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• AGIMO details Gershon axe work

  Yesterday at CeBIT, Australian Government Information Management Office division manager for business improvement John Sheridan outlined exactly how much the Federal Government hoped to save on its business as usual information technology spend over the next few years.

• Border security portal 'may bust wrong passengers'

  The Federal government has announced that its border security portal is now online, triggering the alarm of privacy advocates who believe that poor data quality could lead to cases of mistaken identity.

• Victoria Police cut crime with data warehousing

  A revamped data warehouse is helping Victoria Police to reduce crime rates and has delivered AU$2 million in productivity benefits, despite a lack of initial budget planning which threatened to derail the project early on.

• Dirty data: IT, it's not your fault

  The blame for poor quality data is too often laid at IT's door, when it should be the business taking responsibility, according to analysts.

• Hyperion rivals laugh off Oracle deal

  Software giant Oracle's acquisition of business intelligence vendor Hyperion is no great shakes, according to three of Hyperion's largest competitors.

Blogs (2)

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  Burning down the warehouse

  Getting executive sponsorship for any kind of data clean-up project isn't easy. If careful reasoning, detailed budget plans and a touch of blackmail don't work, then there may be a simpler solution: arson.

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  Data mining no minor matter

  Coming up with a business case for a data mining strategy might be a tricky business but if it generated AU$118 million in additional revenue, then it would probably be something of a no-brainer.

Features and Case Studies (7)

• Gershon's Groundhog Day

  What Gershon proposes is nothing more or less than a wide-scale, transformational change program. These unfortunately, rarely meet with complete success.

• 10 security problems unique to IT

  Organisations face a host of security concerns driven by the power of technology and the vulnerabilities inherent in its use. IT pros have to be vigilant about all these issues, from system penetration threats to hardware portability to employee turnover.

• How corporate Australia battles information overload

  We look at five organisations that took different approaches to satisfying a common business requirement: to improve the management of corporate information. We hear from Jetstar, Family Court, SHFA, Count Wealth and MBF.

• Australia: Is customer service up to par?

  If your company's back-end systems are in shambles, how will that affect the way customers interact with you at the front end? Get the answer from our Australian experts.

• Ellison: No need for wall-to-wall Oracle

  Oracle's chief executive says it's alright for companies to use Oracle's business system in conjunction with those from rivals Siebel Systems and SAP, and Oracle will even help them to do it.

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