts and organisations
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    Five Things You Can Do Right Now to Deal With The Financial Crisis 11 March, 2009 10:02:00

    What you can do today to help keep your company afloat and your career prospects intact.
    What you can do today to help keep your company afloat and your career prospects intact.
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    The CEO and The Layoff Decision 27 February, 2009 10:34:00

    How CIOs and their C-level peers need to work with the boss in reducing head count
    How CIOs and their C-level peers need to work with the boss in reducing head count.
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    Hiring Software Developers: The Agile Aptitude Test 28 January, 2009 06:13:00

    Menlo Innovations' Richard Sheridan and Lisamarie Babik explain how "extreme interviewing" can help hiring managers choose Agile developers who are ready to apply its principles.
    The Agile development model has spawned hundreds of books and dozens of conferences. There's a significant track record of successful companies moving to Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and other lightweight, highly collaborative development models. Agile can fundamentally change the way software development is done, yet the methods for recruiting and hiring developers hasn't changed a bit. One company has adopted a new approach, and they share their methods here.
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    Global IT: Leadership from Afar 05 December, 2008 09:05:00

    Paul Martin, global CIO of Rexam, is returning to the US but keeping his job at the packaging giant
    Paul Martin, global CIO of Rexam, is returning to the US but keeping his job at the packaging giant.
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    Best in class 23 July, 2008 12:07:00

    After more than two decades with multinational healthcare company, Johnson & Johnson, Stephen Wilson moved into education three years ago as the CIO of NSW Department of Education and Training (DET). He recently told ARN about a three-pronged strategy to deliver the Connected Classroom.
    What are the differences and similarities between the role of a CIO within a large corporate and a state education department?
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    A Public Sector View of Social Networking 03 April, 2008 15:10:24

    Social networking outlets such as MySpace and Facebook are offering new avenues of communication for corporations and governments, but are also presenting fresh challenges to CIOs deciding how best to fit them into their business processes
    Social networking outlets such as MySpace and Facebook are offering new avenues of communication for corporations and governments, but are also presenting fresh challenges to CIOs deciding how best to fit them into their business processes. Dave Nikolejsin, CIO for the Government of British Columbia, discusses his own experiences thus far in the world of Web 2.0.
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    Employees Leaving? Here's Why and What You Can Do 27 October, 2008 11:53:00

    Do you think a soft economy lessens your need to engage your staff? Think again.
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    8 Reasons Why a Developer Would NEVER Want To Be a CIO 05 August, 2008 14:14:17

    Sure, CIOs earn lots of money and don't have to worry about their job getting shipped off to India, but they do have to deal with a lot of crap software developers wouldn't ever want to touch. Here are eight reasons why developers would rather stick hot needles in their eyes than become a CIO.
    1. Software developers live to write code.
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    5 Reasons Why a Developer Might Want to Become a CIO 05 August, 2008 14:16:02

    The CIO job comes with lots of money and lots of perks. But would a software developer ever be willing to cash in his integrity and passion for programming to become a corporate wonk? Here are five compelling reasons why developers might do so.
    The CIO job comes with lots of money and lots of perks. But would a software developer ever be willing to cash in his integrity and passion for programming to become a corporate wonk? Here are five compelling reasons why developers might do so.
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    5 ways to make your company Gen Y-friendly 27 June, 2008 09:54:33

    IT professionals who are members of Generation Y expect a lot from their employers, but they also expect a lot of themselves and enter the workforce eager to make contributions and prove their value
    Facing a potential onslaught of baby boomer retirements and a smaller pool of Generation X employees to replace them, IT managers who want to create or sustain a Best Place to Work environment will need the additional help of another group of professionals: Generation Y. Also known as Millennials, this group consists of nearly 80 million individuals born roughly between 1979 and 1999. They are the workforce of the future.
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    IT, We Have a Problem — Revisited 04 June, 2007 11:21:59

    The final exam required each of the five groups in the class to present one of the scenarios to the entire class. Members of the groups played the roles of CEO, CFO, CIO, CMO, IT project leader and IT-marketing liaison
    Recently I chronicled my frustration while serving as guest lecturer in a management of information systems technology MBA class at a local university.
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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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