The great universal truths of IT
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IBM Aims to Bring Apple, Social Networking to the Enterprise
IBM is endorsing the notion that Apple is ready for businessBig Blue wants a piece of high-flying Apple, as well as a slice of the social networking craze. As Macworld Expo gets underway in San Francisco today, IBM unveiled enterprise-class social software for the iPhone and Mac. - +
How IT Can Fix A 'Death By PowerPoint' Presentation Problem
The first step to remedying a presentation problem is admitting you need helpIT departments today have many well-defined responsibilities. But what about helping business users with not just the technical side but also the creative elements of their presentations?
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BlackBerry (Finally) Gets 'Official' Craigslist Mobile App
The app is better organized and it's both easier and faster to navigate than the websiteBlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has finally decided to give its blessing to the "official" craigslist mobile app for BlackBerry smartphones. - +
Why Watching 'Lost' Is Like Managing ERP
65 percent of enterprise software implementations fail. "Dude, that's really bad".Since the fall of 2004, I've invested a lot of time, given way too much thought to, and probably annoyed plenty of people over all things Lost. Like a crazy, unpredictable friend in your life, the show has consumed me, frustrated me, surprised me, exasperated me and kept me on my toes.
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How IT Can Fix A 'Death By PowerPoint' Presentation Problem
The first step to remedying a presentation problem is admitting you need helpIT departments today have many well-defined responsibilities. But what about helping business users with not just the technical side but also the creative elements of their presentations? - +
BI's Dirty Secret: Better Tools No Match for Bad Strategy
Demand for analytic applications will most likely be insatiable for the foreseeable futureThe pressure on CIOs to deliver business intelligence tools and analytic applications--on the cheap and ASAP--has been building steadily for years. In 2010, survey results point out that that demand has reached a fever pitch with which CIOs are very familiar.
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The Latest BlackBerry Spyware Scare: Don't Worry, Yet
It is no more a hack than a user being asked to perform five steps to install spyware software on their PCHere we go again. Another BlackBerry security scare, in which some "noble" researcher explains to all of us blissfully-unaware BlackBerry users that our precious devices aren't nearly as safe as we think they are. - +
Windows 7 Tips: Best Security Features
IT can specify which applications can run on employees' desktopsFor both enterprises and consumers, one of the big draws of Windows 7 has been its tighter security features.
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Healthcare IT Dilemma: iPad Lust Meets Software Reality
Most successful access or desktop virtualization projects in healthcare focus on systems that are beefier than handheldsIn addition to being a top priority for legislators and the press, healthcare has become a major target for IT vendors. Driven by economic pressures that force hospitals to merge and consolidate, regulations that force better documentation and security, and legislation that may fundamentally change the industry's business models, healthcare companies will spend more on technology this year than any other type of company, according to a study released Jan. 31 by Enterprise Strategy Group. - +
10 Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2010
Most consolidation in 2010 will focus on acquisitions of complementary capabilities as opposed to mergers to increase scaleIt was a long year of intense ups and downs in the IT outsourcing industry. Consolidation among vendors and interest in remote infrastructure management increased, while overall outsourcing demand and IT services pricing decreased.
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Outsourcing Ruling Against EDS Gives Customers Power
It will be harder for customers to get vendors to accept riskIn what could be an important decision for the IT outsourcing industry and its customers, a London court recently ruled that EDS (now part of Hewlett-Packard) must pay damages to a former outsourcing customer for failing to live up to its sales pitch. - +
IT Outsourcing: Why It Pays to Appraise Your Contract
Good business practice may necessitate periodic compliance or operations auditsEveryone knows a good outsourcing relationship needs to be actively managed. So does a good IT outsourcing contract.
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Healthcare IT Dilemma: iPad Lust Meets Software Reality
Most successful access or desktop virtualization projects in healthcare focus on systems that are beefier than handheldsIn addition to being a top priority for legislators and the press, healthcare has become a major target for IT vendors. Driven by economic pressures that force hospitals to merge and consolidate, regulations that force better documentation and security, and legislation that may fundamentally change the industry's business models, healthcare companies will spend more on technology this year than any other type of company, according to a study released Jan. 31 by Enterprise Strategy Group. - +
How IT Can Fix A 'Death By PowerPoint' Presentation Problem
The first step to remedying a presentation problem is admitting you need helpIT departments today have many well-defined responsibilities. But what about helping business users with not just the technical side but also the creative elements of their presentations?
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Is 2010 the year of location-based services?
Dr Giles Nelson, director of strategy at Progress Software, says 2010 is the year location-based services finally become mainstream.Dr Giles Nelson, director of strategy at Progress Software, says 2010 is the year location-based services finally become mainstream. - +
The Strategic CIO: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
There comes a time in every CIO’s career when it’s time to move on. Here’s how one CIO handled the changing of the guard with grace and style. . .There comes a time in every CIO's career when it's time to move on. Here's how one CIO handled the changing of the guard with grace and style...
