• Govt IT spending to hit $9.5 billion in 2013: Gartner

  By CIO Staff | 18 June, 2013 10:32

  Australia is set to buck the global trend in government IT spending this year according to Gartner. Australian government agency spending at local, state and federal levels is set to grow by 2.2 per cent, the analyst firm predicted in a report issued today.

• Startup uses new technology to out-Akamai Akamai

  By Tim Greene | 14 June, 2013 17:05

  Instart Logic is taking on the likes of Akamai and Amazon Cloudfront with a Web app-streaming service it says can cut in half the time it takes to load pages and applications to wireless devices.

• Intel wants to be your new cable provider

  By Lucas Mearian | 14 June, 2013 14:55

  Intel wants to create a virtual cable service that would bundle TV channels for subscribers. But cable providers are expected to put up a fight.

• Gartner: Start security monitoring in the public Cloud

  By Ellen Messmer | 12 June, 2013 20:40

  Security monitoring -- the type involving traditional security information and event management (SIEM) -- can be done in some public Cloud environments, according to Gartner. And if you're using public Cloud services, it's time to think about doing it.

• Australian security market tipped to grow 12 per cent: Gartner

  By Hamish Barwick | 12 June, 2013 12:11

  The Australian security technology and services market is forecast to hit $1.7 billion in 2013 due to the expansion of the technologies enterprises use to improve their security, according to a new Gartner report.

• How a CIO Can Save an Incompetent CEO

  By Rob Enderle | 19 April, 2013 13:28

  When a bad CEO goes down, the CIO often goes down with him. The way to save yourself, and your company, is to invest in the analytics technology that gives the CEO the data necessary to make smart business decisions. It doesn't hurt that it also shows why the CIO is more valuable to the CEO than other C-level executives.

• Gartner reveals Top 10 IT security myths

  By Ellen Messmer | 11 June, 2013 22:03

  When it comes to information security, there are a lot of "misperceptions" and "exaggerations" about both the threats facing businesses and the technologies that might be used to protect their important data assets, according to Gartner analyst, Jay Heiser.

• Developers clamor for unified dev tools for Microsoft's 3 operating systems

  By Matt Hamblen | 05 June, 2013 18:15

  Merging the Windows Phone OS with the Windows and Windows RT OSs could give Microsoft a boost in attracting more developers and, ultimately, improving its market share for smartphones and tablets.

• How to build a private cloud

  By Christine Burns | 03 June, 2013 11:17

  A private Cloud looks and acts like a public Cloud, giving your corporation all the speed, agility and cost savings promised by Cloud technology, only it's single-tenant, and that tenant is you, right? Well, that's the goal, but it's not quite the reality yet for most enterprises.

• Tech hotshots: The rise of the dataviz expert

  By Tam Harbert | 23 May, 2013 11:14

  As analytics become more ingrained in corporations, data visualizers are the new go-to experts in demand -- but do they work for IT or give IT its marching orders?

• How to prevent IT department overload

  By Minda Zetlin | 20 May, 2013 10:14

  Managing the flow of an infinite supply of worthwhile projects through a finite IT operation takes finesse. Here's how to avoid the backlog and the chaos.

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