The IT employment boom is showing signs of dwindling, due to the continuing post-Olympics slump and a local shake-out of the technology sector.
The damage estimates from the dot-com implosion and the ensuing economic downturn are still being tallied, but this much is already clear: The job of delivering successful e-business initiatives has become a whole lot more demanding than it was during the Internet's heyday. Are you up for the I-Manager challenge?
Barclays is to cut 1,800 IT posts in the UK as part of plans to create centrally managed technology "centres of excellence" in key offshore locations around the globe.
The CIO of local financial services company Asteron has signalled his group is ready for the extensive technology integration work due to commence shortly as Suncorp swallows Asteron's parent Promina.
The financial services industry has discovered that introducing self-service technology in bank branches can not only cut waiting times, it can actually alter consumers' perceptions for the better.
As these IT managers' stories illustrate, career regrets can encompass missed opportunities, bad decisions, and sticky situations. What are the career lessons worth learning?
From doling out t-shirts to organising development and career planning programs, companies strive to keep their employees motivated. Here are some tips for keeping staff happy.
The question on the lips of most CIOs is no longer whether to send work offshore. It's a question of how much to send.
Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.
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.
Tape, disk, or optical? We set a budget of AU$20,000 and asked three vendors to come up with a storage solution.
History of British PCs
The cash-strapped UK National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs.… Watch it now
Telstra's BT coat doesn't fit
Australian security: the lucky country
Storage infrastructure on the tender track
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When chief information officers and other technology managers talk about their priorities, security is always high on the list.
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Looking to buy a printer? Our superguide rates the latest printers and shines a light into the industry.
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Storage and server superguide
Over the last decade the art of maintaining the datacentre of a large organisation has evolved into an art form.
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