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Wadeson heads super system to unite welfare
Brian Corrigan
Centrelink chief information officer John Wadeson will be a major beneficiary this week when Human Services Minister Chris Bowen announces plans to improve how agencies in his portfolio work together and combine services
Cost-cutting to net NSW $500m in IT savings
Brian Corrigan
Consolidating its sprawling technology infrastructure could save the cash-strapped NSW government more than $500 million during the next five years.
NAB settles legal battle with former CIO
Julian Bajkowski
The National Australia Bank has quietly settled a long-running legal battle with former chief information officer Ian Crouch, who had sued the institution for about $15 million in lost earnings after he was axed in a management shakeout.
Bankwest CIO Clasquin quits
Paul Smith
Bankwest chief information officer Tony Clasquin has resigned his position and will leave the institution at the end of the year.
Victoria Police IT "embarrassing"
AAP
The Victoria Police IT department was a financial fiasco so mismanaged that taxpayers blew more than $80,000 leasing a property that contained nothing but an empty cupboard.
Westpac tech spending under special review
Julian Bajkowski
Westpac Banking Corp's group head of head technology, Bob McKinnon, has collected a pay cheque of $2.089 million for the year ended November 2009, but big ticket computing items now need approval from a new special board committee, the bank's annual report says.
Telstra outlines plans to cut emissions by 2015
AAP
Australia's largest telco Telstra Corporation says it plans to reduce carbon emissions for every dollar earned by up to 15 per cent over the next six years.
Ballmer says GFC IT spending cuts are permanent
Rachael Bolton
IT spend will never recover from drops experienced this year according to Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer.
CIO Gibbons to make NRMA exit
Brian Corrigan
NRMA is searching for a new chief information officer following news that Craig Gibbons will hit the road after five years with the motoring services organisation
DiData wins $36m SA renewal
Rachael Bolton
Dimension Data has won a three-year renewal of its contract with the South Australian Government worth $36 million.
Suncorp overhauls storage systems
Rachael Bolton
Financial services company Suncorp is overhauling its storage systems in a move designed to and consolidate and standardise the way it manages data storage.
Pay cut for Microsoft's Ballmer
Rachael Bolton
Full-year Microsoft results have shown that chief executive Steve Ballmer's compensation package is down 6 per cent on last year.
New CIO for Macquarie Uni
Brian Corrigan
Macquarie University has appointed Marc Bailey to the newly created role of chief information officer
Enron broadband executive jailed for fraud
Paul Smith
A former chief executive of Enron Broadband Services has been jailed for 16 months after he plead guilty to fraud
IT industry leaders seek closer NSW ties
Brian Corrigan
Industry leaders have called for closer ties with the NSW government as it sets out on a cost-cutting program that is expected to wipe more than $100 million from information and communications technology spending over the next four years.

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research

Gershon groundhog day?
Rob Mackinnon, IBRS
Organisations tend to resist change with well-developed immune systems...
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Making the transition to line manager
Alan Hansell, IBRS
The founding fathers and job losses
David Mitchell , Ovum
Managing IT in economic downturns
Rob McKinnon, IBRS

magazine

Guns for hire
Brian Corrigan
A new breed of business executives is filling the void when organisations find themselves without a suitable technology leader; Brian Corrigan asks whether their emergence is proof that many companies are not doing enough to bring the next generation through...
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Hospital of the future
Paul Smith
After the drought
Rachael Bolton
Make the most of conflict
Amy Gallo

multimedia

The Scoop - Future of the CIO
Mark Jones
If CIOs have become "business enablers," who makes the technology decisions?..
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End of year review - year of the internet?
Are the good times back? What were the highlights and lowlights of 2009? Can we call it the Year of the Internet?..
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whitepapers

Adaptive networks: your competitive edge
ProCurve Networking by HP
Things change so rapidly, it's like a Darwinian struggle to keep up..
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Advancing the economics of networking
Juniper Networks Inc
OS impact on enterprise network performance
Juniper Networks Inc
What's behind network downtime?
Juniper Networks Inc

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Guns for hire
Brian Corrigan
A new breed of business executives is filling the void when organisations find themselves without a suitable technology leader; Brian Corrigan asks whether their emergence is proof that many companies are not doing enough to bring the next generation through...
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