Stories by Lauren Thomsen-Moore

CIO job going in where else but Queensland?

Brisbane City Council is crossing the Queensland border and undertaking a nation-wide search to find a new chief information officer (CIO).
The council has placed advertisements in numerous state and national newspapers in its hunt for a CIO who will be responsible for the organisation's overall strategic direction and to oversee four large IT projects that are still in the pipeline.

Optus and Microsoft partner for Smartphone

Aiming to "unhinge people from their desktops", Optus Mobile and Microsoft today launched the first Windows-powered Smartphone which is being pitched at business customers.

Stayput CIOs wait out jobs slowdown

Headhunting in senior IT professional ranks is little seen compared to the raging 90s with CIOs and IT execs 'staying put' in their current positions. Job openings in these fields are now extremely rare, according to a new survey.

St George Bank's Web site suffers outage

St George Bank's Web site suffered a "brief "outage this morning, leaving thousands of customers unable to connect to the bank's homepage or its Internet bank.

Promises, promises, but not for CRM

Vendors with overblown promises and CRM’s complexity are to blame for failed projects, according to the head of the customer knowledge management team at National Australia Bank (NAB), Charles Lawoko.

Council prepares to extend e-comm

Baulkham Hills Shire Council will add a Web-enabled version of an electronic document management system it spent $600,000 implementing three years ago.

Penrith Panthers scores high with IT project

Home of the Penrith Panthers, Panthers Entertainment Group is undertaking a range of IT projects, which its CIO claims is "as close to a corporate brain transplant as it gets".

Wendy's scoops up savings on messaging

Wendy's, the ice cream seller with a turnover of about $90 million a year, has almost completed streamlining communication and business systems with its 300 franchise sites.

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