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  • Search on for CIO to aid remote indigenous communities

    A nationwide search has begun to find a CIO to head up a two-year project working with indigenous communities across Australia.

  • Mansfield paves CEO path for tech execs

    Business leader Bob Mansfield has lent staunch support to IT executives bidding to progress to chief executive level, claiming that as long as they develop their management skills, they are on a sure path to the top job.

  • CIOs winning favour with CEOs: Analyst

    Chief information officers (CIOs) are bypassing their long time rivalry with the finance department and increasingly reporting to the chief executive, according to an IDC survey.

  • Strategy skills needed as CIO role evolves

    Australian information technology (IT) managers will struggle to become good chief information officers (CIO) unless they learn the skills to manage the role's increasingly strategic influence on business, according to former Telstra manager-turned-academic, Professor Steve Burdon.

  • Gates, Jobs top leadership list

    Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are atop a new list of the most admired company leaders, as ranked by business decision makers around the world.

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    Should powerful women in tech be judged solely on their achievements, or within the context of their 'femaleness'? It's a confusing issue and I'm still not sure...

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Rich pickings

    Like the vast majority of people holding up the bottom end of the Australian economic pyramid, I always get a vicarious thrill out of reading the BRW Rich 200 List and finding out just how much money the people at the pointy end are hoarding.

Features and Case Studies (153)

  • 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.

  • The risk of IT

    Some high-profile IT disasters have made boards of directors highly sensitive to risky IT rollouts. We look at how IT affects the bottom line, and how CIOs can progress with IT projects while avoiding disastrous implementations.

  • Structuring for IT success

    No longer is it enough for IT to serve as gatekeeper for new technology and business information. Instead, IT must forge a new role as technology partner and facilitator.

  • Making it to the board table

    To become a vital member of the executive team, CIOs must have strong communication abilities, team leadership attributes, and leave their own agendas outside the boardroom.

  • CIOs cannot go to war with CFOs: Coles Myer

    Coles Myer's chief information officer, Peter Mahler, claims that even though CIOs may no longer be subordinate to the CFO, it remains imperative they make that executive an ally.

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    Would you put the security of your company into someone else's hands? ZDNet Australia finds out what benefits and peace of mind a managed service can provide.

  • Making the upgrade

    You've got a lot invested in that current infrastructure, but there are those who are telling you it's time to upgrade. When is really the right time?

  • 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.

  • All taped up

    Everyone thinks that tape is a dull topic, until they lose some essential data and everyone comes screaming for backups. Technology & Business gets the low down on tape storage offerings and directions.

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