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  • Rohan Davidson, CIO Rio Tinto Iron Ore

    As CIO of Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore group Rohan Davidson plays a critical role in overseeing the IT requirements of the operations the mining company owns and manages across North America and Australia. In Western Australia’s Pilbarra region alone, for example, Rio Tinto operates a network of 14 mines, three shipping terminals and the largest privately owned heavy freight railway in Australia, which spans 1400 kilometres.

    Written by Matt Rodgers • 08 Dec. 11 14:17
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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Open source identity: Free Telephony Project founder David Rowe

    Move over proprietary telephony systems. Australian engineer David Rowe started the Free Telephony Project three years ago to build an affordable IP-PABX system out of free hardware and software. That’s right, the design of the Free Telephony Project IP-PABX is open for any interested person to review and improve. With the first Free Telephony Project products now available and in use world-wide, Rowe hopes it will go along way to improving the availability of voice services in developing nations. In this edition of Open Source Identity, TechWorld interviews Rowe to uncover the burgeoning business of open product development.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 23 Oct. 08 12:06

  • Open source identity: Asterisk founder and Digium CTO Mark Spencer

    Imagine an IP voice and unified communications system that can be integrated into any application and customised to meet business needs. Sounds great, right? Well that project is the Asterisk IP-PBX and it's free to use and you get the source code. A far cry from proprietary PBX systems perhaps, but Asterisk has a vibrant ecosystem and is replacing systems from more established telephony vendors. Following interviews with the leaders of the Horde and Free Telephony projects, the Open Source Identity series talked to Asterisk founder and Digium CTO Mark Spencer about how one application can have such a profound effect on businesses and how open source can be a tough competitive landscape.

    Written by Rodney Gedda • 26 Nov. 08 16:11
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