• FCC ruling on 800MHz band a boon for Sprint

  By Stephen Lawson | 25 May, 2012 19:53

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band at a meeting on Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Nextel to use the band for its 4G LTE network.

• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 23:37

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 20:53

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries.

• GAO: US gov't IT reform slower than claimed

  By Grant Gross | 24 May, 2012 18:42

  The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as officials have suggested, a federal auditor said Thursday.

• Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 07:46

  Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa, and its Chrome browser, it said Wednesday.

• Not-for-profit - Part 3

  By Tim Mendham | 20 April, 2011 15:37

  How are relations between not-for-profit with IT vendors?

• NSW kicks off data centre reform - Part 2

  By Rodney Gedda | 04 April, 2011 13:04

  Communities NSW CIO, David Kennedy, said he supports the data centre reform project and can see the value of data centre consolidation and rationalisation leading to improved capability and value for money.

• NSW kicks off data centre reform - Part 1

  By Rodney Gedda | 04 April, 2011 12:57

  After years of planning, and months of supplier selection, the NSW government Department of Services, Technology and Administration (DSTA) has called for proposals for its data centre reform program, which will consolidate some 100 disparate facilities into two. The five shortlisted suppliers had until the end of January to put forward their ideas and capabilities for the shared data centres — either existing or purpose-built facilities — for government agencies across the state.

• Don't mess with Texas: Lessons from IT outsourcing disasters

  By Stephanie Overby | 05 August, 2010 05:04

  Two weeks ago, the CIO of Texas penned a seven-page letter outlining the chronic failures of the state's nearly four-year outsourcing relationship - a deal the Texas governor had briefly suspended in 2008 citing service delivery problems that he said put the state's agencies in danger.

• ACMA's Business Transformation Journey

  By Rodney Gedda | 01 April, 2010 13:51

  Trashing a truck-load of old equipment and physically cleaning up rooms may not be indicative of the average IT transformation project, but the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) took a ground-up approach to modernising its business processes.

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  OVUM Report: Governance Risk and Compliance-- GRC usage and buying trends in the ANZ markets

  The existence of an established and stable governance risk and compliance strategy is extremely important to public and private sector organisations as they strive to meet an evergrowing range of regulatory demands. Given the current constraints, it is one of the few areas where the vast majority of organisations intend to either maintain or in many cases increase spending. Read more.

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  A Roadmap to the Virtual Data Centre: Accelerate Your Journey to the Government Cloud

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  Charting Your Course for Government Transformation