Recent research suggests many CEOs have a less-than-positive relationship with information technology, but one Australian banking chief says it doesn't have to be that way.
A security task force of private industry experts, academics and government officials released a report on Monday urging CEOs and boards of directors to take responsibility for building information security programs to prevent electronic crime and help secure the Internet.
And that's just jiffy with Philip Kaplan. Thanks to his F***edCompany Web site's skewering of countless failing Internet companies, he has emerged as the accidental champion of the dot-com detritus.
The IT department is gaining stature, respect, and trust within the corporate landscape. Yet it’s not such a rosy picture when it comes to the CIO role. Take a look at the relationship snags between CIOs and CEOs, and our suggestions for improvement.
A project testing fibre to the home (FTTH) broadband technology in Tasmania is finally close to connecting trial customers, after suffering delays in the last 21 months since it was first announced.
While Sun Microsystems went to great efforts to portray Scott McNealy's stepping down from the CEO role as a natural transition and part of a well-thought out succession plan, it was clearly not something the company had chance to chat to its printers about.
A group of Australian Web technology thinkers and entrepreneurs have started a new Google Group to build the Down Under version of California's famous high-tech development locality. They call it: Silicon Beach Australia.
Troubled online storage start-up Omnidrive late last week said it was continuing to develop its products and was examining the potential to merge its technology with that of other companies.
As anybody who works from home knows, one of the great benefits of telecommuting is that pants are optional. Wear your pyjamas to that teleconference, or attend in your birthday suit if you prefer; nobody will be the wiser.
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
Recent research suggests many CEOs have a less-than-positive relationship with information technology, but one Australian banking chief says it doesn't have to be that way.
The IT department is gaining stature, respect, and trust within the corporate landscape. Yet it’s not such a rosy picture when it comes to the CIO role. Take a look at the relationship snags between CIOs and CEOs, and our suggestions for improvement.
Economics and market instability is prompting an increase in CEO turnovers. The trend, as columnist Bob Weinstein explains, brings both career challenges and opportunities for CIOs.
Bean counters and CEOs are scrutinising IT spending more than ever these days, but that's not a bad thing for CIOs.
Things have changed, and the clout that was once lavished on the CIO position is no longer automatic. In fact, the big question under debate is whether CIOs are even needed today.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt yesterday admitted that the US government has made "requests" for the search giant to share information about its users and he said Google would comply if the requests were legal.
At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, Symantec CEO John Thompson talks about three security trends he believes will significantly impact the tech industry in the years to come. He predicts that malicious software will outnumber legitimate software; identity management will grow far beyond the enterprise; and digital-rights management will become...
Microsoft CEO talks Windows Mobile. Steve Ballmer discusses importance of mobility.
At Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz and Dell CEO Michael Dell share the stage to announce that Sun's open-source operating system, Solaris, will be shipping on Dell servers.
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With Internet Explorer's market share down to around 90 percent and support for Mozilla's Firefox growing daily, it begs the question, does Opera stand a chance?
video At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Intel CEO Craig Barrett announces and demonstrates 64-bit extensions to the company's existing x86 architecture.
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.
video At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company's CTO, Pat Gelsinger, calls for an all-new computing architecture to support terabyte resources.
IBM is transferring its Printing Systems Division to Japanese electronics company Ricoh as part of a joint-venture agreement, the companies announced Thursday.
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