A third of IT projects carried out in the private sector runs between 10 and 20 percent over the original budget, according to a CIO survey.
The UK Department of Health has named the new leadership team that will direct the future of its mammoth e-health initiative, the NHS National Program for IT.
The new wave of government CIOs is business and relationship focussed, with IT knowledge being pushed into the background, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Commonwealth Superannuation Administration (ComSuper) has started looking for a new chief information officer to lead its IT support operation.
CIOs need to promote change and insist on strong project governance practices in their organisations, argues a leading CIO.
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The consultants that rolled out one of Australia's biggest known Linux desktop project are set to take on the big boys.
Coming up with a business case for a data mining strategy might be a tricky business but if it generated AU$118 million in additional revenue, then it would probably be something of a no-brainer.
Vendor surveys coincidentally always seem to bring up results that say "you need to buy our product".
When is the right time to outsource versus managing a project inhouse? ZDNet Australia looks at some tips to help you make the right decision.
One minute the CIO is sitting calmly at the boardroom table, and the next they're yelling. Is it right to speak out when a project's going down the drain, or is it just career suicide?
Projects which run over time or budget, team members who aren't performing, and unrealistic demands from management--it's all part of an IT manager's day. ZDNet Australia takes a look at some tips to help with project planning.
For some unknown reason, open source seems to be a catalyst for workplace arguments--regardless of how technical (or not) the people involved are.
Most of Australia's major banks are just beginning massive IT projects which will see them refresh their core banking systems. But as HSBC's Australian CIO Brenton Hush tells ZDNet.com.au, the global bank's local operation is already ahead.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about what the company's most innovative project has been in recent times.
At RSA 2008 in San Francisco, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff discusses a new directive focusing on an early warning system to identify cyberattacks before they start.
Redmond-based group project manager of Microsoft Office, Gray Knowlton, told ZDNet Australia that OOXML provides higher levels of security. "One of the benefits we have with the OpenOffice XML formats is that we know when we read and write and document because we have an XML based representation of what's in that content -- we know what should and should not be there," he said.
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.
COMMENTARY--Microsoft's religion is one where products are good and services are a sin. But a big server product launch could alienate the very souls it wants to convert.
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.
IBM's iSeries will never be IBM's most exciting range of servers, but it is destined for great things, according to one of its architects.
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The cash-strapped UK National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs.… Watch it now
In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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