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Juniper hit with $US169m backdating settlement
Juniper Networks has reportedly agreed to pay $US169 million to settle a 4-year-old lawsuit over backdating stock options, a practice that entrapped and embarrassed many high-tech firms over the past decade. - +
Curtin CIO cements future in cloud computing
If successful, cloud computing will enable IT departments to concentrate of managing information rather than physical assets, according to Curtin University of Technology CIO Peter Nikoletatos who is leading a trial of a hybrid public-private cloud infrastructure. - +
Microsoft to crack down on Windows 7 activation cracks
Microsoft today said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks. - +
Dell acquires systems management vendor Kace
Dell acquired security vendor Kace Networks, a systems management appliance company, for an undisclosed amount on Thursday. - +
Queensland recruits new ICT jobs model
The Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association (ITCRA) has praised the Queensland Government's new ICT procurement model, calling it a win-win for the Government and ICT contractors. - +
Google buys social search company Aardvark
Google is buying Aardvark, a company that fields questions and routes them for answers to the most qualified respondents within the user's social-networking circle. - +
SAP makes more executive changes
The high-profile shakeup at SAP's top executive levels continued Thursday with the announcement that executive board member John Schwarz, viewed by some observers as a potential future CEO at the company, has resigned. - +
How IT Can Fix A 'Death By PowerPoint' Presentation Problem
IT departments today have many well-defined responsibilities. But what about helping business users with not just the technical side but also the creative elements of their presentations? - +
Video will account for bulk of mobile data in four years, Cisco says
Cisco has been saying for years that mobile video data traffic content is exploding, and it now expects the amount of video traffic in 2014 to be 66% of all mobile data traffic by 2014. That prediction came in a new forecast by the networking company. - +
Healthcare IT Dilemma: iPad Lust Meets Software Reality
In addition to being a top priority for legislators and the press, healthcare has become a major target for IT vendors. Driven by economic pressures that force hospitals to merge and consolidate, regulations that force better documentation and security, and legislation that may fundamentally change the industry's business models, healthcare companies will spend more on technology this year than any other type of company, according to a study released Jan. 31 by Enterprise Strategy Group. - +
The Latest BlackBerry Spyware Scare: Don't Worry, Yet
Here we go again. Another BlackBerry security scare, in which some "noble" researcher explains to all of us blissfully-unaware BlackBerry users that our precious devices aren't nearly as safe as we think they are. - +
Outsourcing Ruling Against EDS Gives Customers Power
In what could be an important decision for the IT outsourcing industry and its customers, a London court recently ruled that EDS (now part of Hewlett-Packard) must pay damages to a former outsourcing customer for failing to live up to its sales pitch. - +
Technologies come and go, but managing networks is still about problem-solving
Technologies come and go, but managing networks is still about problem-solving in a changing world, as these IT executives can attest. - +
CA brings SOA security to open source JBoss
CA has announced its SiteMinder and SOA Security Manager products are now available for the open source JBoss middleware platform. - +
Intel to release storage-specific processor this week
Intel said this week that it plans to launch its embedded storage chip, code-named Jasper Forest, in the next several days. - +
MessagePhone: an affordable smartphone for the masses
The latest smartphone for a mass market has been unveiled not by Apple or Nokia or any other recognizable consumer electronics company but by a messaging software vendor that services mobile carriers.
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From Paper Tape to Data Sticks: The Evolution of Removable Storage
Brave users of history's earliest computers programmed those massive electronic beasts through jumper wires plugged into arrays of sockets. - +
IBM Aims to Bring Apple, Social Networking to the Enterprise
Big Blue wants a piece of high-flying Apple, as well as a slice of the social networking craze. As Macworld Expo gets underway in San Francisco today, IBM unveiled enterprise-class social software for the iPhone and Mac. - +
Queensland recruits new ICT jobs model
The Information Technology Contract and Recruitment Association (ITCRA) has praised the Queensland Government's new ICT procurement model, calling it a win-win for the Government and ICT contractors. - +
Skyfire buys Kolbysoft to make an Android browser
Skyfire plans to extend its browser to the Android mobile platform after acquiring Kolbysoft, the maker of the Steel browser interface for Android. - +
Healthcare IT Dilemma: iPad Lust Meets Software Reality
In addition to being a top priority for legislators and the press, healthcare has become a major target for IT vendors. Driven by economic pressures that force hospitals to merge and consolidate, regulations that force better documentation and security, and legislation that may fundamentally change the industry's business models, healthcare companies will spend more on technology this year than any other type of company, according to a study released Jan. 31 by Enterprise Strategy Group. - +
Technologies come and go, but managing networks is still about problem-solving
Technologies come and go, but managing networks is still about problem-solving in a changing world, as these IT executives can attest. - +
Microsoft to crack down on Windows 7 activation cracks
Microsoft today said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks. - +
Android, LTE set to dominate in Barcelona
An abundance of products based on Google's Android OS as well as modems for the next-generation mobile network technology LTE (Long-Term Evolution) will greet visitors at Mobile World Congress, which starts on Monday in Barcelona. - +
Study: Yahoo's search slide continues, while Bing climbs
U.S. residents continue to shift their search engine use from Yahoo to Microsoft, a trend that started in mid-2009 after Microsoft introduced its new Bing engine and the companies signed a deal to partner in search. - +
Oracle calls for JavaOne papers
Oracle has issued a call for papers for a rescheduled JavaOne conference, to be held this year alongside Oracle OpenWorld, Sept. 19-23, in San Francisco. - +
How IT Can Fix A 'Death By PowerPoint' Presentation Problem
IT departments today have many well-defined responsibilities. But what about helping business users with not just the technical side but also the creative elements of their presentations? - +
SGI offers supercomputing as a service
SGI is rolling out what it believes is the first hosted supercomputing service on the market. - +
Google buys social search company Aardvark
Google is buying Aardvark, a company that fields questions and routes them for answers to the most qualified respondents within the user's social-networking circle. - +
SAP makes more executive changes
The high-profile shakeup at SAP's top executive levels continued Thursday with the announcement that executive board member John Schwarz, viewed by some observers as a potential future CEO at the company, has resigned. - +
Dell acquires systems management vendor Kace
Dell acquired security vendor Kace Networks, a systems management appliance company, for an undisclosed amount on Thursday. - +
Winter Games: Videogame your way through the Olympics
With the 2010 Winter Olympics about to begin in Vancouver, the eyes of the world will be on the athletes as they go for the gold. Most of the rest of us will be watching from our living rooms.
