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  • Govt CIOs: Vendors must play nice in multisourcing

    Australian Tax Office CIO Bill Gibson believes that with the days of one-vendor-fits-all type outsourcing now over, long-running rivals will be forced to enter marriages of convenience if they are to get a share of the government dollar.

  • Businesses bite on green IT claims

    Vendors' green initiatives are increasingly swaying buyers' decisions, according to the latest IDC survey.

  • Tandoori technology: What does Asia Pacific have to offer?

    While countries around the world recoil from economic woes, the Asia Pacific region continues to go from strength to strength. ZDNet Australia delves into the ITC sector to find out where the growth is coming from, and what you can do to get a piece of the action.

  • Trans-Tasman tech trade: competition or collusion?

    Bound by historical, ethnic, and cultural similarities, Australia and New Zealand also appear to move in the same business and financial cycles. What opportunities does that provide for their respective tech sectors? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • Trujillo aims to 'blow everyone out of the water'

    Telstra's plans to switch on ADSL2+ across 900 exchanges throughout the country may have a substantial destabilising effect on the communications market, and alter the national carriers relationship with government and regulators, according to a report.

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  • How to manage outsourcing risks

    If you think managing the risk of IT projects is all about throwing everything over the fence to an external supplier, think again.

  • Experts: No end to data overload

    Is our ability to manage information keeping pace with the growing reams of stuff we're being bombarded with?

  • Between church and state

    Gartner's impartiality is questioned after revelations that Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Michael Dell, among others, owns shares in the research firm.

  • PeopleSoft could topple SAP in Australia

    The PeopleSoft-J.D. Edwards merger will enhance the combined entity's standing in the enterprise software space in Australia and pose a serious threat to SAP.

  • How do CIOs keep up with technology?

    Keeping up with changing technologies means CIOs have to go through a mountain of information, and then decide which of it if any is useful to their company. ZDNet.com.au delves into how they do it.

Reviews (5)

  • Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux

    The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm has predicted in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.

  • Palm to acquire rival Handspring

    Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

  • Intrusion detection: caught in its own web?

    Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?

  • What next for the Internet?

    Despite showing occasional signs of strain, the Internet has become an integral part of all kinds of business and consumer technologies. How will it change in the years ahead to meet with new demands? We identify some key areas to watch out for.

  • Instant messaging for business: 3 packages tested

    The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

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