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As Microsoft launches Windows 7 in Australia, major federal welfare agency Centrelink is planning to migrate to the new operating system by mid next year. Will other companies follow its example, or will Microsoft see the same lack of interest for Windows 7 as it did for Vista?
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Commander Communications will succeed in its takeover bid for Volante, despite a rejected offer yesterday, and could grow to challenge heavyweights in the services space, according to analyst firm Forrester Research.
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Randy Mott used to run Wal-Mart's technology division. Now, at Dell, his unit keeps 53,000 employees, eight manufacturing sites and more than 800 suppliers ticking.
Dell CIO Randy Mott, in a speech at LinuxWorld, called for IT organisations to better prepare for the future and not be satisfied with maintaining the status quo.
Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.
Could cloud computing be used to deliver a national driver's license registration scheme that was sold to states as a service? Probably not, say four Queensland Government IT chiefs, including state CIO Alan Chapman.
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