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  • Little joy for CIOs in 2006: Gartner

    Your job is cactus, project management is impossible and outsourcing sucks.

  • Gartner: What CIOs must do in 2003

    Next year's priorities should be continued cost-cutting and championing of Web services and instant messaging, according to research.

  • CIOs shift focus to IT services in 2005: Gartner

    Chief information officers (CIOs) will be shifting their priorities in 2005 to improving business processes, according to analyst Bob Hayward from Gartner Group.

  • Fairfax IT chief returns to Gartner

    Gartner today said Fairfax Media's senior IT executive Linda Price would return to the analyst firm's ranks to lead its Asia-Pacific Executive Programs group which specialises in CIO-level relationships.

  • Monash revamps IT support arm

    Melbourne's Monash University has revealed plans to overhaul and beef up its information technology support division, with the creation of an over-arching chief information officer position and the launch of a new shared services strategy.

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  • Gartner: What CIOs must do in 2003

    Next year's priorities should be continued cost-cutting and championing of Web services and instant messaging, according to research.

  • ZDNet Australia CIO of the year

    Cesare Tizi, who was the chief information officer at Australia's largest energy supplier AGL Energy, has been awarded the title of ZDNet Australia CIO of the year 2007.

  • Of sales quotas and CIOs

    At the rate the role of CIOs are changing, non-traditional responsibilities such as sales and marketing could soon come under their purview.

  • VoIP war stories from the Australian front

    In this feature, ZDNet.com.au speaks to IT managers across the nation to collate their "war stories" deploying Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) in their organisations. Cut through the spin and find out what's really happening on the Australian VoIP front.

  • CIOs under pressure to deliver business growth in 2006

    IT departments face increasing boardroom pressure in 2006 to contribute to business growth, improve competitiveness and increase efficiency, according to Gartner.

Videos (6)

  • ZDNet Australia CIO of the year interviews: sneak peak

    Here's a teaser from interviews ZDNet Australia conducted with its CIO of the year candidates, where nominees gave their views on subjects including VoIP, outsourcing and the environment.

  • Avoid tech-centric business cases, says Gartner

    Many CIOs develop business cases for a project that are too tech-centric. Gartner's Marcus Blosch reckons CIOs should couch arguments for technology within the business' commercial objectives to prise open the purse strings and get the project off the ground.

  • New Zealand suffers CIO brain drain

    Thanks to Australia and the UK, New Zealand's pool of IT talent is dwindling, and will present a huge problem as businesses increasingly want CIOs with business experience, says Marcus Blosch Gartner, research VP.

  • CIOs must not be security scapegoats

    CIO must stop being a scapegoat and accepting the risk that is being pushed onto them, according to Jay Heiser, research VP infosecurity, Gartner. "It isn't about demanding people do something [about security], it is about bringing them to a point where they are not only willing but able to do something".

  • Application overload

    CIOs are overwhelmed by 'legacy applications', many of which won't be supported in the near future. Andy Kyte, research fellow at Gartner reckons this will be a formidable challenge for the IT department.

Reviews (2)

  • 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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