Stories by David Beynon

Ebusiness goes private

IBM has announced a suite of business-to-business services for building private e-market places.

Hysteria not required

An industry specialist called one of our sales people to ask "Why did you name this security supplement Bullet Proof, there's no such thing as a bulletproof enterprise!" He was right, of course, but we needed something dramatic to put on our cover. Consider 'Bullet Proof' to be a mission statement, and one slightly out reach at that.

Tame that beast

A four-headed hydra lurking in the hallway would give most people sleepless nights. Such a creature - insatiable, unpredictable, and dangerous - is likened to the challenge of managing your organisation's IT infrastructure in this supplement's cover story.

Call for nominations

Computerworld is seeking Fellows Awards nominees from the ranks of IT&T professionals throughout Australia.
Nominees will be individuals who have reached an exceptional level of achievement in their careers as information technology leaders.

Intel Chiefs Push Open Standards for Telecoms

Intel president and CEO Craig Barrett has challenged telecommunications industries' reliance on closed and proprietary technology, claiming that this position will see it struggle to cope with the costs of meeting escalating traffic volumes in coming years. In his keynote address to Telecom Asia 2000 in Hong Kong Barrett worked to position Intel as a provider of open standards building blocks of the kind that he believes should be adopted by the telecommunications and service providers.

Which hubs will still turn in 2002?

A recent count shows that there are some 22 vertical hubs and 27 horizontal online trading hubs in Australia, according to Interactive Knowledge Online's Directory of E-Business Trading Hubs.

The customer connection

Welcome to Mastering the Customer Connection, a joint project for enterprise computing professionals from Computerworld and CIO.

Talking Heads

At our virtual roundtable, analysts discuss (via e-mail) CRM's promise and reality

Editorial: Not an outsourcing blow-out

The current Clayton's enquiry into federal government IToutsourcing on the back of an unfavourable report from the auditor general, which revealed a 300 per cent cost blow-out instead of expected costs savings, has limited relevance for the private sector.
It's true that the federal government has pursued outsourcing with a sometimes ideological zeal and spent too much along the way, providing much fuel for the federal opposition's ongoing anti-outsourcing campaign, as reported in Computerworld (September 18, p1 and November 13, p1). Federal government accountability is one thing, practicality for enterprise IT departments is another.

IS Lite - the next generation

Dubbed 'IS Lite', the next generation IS organisation would comprise a savvy leader in the role of strategist and services broker supported by a relatively small elite team.

Line-of-Business Treasure the Grail of IT Survival

Gartner chief executive officer Michael Fleisher has challenged top-line IT executives to shift their focus towards business goals or risk finding themselves in charge of ever shrinking ‘islands'.

Editorial: Agents of ex-change?

From the 'Death of IT' to 'Agents of ex-change' in seven months? Forrester Research created a stir early this year when it forecast that IT departments had roughly three years to live until they were buried by e-commerce models that put technology management directly into the hands of business managers and outside service providers, (Computerworld, February 21, p14).

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