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• The big 27,000: Win7 ensnares Centrelink

  As Microsoft launches Windows 7 in Australia, major federal welfare agency Centrelink is planning to migrate to the new operating system by mid next year. Will other companies follow its example, or will Microsoft see the same lack of interest for Windows 7 as it did for Vista?

• Speech recognition for Centrelink IT support

  Welfare agency Centrelink has implemented a voice recognition system from vendor Nuance to make its internal IT support hotline more efficient and effective.

• Centrelink testing Windows 7

  Welfare agency Centrelink has praised early test versions of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system, saying they show a jump in quality over the much-maligned Windows Vista.

• Customs passes on Windows 7

  The Australians Customs and Border Protection Service this week said at this stage it had no plans to upgrade its extensive Windows Vista desktop fleet to Microsoft's incoming operating system Windows 7.

• DIAC hits key Systems for People goals

  The Department of Immigration and Citizenship is about to put major elements of its mammoth Systems for People technology overhaul behind it as it looks to its next release.

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  Nobody protects Macs, not even Steve Jobs

  Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?

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  Million dollar job offer

  Informatica Australia managing director Laurie Newman is so sure the position of Chief Data Officer will be commonplace in five years, he's willing to bet you a million dollars.

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• Government CIO spotlight on: Security

  How do four of Australia's largest government agencies protect their networks from attackers? To find out, ZDNet.com.au went to Canberra and spoke to the CIOs of Customs, Centrelink, Defence and the Australian Tax Office.

• Centrelink: John Wadeson, CIO

  Centrelink, Australia's welfare payment organisation, deals with millions of transactions and billions of dollars every week. CIO John Wadeson recently spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the challenges of running one of the country's largest IT infrastructures.

• Can the government solve its IT woes?

  Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?

• Centrelink lays off old project management ideas

  The sheer size and breadth of Centrelink's operations has always meant project management there is a Herculean effort. Taking a new approach to its people and project scheduling has improved the situation dramatically -- but change hasn't been easy.

• Is Gershon's contractor cull a furphy?

  Canberra apparently has two plagues: kangaroos and IT contractors. After years fattening up on Canberra's fields, they've been marked by the government for a major cull. But is the latter group still the problem they once were?

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• Is Linux taking over the enterprise?

  These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.

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