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Security breaches that can be traced back to the actions of one individual are not the fault of one "stupid" employee but rather a failure to educate and engage the whole workforce around the importance of good security practice, according to a leading academic.
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As expected, Senator Stephen Conroy -- who made a career out of picking holes in the actions of his predecessor Helen Coonan -- was named to Kevin Rudd's front bench, bearing the interesting new title of Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (BCDE).
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Might I suggest that the government, which so far has handled the issue with kid gloves, take a chance for once and reach over and just pull the digital TV plug?
During a trip to the US four years ago, I rented a car fitted with an XM satellite radio which gave me well over 100 radio stations, each carrying a continuous stream of crystal-clear talk radio or music in a surprising array of genres.
Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?
Working out an IT governance scheme when you have 600,000 users in place is a challenge, but stricter project management has been so successful for the Department of Education in Victoria that the government agency is now adopting the same methodology even for non-IT projects.
In an industry known for its hype, it's understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.
Government departments have shed their initial reluctance to use open source technologies, but the problem persists -- how do you determine appropriate usage?
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At the RSA 2008 conference in San Francisco, Microsoft Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie describes a new plan for Internet security that includes the creation of a trusted stack. Each element can be authenticated, from the operating system to applications, people, and data.
The latest generation of videoconferencing systems supports high-quality MPEG4 video, prefers IP to ISDN connections, and costs you less than a couple of business-class tickets to New York.
For Australia's remote rural web users, relying on a dial-up modem has meant that video technology is still a long way off.
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The latest version of the popular OpenBSD (Berkley Software Distribution) was released today, and is available for download from FTP sites.
Microsoft is investigating the possibility that a file posted to several underground sites and chat rooms contains some protected source code to Windows 2000.
Apple drops iPhone NDA
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