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• Tech giants unite in stance against government cyber attacks

  Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies announce joint pledge not to assist any government in offensive cyber attacks.

• DHS suffers four day system outage, union claims

  ​As the Department of Human Services’ acting CIO Charles McHardie sat before a Senate committee last week defending his department’s botched Child Support system overhaul, staff at the Child Support agency were forced to revert to pen and paper as the platform suffered a major outage, it is claimed.

• DHS's new child services system Pluto over budget, unfinished

  The Department of Human Services has spent all of the $102 million budget assigned to its still incomplete Child Services payments and case management system overhaul.

• Former Holden tech boss joins Vocus board

  General Motors Holden’s former technology chief, Julie Fahey, has joined the board of Vocus Group as a non-executive director.

• SAP sets cloud pace through multibillion-dollar acquisition

  SAP announces US$2.4 billion acquisition to help boost revenues from cloud platform, with plans to streamline its overall business during 2018.

• Big Data, Cheap Storage Bring In-Memory Analytics Into Spotlight

  In-memory analytics, like virtualization and the cloud, is an old idea that's been given new life. In this case, the combination of big data, inexpensive commodity storage and parallel processing make it possible to analyze terabytes of data without slowing systems to a crawl.

• Salesforce.com's Complexity Brings CIOs, Partners Together

  As Salesforce.com's SaaS offerings become more sophisticated, configuration and deployment gets more complex. In response, enterprises are increasingly turning to partners for implementation help.

• Apple's SAP deal means more iOS enterprise apps

  Apple continues to make headway in the business world. This week it landed a significant partnership with SAP that could have a major impact on mobile productivity.

• The evolving meaning of the 'I' in CIO

  The average tenure of CIOs has reached 5.8 years, according to CIO's 2015 State of the CIO study, but CIOs are still known for moving around a fair bit. When CIOs transition from one company to another, it's a great time to look into the future, reflect on the past and consider how the CIO's role is changing.

• This isn't your father's enterprise software

  When Patrick Benson joined Ovation Brands back in September 2013, he was given a tall order: modernize an array of legacy IT systems that could no longer keep up with the restaurant-chain conglomerate's business processes.

• NoSQL takes the database market by storm

  CARFAX, the online vehicle tracking and valuation website, built its first database in 1984 based on technology named OpenVMS. At the time, it was cutting edge for its ability to handle millions of records.

• Apple-IBM deal threatens Android's enterprise push

  The new Apple-IBM partnership seems sure to help Apple sell more iPads to businesses, but it may also be setting off alarm bells at mobile device management companies large and small.

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