IT managers rate 2005's top techs
If 2004 was the year for CIOs to be a disciplined cost managers, 2005 will be the year to spend some of those hard-earned savings.
If 2004 was the year for CIOs to be a disciplined cost managers, 2005 will be the year to spend some of those hard-earned savings.
Despite a Christmas log-jam of IT vendor mergers - and the inevitable mass sackings that come with them - recruitment consultants believe core technical staff with IT vendors will retain their positions as their peers in sales, marketing and human resources are cut adrift.
Australian IT managers are hoping the marriage between storage software vendor Veritas and security firm Symantec will spawn a superior product; however, many of Veritas' customers still seem blissfully unaware the merger is going ahead.
Emboldened by its Senate majority, the federal government is pushing ahead with a proposed national database to monitor firearms and their owners in Australia, with Justice Minister Chris Ellison describing the project as a "radical overhaul" of firearms licensing, registration and tracking.
A prototype application for Web-enabling legacy systems has resulted in an online renewal service for vehicle registrations and driving licences in the Northern Territory.
Automotive component manufacturer Johnson Controls has inked a seven-year deal with IBM Business Consulting Services to manage its customer contact centre operations.
Never short of a comment on vendor consolidation, the IT analyst community was quick to opine on what news of Oracle's PeopleSoft acquisition will mean to users.
A Federal government review of so-called expert systems software used by public servants making policy decisions has found the software is useful but recommended human beings should ultimately retain control and responsibility over decision-making rather than computers.
Asset management is like doing the dishes: eventually it has to be done and the more dishes that accumulate, the bigger the problem of keeping track of the task at hand.
The annual Telecommunications Performance Report for 2003/04 has found high levels of customer dissatisfaction with the service Australia's biggest carriers currently provide.
Fewer than 40 percent of CIOs come from in-house promotions due to the training and development needed to groom prospects for the role.
Contract rates for CIOs and IT managers have plummeted by up to 37 percent from last year, according to an annual remuneration survey from IT placement firm Ambition Recruitment.
Only weeks after the Australian Taxation office called in a specialist decontamination unit to exorcise the data centre demon of zinc whiskers, another Australian victim has stepped forward to warn others of the bizarre metallic syndrome.
After developing a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) solution for one of Australia's largest biometric projects, Cybertrust is set to leverage that experience to win similar contracts overseas.
Vodafone has received a formal warning from the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) for taking too long to convert users to alternative carriers.