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  • Budget '09: Cuts hit Defence IT spend

    The Department of Defence's chief information officer group has been tasked with finding $166 million of total savings over the next four years, it was revealed in the Federal Budget tonight.

  • Defence seals Gershon-Microsoft deal

    Minister for Finance and Deregulation Lindsay Tanner today announced that Defence had locked down its first Gershon-related procurement deal with software giant Microsoft.

  • Defence flags $708m IT splurge

    The Department of Defence intends to inject $708 million into its ICT systems over the next 10 years as part of its strategic reform program, according to a document released today.

  • DSTO's budget trimmed to fill defence 'black holes'

    The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) budget was cut back five percent by the Treasurer Budget day; that money has been earmarked for filling defence funding "black holes".

  • Defence's double desktop could go thin

    Thin client computing and a switching solution from his US colleagues could provide Department of Defence CIO Greg Farr with a flexible solution to the problem of having to run two desktops each for a number of his users.

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  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    ANZ opens a can of worms

    What can we expect in tomorrow nights federal budget? What new weaponry has Greg Farr gained as the Department of Defence's CIO? And what has happened to ANZ Bank and its new case of worms? All this is answered on our weekly Patch Monday podcast.

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Nobody protects Macs, not even Steve Jobs

    Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    A keynote of military importance

    My colleagues and I were intrigued with the speaker selection for a data warehousing conference. Find out why.

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    SA watch out: Robots on the way

    What do you do when you want to replace men with intelligent robots for dangerous surveillance missions?

  • Read the blog post - Christine Lee

    The Gershon defence

    Fujitsu bought Telstra's Kaz IT services division to gain a foothold in the Federal Government market, but will it be as easy as that?

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  • Government CIO spotlight on: Security

    How do four of Australia's largest government agencies protect their networks from attackers? To find out, ZDNet.com.au went to Canberra and spoke to the CIOs of Customs, Centrelink, Defence and the Australian Tax Office.

  • Department of Defence: Greg Farr, CIO (part two)

    In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.

  • Department of Defence: Greg Farr, CIO (part one)

    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.

  • Farr the reformer talks Defence

    A year from taking on perhaps the toughest IT job in the country, Defence chief information officer Greg Farr is staring down the barrel of a massive ICT reform agenda for 2009 that will reveal whether Defence got the "expert CIO" they needed.

  • Wanted: IT saviour for Vic Police

    Victoria Police needs to appoint a pinch-hitter chief information officer with a mandate to implement a long-term solid ICT strategy and scrub the bilge from its decks.

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Reviews (22)

  • McAfee Internet Security 2009

    McAfee Internet Security 2009 does a reasonable job, but it also leaves room for improvement.

  • Security visionary: Vigilance is the best defence

    Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.

  • The intruder at the gate

    Once simply alarm systems for the network, Intrusion Detection Systems have evolved to encompass a whole lot more. We review six sophisticated security devices.

  • Wireless crackdown

    The spread of convenient wireless LANs has delighted hackers, who find many WLANs vulnerable. Managing and securing a wireless network is therefore vital, but rarely done well. ZDNet Australia compares the offerings from AirDefense and AirMagnet.

  • Microsoft plays browser games

    News analysis: Following its recent settlement with AOL, Microsoft has let slip that it will stop making Internet Explorer as a standalone product. But what does this mean for users?

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