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    Web services have great potential, but security concerns are preventing many organisations from taking advantage of the technology. Here are several suggested policies that CIOs can follow to develop a solid Web services plan.

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    The dream of the paperless office is as far away as it ever was, or at least that's what printer vendors will tell you. But electronic documents are making serious inroads into their dead-tree rivals.

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

  • Smart planning reduces Web services security risks

    Web services have great potential, but security concerns are preventing many organisations from taking advantage of the technology. Here are several suggested policies that CIOs can follow to develop a solid Web services plan.

  • How to integrate hosted applications

    As it becomes more popular to have applications hosted by an external service provider, what implications does this have for integrating those applications with your other systems? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Microsoft, Adobe in document showdown?

    Adobe Systems' Acrobat Reader software has become one of those rare birds in personal computing: a de facto standard that has nothing to do with industry giant Microsoft.

  • ROI for Web services: Risk factors

    Many IT executives are on the fence about Web services. Find out what one expert has to say about making the decision to implement and the associated risk factors that you must factor in to any ROI projection for Web services projects.

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