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  • SBS looks to Cloud services

    When Klaus Schelp started at SBS at the beginning of this year he focused on business outcomes ahead of technology operations. As the head of information technology at the national broadcaster, Schelp was met with increasing business demands for online collaboration without the on-premise infrastructure to support it. A journey to Cloud services looked increasingly compelling.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 16 Sept. 11 08:49

  • Security and Google Apps

    An indepth discussion about patching, Cloud computing and how Google deals with security incidents

    Written by Georgina Swan • 22 Aug. 11 22:36
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    NBN Co CIO: The IT leadership strategy of Australia’s new telco - Part 2

    NBN Co’s tasks are split between network construction and business-as-usual telecommunications, and few of the company’s employees could map out the same 20-year careers at the company that often herald the same position at Telstra. They share much of the history, however; many of the staff hired so far herald from chief executive, Mike Quigley’s own alma mater — Alcatel-Lucent — as well as a range of Australian and international telcos.

    Written by James Hutchinson • 16 Aug. 11 08:00

  • NBN Co CIO: The IT leadership strategy of Australia’s new telco - Part 1

    NBN Co has a head start that would leave many telcos green with envy. Armed with $27 billion in government funding, and at least $9 billion from debt markets, the two-yearold National Broadband Network wholesaler has the resources and backing that could catapult it ahead many of its decadesold equivalents. That’s not to say the challenge before the organisation isn’t any less daunting; within the decade NBN Co is set to change broadband in Australia. The monopoly wholesaler is bound by carefully worded legislation to provide equal access to many of those it will compete with on a shiny fibre-to-the-home network, and satellite and wireless offshoots. Best of all, the company is starting with a clean slate.

    Written by James Hutchinson • 15 Aug. 11 11:04

  • Pearson Australia uses collaboration to smooth M&A integration

    When you’re a CIO for a global publishing and education solutions company, communication is everything. Jenny Beresford understands this. As CIO for Pearson Australia and the former head of National Australia Bank’s technology experience office, she understands the importance a collaborative environment can have on bringing new organisations and employees into the fold.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 19 July 11 11:43

  • An expert among experts: Gartner CIO and senior vice-president

    It may be a blessing as much as a curse, but Hrelic faces much the same challenges as his peers in non-IT literate workplaces

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 23 April 11 09:00
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    Open source identity: Bitcoin technical lead Gavin Andresen

    Originally from Melbourne, Australia but now living in the US, Gavin Andresen is the technical lead of the Bitcoin virtual currency system. Started by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, Bitcoin is a digital currency system consisting of an open source client and P2P network. The aim of the Bitcoin project is a decentralised, secure peer-to-peer currency system that does not rely on banks or central transaction processing authorities. To generate “Bitcoins” people on the network use a cross-platform, open source client developed in C++. In addition to the open source aspect of Bitcoin, there is now an emerging market in services around the cryptocurrency such as exchange portals and virtual clearing houses. Previously, the Open Source Identity series has featured interviews with Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson, Linux’s Linus Torvalds, Jan Schneider of Horde, Mark Spencer of Asterisk fame, Spine CMS creator Hendrick van Belleghem, Free Telephony Project founder David Rowe, and PulseAudio creator Lennart Poettering. This time we talk to Gavin Andresen about the new, decentralised approach to money – Bitcoin.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 21 March 11 14:29

  • A&G IT director talks business continuity

    A&G insurance is probably best known for its Budget Direct insurance brand. IT director, Paul Malt, talks to CIO.

    Written by Georgina Swan • 29 Nov. 10 11:53

  • Google: Concerns over Instant unwarranted

    Google shook the search market last week with the launch of Instant, a new feature that lets the company's search engine refresh results on the fly as people type their queries.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez • 14 Sept. 10 03:20

  • KDE innovation still brewing amid stable 4.5 release

    With KDE Software Compilation (SC) 4.5 released this week, the open source project has made another stepping stone towards its goal of providing a modern, free desktop people can adapt to their needs. TechWorld caught up with KDE developer and spokesperson for the project, Sebastian Kugler, about what was achieved with this latest release and how KDE SC can be more innovative.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 11 Aug. 10 05:50

  • Q&A with Richard Stallman

    Free software is a different beast from gratis software. Free software activist, Richard Stallman, discusses the importance of freedom across all modes of computing.

    Written by Renai LeMay • 11 Aug. 10 11:32

  • The A-Z of Programming Languages: Falcon

    Computerworld's investigations into the most widely-used programming languages continues as we chat with Giancarlo Niccolai the creator of the Falcon programming language.

    Written by Kathryn Edwards • 09 April 09 11:10

  • ScrumMaster offers tips on how to play in a winning dev team

    The original ScrumMaster, John Scumniotales, talks about the genesis of the popular agile software development methodology, the importance of incorporating stakeholder feedback and the “healthy tension” between developers and product managers.

    Written by Lorraine Pauls Longhurst • 01 Dec. 08 12:41
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