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  • What makes a successful IT manager?

    To succeed as an IT manager, and to advance your career, you need some very specific traits--11 to be exact. Here are the skills you need to be at the top of your game.

  • Saving your life in bits and bytes

    "Consider a future device for individual use, which is a sort of mechanised private file and library," wrote information technology visionary Vannevar Bush in the July 1945 issue of the Atlantic Monthly.

  • Improve performance reviews with these tips

    Performance reviews are rarely comfortable for the employee or the manager, but you can make them more positive by watching what you say.

  • IT field guide: Survival without a leader

    If you find yourself without a leader, take a cue from Private John Winger, from the classic 1981 movie Stripes: Learn to rely on yourself and your team to get the job done.

  • Keep your team on track during turmoil

    Managers need to act before corporate churn causes low morale and high turnover among their employees. Adopt these tips to guide your team.

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  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    I'm a celebrity, don't back me up

    Celebrity comes with its perks free alcohol, better-looking partners, lots of holiday time and disadvantages constant media intrusions, being forced to appear in films with Eddie Murphy for the long-term good of your career, and having to do mindless radio interviews with angry men who've been awake since 4am.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Why sex scandals are good for data management

    Convincing people of the importance of regular backups and a proper data management plan is a bit like persuading them of the necessity of regular visits to the dentist no-one bothers until they wake up in the morning screaming with pain. But if you can't persuade them with pain, sex often works a treat.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Women in ICT a rare breed

    A quick scan of almost any ICT department, ICT conference or vendor environment confirms that women who embrace technology as a lifelong career remain a rare breed.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

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    My interview with the government's ICT skills and professional development taskforce last week shed new light on what exactly is missing in the industry's skills shortage.

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  • Top 10 reasons you shouldn't be a project manager

    You've all seen top 10 lists of the best traits of a project manager or the top 10 skills of a project manager. However, project management is not for everyone. Many people have some of the traits to be a good project manager, but they also have many traits that make them a bad fit for the position.

  • What's your five-year plan?

    CIOs and IT managers may have their departments running smoothly, but are they planning their own careers with the same vigilance?

  • What makes a successful IT manager?

    To succeed as an IT manager, and to advance your career, you need some very specific traits--11 to be exact. Here are the skills you need to be at the top of your game.

  • Career regrets? IT pros have more than a few

    As these IT managers' stories illustrate, career regrets can encompass missed opportunities, bad decisions, and sticky situations. What are the career lessons worth learning?

  • Transitioning from developer to manager

    Making the move from developer to manager means more money, but it also means more responsibility and headaches. These best practices will help.

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  • Belkin N1 Router

    We're still waiting for a product that totally delivers on the promises of the 802.11n specification, but Belkin's N1 at least comes closer than most. What's more, it's an exceptionally easy router to both install and maintain.

  • People are the problem: 3 HR management packages tested

    Does your company's human resource management functions need to be automated? We look at what you need to consider, and three packages to help you do it.

  • Macromedia Studio MX 2004

    Macromedia has updated its Web developer's suite: we review the key elements -- Flash, Fireworks and Dreamweaver.

  • Open source face-off: Mitch Kapor vs Bill Gates

    Determined to outduel Bill Gates Lotus founder Mitch Kapor is in search of an Outlook killer which promises to be a blast from the past, and open source.

  • Microsoft's security chief gets serious

    Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.

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