The CIO of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the federal government's sports administration and advisory agency, lifts the lid on the technology powering our elite athletes.
CIOs must respond to rising energy costs, said Gartner.
The nation's peak research body will spend between AU$12 million and AU$15 million annually over the next three years on key building blocks of ICT infrastructure, chief information officer Rozanne Frost said in an interview.
The Commonwealth Bank will rationalise its data processing centres, mainframes and servers over the next few years as the bank improves efficiency and cut costs.
Chief information officers are still adopting a 'wait and see' attitude to blade servers, with many reluctant to face the cost of integrating blades into their existing systems, a new study reveals.
As the iconic BlackBerry goes from strength to strength in subscriber numbers, so do the threats to the device and the business model.
Many CIOs talk of the "'closeness" of their relationship with their key strategic vendors. Every so often though we get an insight into which IT departments are truly valued by the big boys.
The South Australian government is looking at a software overhaul that could see Apple or Red Hat taking over from Microsoft on the state's PCs. Analysts warn, however, skills costs could still lead to a software environment dominated by a single platform.
Google's recently launched web browser, Chrome, will have to overcome a number of major obstacles before it can break the business ubiquity of Internet Explorer and counter the rise of Firefox.
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.
Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.
Australian Department of Defence CIO Greg Farr spoke to ZDNet.com.au about how the organisation's networks are kept secure and why virtualisation and green issues are high on the agenda.
Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007, says that using a server for multiple tasks on different operating systems not only reduces datacentre clutter, it makes deploying new applications easier -- and also has "green benefits".
When businesses scaled out their server infrastructure, Dell rode high, but the arrival of virtualisation is hurting its server sales. Despite this, Dell's president, Asia Pacific South, Paul-Henri Ferrand says the world will need more of its servers and storage in the future.
Only about 35 percent of large businesses plan to move up to the latest version of Microsoft's Office software next year, according to a new survey of chief information officers.
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.
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.
Getting a firewall to do what it promises--protect the network--doesn't begin with an equipment purchase and end with the plug-in. It starts with security assessment and continues with constant vigilance.
With chip makers chomping at the bit to update systems to create a 64-bit world, CIOs need to ask the tough question, "why?" This article provides compelling arguments for the switch.
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