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  • Oakton appoints operations chief

    Australian IT services provider Oakton has promoted one of its senior staffers to the post of executive general manager of operations, a role which appears to mirror that of departed COO Steve Parker.

  • Oakton joins layoff list

    Technology consultant Oakton has seen a number of redundancies within the last six weeks as the company reviewed its position in the market.

  • Conroy in a sticky legal position: Minchin

    The government would land itself in legal hot water if it decided to negotiate with Telstra after the telco appeared to fail to put in a compliant National Broadband Network bid, Shadow Communications Minister Nick Minchin said today.

  • Oakton, SMS slow 2009 hiring plans

    Two fast-growing Australian IT services firms have planned a more cautious approach to hiring in 2009 to reflect unpredictable conditions.

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    Cesare Tizi, who was the chief information officer at Australia's largest energy supplier AGL Energy, has been awarded the title of ZDNet Australia CIO of the year 2007.

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    The key for organisations wanting to learn how to best utilise Twitter lies in understanding the subtle differences between it and other social networking tools.

  • ZDNet Australia CIO of the year

    Cesare Tizi, who was the chief information officer at Australia's largest energy supplier AGL Energy, has been awarded the title of ZDNet Australia CIO of the year 2007.

  • Sydney Anglican Schools finds way to better reports

    Financial administration isn't always an area where cutting-edge technology and application innovation are desirable. For Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation, this simple truth has led the organisation through years of long change as it works to modernise its administrative systems.

  • Will your next CIO be a non-techie?

    More and more top IT roles are filled by someone outside IT -- or at least by a reformed techie.

  • Project managers staring into generation gap

    Retiring project managers should be directed into mentorship roles for knowledge transfer rather than being assigned to projects they may never see the end of, a project management expert has advised.

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  • Here come the fastest notebooks yet

    Intel's new mobile chip, the Pentium III-M, promises ever greater speeds for mobile computers while using less battery power and creating less heat. Already, notebook makers have products featuring the cool new chip that will be in the shops in month or two.

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