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CIO Industry Insight Podcast #6: Brenton Smith, Managing Director, CA (ANZ) 26 October, 2009 12:47:52
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers talks with Brenton Smith, CA's managing director in Australia and New Zealand, about how the software multinational coped with the global economic downturn, it's Mainframe 2.0 initiative and the company plans for cloud computing. - +
CIO Live Podcast #88: Mark Toomey, author of Waltzing with the Elephant: A Comprehensive Guide to Directing and Controlling Information Technology 24 September, 2009 11:55:25
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers interviews Mark Toomey, author of "Waltzing with the Elephant: A Comprehensive Guide to Directing and Controlling Information Technology". Framed around the international standard ISO/IEC 38500, Waltzing with the Elephant explains what IT governance is, how it fits into the overall regime of corporate governance and IT service management and also defines the characteristics that organisations should exhibit when they are truly effective in governing their use of IT. - +
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Cloud computing is an important new stage in the evolution of commercial IT, but this technological advancement is still confusing to many senior IT executives. In this special edition podcast, CIO Australia editor Matt Rodgers speaks to Stephen Hains, Director, ANZ IBM, to help clear the fog surrounding cloud computing models. - +
CIO Industry Insight Podcast #5: Lindsey Armstrong, Head of International Field Sales, Salesforce.com 21 August, 2009 10:13:46
CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers talks with Lindsey Armstrong, head of Salesforce.com's international business, about how the global financial crisis is affecting the SaaS provider, the state of the company's partnerships with the likes of Facebook, Amazon and Twitter, and the role that its platform-as-a-service offering, Force.com, will play in the future of Cloud Computing. - +
CIO Live Podcast #87: Rethinking the Customer Relationship Part II: David Jaffe, co-author of The Best Service is No Service 10 August, 2009 09:46:25
Part II of CIO Australia Editor Matt Rodgers' interview with David Jaffe, co-author of The Best Service is No Service, a new book which asserts that Customer Relationship Managers are using the wrong metrics and should be instead trying to reduce customer contacts by treating service an indicator of dysfunction and figuring out how to eliminate the demand.
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The Latest BlackBerry Spyware Scare: Don't Worry, Yet 11 February, 2010 06:07:00
It is no more a hack than a user being asked to perform five steps to install spyware software on their PCHere we go again. Another BlackBerry security scare, in which some "noble" researcher explains to all of us blissfully-unaware BlackBerry users that our precious devices aren't nearly as safe as we think they are. - +
Australian parliament Web site attacked 11 February, 2010 05:32:00
Denial-of-service attack comes after warning from AnonymousThe Australian Parliament's Web site was hit by an apparent denial-of-service attack Wednesday, two days after the hacking group Anonymous threatened attacks over the government's plan to filter Web content. - +
PayPal: India payments suspended for 'at least a few months' 10 February, 2010 08:40:00
The company said it is working to resolve the problem with Indian regulatorsPayPal said a ban on personal transactions to and from India will continue for "at least a few months" while the online payment service tries to resolve a problem with local regulators. - +
CA brings SOA security to open source JBoss 09 February, 2010 10:08:00
More commercial options for widely-used app serverCA has announced its SiteMinder and SOA Security Manager products are now available for the open source JBoss middleware platform. - +
Indian pleads guilty in overseas stock hacking scheme 08 February, 2010 07:50:00
The group of hackers compromised brokerage accounts, then pumped up the prices of stocksAn Indian national pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and aggravated identity-theft charges related to an international fraud scheme to hack into online brokerage accounts in the U.S. and use them to manipulate stock prices, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
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