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• Kaiser Permanente's CIO aims to make healthcare more delightful

  By John Gallant | 02 May, 2012 23:32

  With the U.S. Supreme Court now debating the fate of the so-called 'Obamacare' legislation passed in 2010, healthcare has been much in the news of late -- and not much of the news about healthcare is very good.

• CIOs: Will you be relevant in 2017?

  By Adam Hartung | 01 May, 2012 06:22

  When computing costs dropped like a proverbial stone after 1970, it created a remarkable opportunity for businesses to improve operations and grow. Suddenly, "the guys in the basement" became the IT department, and the data center manager became a very powerful CIO. This new role wielded a large budget and incredible control as companies invested heavily in enterprise applications, immense data repositories and thousands of PCs.

• CIOs can be chief innovation officers, too

  By Peter High | 01 March, 2012 01:34

  We've all noticed that CIOs are acquiring responsibilities outside of IT. Examples include David Johns of Owens Corning (CIO and chief supply chain officer), Sheleen Quish of Ameristar Casinos (CIO and SVP of HR), and Karl Salnoske of GXS (CIO and EVP of service delivery).

• MyCyberTwin speaks about winning ATS Patron Awards, company growth

  By Lisa Banks | 01 December, 2011 14:01

  Aussie artificial intelligence company, MyCyberTwin, has spoken about its recent win at the New South Wales Australian Technology Showcase (ATS) Patron Awards.

• Startup Q&A: Punt Club founder Jason Neave

  By Lisa Banks | 23 November, 2011 10:15

  Founder and CEO of Punt Club, Jason Neave, talks about his growing business, innovation and why Aussies are making their mark in the startup world.

• Is There a Lack of Innovation From Outsourcers?

  By Stephanie Overby | 22 November, 2011 08:23

  One of the biggest drivers for sending IT work overseas remains cost savings, but the ability to contribute to revenue generation has a far higher value to offshore outsourcing customers today. Yet for all their talk about contributing to customer innovation, many offshore providers still fail to deliver on that increasingly important front, says Jan Erik Aase, a sourcing and vendor management analyst with Forrester Research.

• Q&A: CIO of PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia

  By Lisa Banks | 25 October, 2011 15:43

  After being recently profiled in On Success: A Woman’s Perspective; an e-book on some of Australia’s inspirational women, PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia’s CIO, Hilda Clune, talks to CIO Australia about what it takes to manage business change and transformation, as well as the challenges she faces in the role of CIO.

• Telehealth simulation lab launches at UWS

  By Chloe Herrick | 27 September, 2011 09:22

  A new research lab that simulates telehealth services for remote and stay-at-home patients has opened at the University of Western Sydney (UWS).

• Telstra, Accenture don the lab coats to develop Cloud services

  By Hamish Barwick | 30 August, 2011 08:51

  The move to Cloud will be accelerated for Telstra’s (ASX:TLS) enterprise customers following the opening of a product innovation lab with its US-based consulting partner, Accenture, in Melbourne this week.

• Tech23: NSW govt to sponsor local startups

  By Lisa Banks | 23 August, 2011 13:00

  The New South Wales deputy state premier has announced government sponsorship of a local not-for-profit collaborative workspace, placing a strong emphasis on the technology and innovation sector as a whole.

• Former Google CIO says business misses key people marks

  By Rodney Gedda | 25 July, 2011 11:49

  The former CIO of Google and founder and CEO of ZestCash, Dr Douglas Merrill, says companies stuck in traditional management practices risk becoming irrelevant and leaders should not be afraid to do 'dumb' things.

• Eli Lilly opens innovation lab with HCL

  By Georgina Swan and Rodney Gedda | 14 July, 2011 15:09

  Global pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Indian outsourcer HCL Technologies have opened an IT innovation lab in Singapore aimed at developing novel technologies and improve operational efficiencies.

• Nanotechnology leads to self-powered battery

  By Chloe Herrick | 21 June, 2011 12:31

  Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have taken a step toward developing self-powered portable electronics by enabling piezoelectric thin films to turn mechanical pressure into electricity.

• Coca-Cola Amatil turns Microsoft, won’t look back

  By James Hutchinson | 16 June, 2011 16:13

  Some CIOs understandably treat the consumerisation of IT as a plague — a disease that must be stamped out, lest it subvert the standard operating environment they fought so hard to implement.

• How do you generate ideas? Highlight examples from your team

  By Joe Eng | 15 June, 2011 03:46

  Once you've defined what innovation means to your organization, you need examples that reinforce your message and demonstrate what innovative behavior looks like. By recognizing innovators, you make them more visible to others on your IT team. And you not only motivate these individuals to do more, you turn them into role models who motivate others. Such recognition is a big part of establishing a new practice-the attention and direction motivate people to change their behavior.