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• IBM turns inward with desktop Linux project

  IBM's chief information officer has directed the company to begin an internal project to evaluate Linux for use on desktop computers.

• The big 27,000: Win7 ensnares Centrelink

  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?

• Policy forced ATO's EDS desktop hand

  Recently, changing federal government policy was a factor in the Australian Taxation Office's decision to extend its end user and centralised computing contracts with incumbent supplier EDS, the agency's CIO Bill Gibson has revealed.

• Commander will prevail in Volante bid: Forrester

  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.

• Can Sun become the Dell of enterprise software?

  commentary Sun has finally unveiled the full dimensions of its quest to change the computing landscape. It's fundamentally a more monolithic landscape populated by pre-integrated components. It's also Sun's attempt to become a leading solution provider competing against IBM, HP and Microsoft.

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• Dell CIO's daily challenges

  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.

• CIOs: focus on innovation

  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.

• Where else but Queensland?

  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.

• Queenslanders debate cloud computing

  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.

• Can Sun become the Dell of enterprise software?

  commentary Sun has finally unveiled the full dimensions of its quest to change the computing landscape. It's fundamentally a more monolithic landscape populated by pre-integrated components. It's also Sun's attempt to become a leading solution provider competing against IBM, HP and Microsoft.

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• Storage: The inside story

  Few managers consider it a sexy area, but well-planned storage systems are critical to the functioning of businesses of all sizes. How has storage technology evolved and how can you plan the right system at the right price?

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