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Queensland energy utility Energex has created a new chief information officer position as it aims to strengthen management of its IT resources.
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Welcome to the CIO Vision Series and congratulations to Cesare Tizi, who was awarded the ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year award for 2007. Tizi was recognised for the work he did while successfully leading Australia's largest energy supplier, AGL Energy, through a period of intense change.
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Single view of IT assets saves gas company thousands.
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Intel's fastest Pentium M processor makes a grand debut in the Dell Latitude D800.
Michael Robertson, CEO of software company Lindows, has revealed himself as the formerly anonymous donor of US$200,000 in prize money in a contest to translate the Linux operating system to Microsoft's Xbox video game console.
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