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After the drought
Rachael Bolton
Few understand water's importance more than those who have known severe shortages; Rachael Bolton finds smart technology protecting this scarce resource in south-east Queensland.
Benefits under the hood
Enterprise architecture is a behind-the-scenes creator of value rather than a value in itself and that's how it should be sold to businesses, Rob Mackinnon writes.
Transfer of power
Mark Jones
Cloud computing is being pitched as the fifth utility but it doesn't solve looming problems associated with the insatiable appetite for electricity, Mark Jones writes.
Travel companions
John Davidson
John Davidson gets hip to the trip with a large but lovely GPS device, a slim and sleek laptop and an oh-so-smooth BlackBerry
Labor breaks $448m tech promise, says industry
Brian Corrigan
The ICT industry has accused the Labor government of breaking a $447.5 million promise to reinvest savings generated through an aggressive cost-cutting exercise into new computer projects.
Canberra aims to set green example
Brian Corrigan
The federal government will improve the energy efficiency of its information and communications technology equipment by 20 per cent in the next five years, following the release of a sustainability plan.
Cloud poses threat to the old guard
Brian Corrigan
The business models of traditional software vendors will come under serious threat over the next few years as organisations increasingly adopt cloud-based computing.
NBN Co overcomes growing pains
Brian Corrigan
Scaling IT resources to match growth is critical for any organisation but few have been faced with the challenges and opportunities that confronted the management team at NBN Co.
Systems shocker
By Paul Smith
The litany of errors that threw Queensland Health's payroll into chaos could become a teaching module for how not to carry out a major technology project, but we've been here before
Digital dividends
By Julian Bajkowski
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has made some serious progress in delivering a national broadband network but his proposals for an internet filter have stalled
Blurring boundaries
By Rachael Bolton
Technology is fast eroding the traditional divisions between our work and personal lives, which should be a benefit for both employer and employee if managed correctly.
Gadgets: on the move
BY John Davidson
It's a connected world
Work to be done
Mark Jones
Tech vendors call it collaboration but it can be argued that this is all in a typical day's work
Talk the talk
Linda Price
Despite differing CIO opinions of Web 2.0 and working collaboratively, social networking will certainly have a massive impact on businesses.
Old data, new tricks
Rachael Bolton
Work is under way to find different ways of using the vast amounts of information gathered every day but the rules of engagement have yet to be finalised
Gadgets: Phone a friend
John Davidson
Rediscover the telephone as a classic style statement that also meets today's needs, John Davidson suggests
Cloud can obscure legal dangers
Rachel Bolton
Complacency over the perils of offshore data storage may have led Australian companies to make potentially dangerous decisions.
Australia Post backed away from national ID card
Julian Bajkowski
Australia Post has confirmed that it evaluated the idea of issuing Australians with a voluntary smartcard.
Human Services to combine IT resources
Brian Corrigan
Consumers will be able to access services provided by Centrelink, Medicare and the Child Support Agency through a single phone number and website.
Heavyweights welcome $500m in reallocated spending
Brian Corrigan
Companies are breathing a sigh of relief after the federal government issued a long shopping list of projects to be funded from savings generated by an IT spending review.