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NSW Health chief information officer Mike Rillstone has made his secondment as the chief executive of NSW Health's shared services area a permanent one.
The Queensland Government has split its chief information office into three separate units to focus on priority areas in its ICT strategy, with the executive director of the office expected to reapply for a role.
Customer communications outsourcing firm Salmat has appointed former Babcock and Brown CIO David Hackshall as its chief information officer, filling the vacancy left when Aaron Panozza resigned in May 2009.
If I was Alan Chapman, the acting executive director of the Queensland Government Chief Information Office, I'd be really irate right now.
Considering how expensive and drawn-out tender processes can be to solve problems that might be very immediate, it's little wonder that the Victorian Police IT department tried to work the tender exemptions system.
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The CIO of the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), the federal government's sports administration and advisory agency, has lifted the lid on the technology powering Australia's athletes.
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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.
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