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• HP's Mark Hurd to skip Australia

  Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd is tipped to visit Singapore next month but will bypass Australia, a company spokesperson confirmed.

• DFAT's apps get facelift

  The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has embarked on a series of initiatives surrounding the modernisation and development of its enterprise applications.

• DFAT to review pressured ICT function

  The federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will bring in an outside consultant to review its ICT function, which has come under "considerable pressure" due to significant recent changes in its operating environment.

• Who's listening?

  Has history ever seen a situation where so much technology is required to offset the problems and dangers created by other technologies?

• Governments vote against Microsoft

  Microsoft has had its share of bad courtroom experiences, but lately the software giant has been taking some of its hardest knocks in city council and legislative chambers.

Blogs (1)

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  Silence of the IBM

  Having one of your biggest customers roast you in the media as "slow to react to a catastrophic systems failure" and "unwilling to apologise" for it is not a good look for IBM New Zealand.

Features and Case Studies (11)

• Crown copyright still a challenge

  In the tragic circumstances that unfolded in Victoria on Black Saturday, no one could deny that as the fires raced across public land towards their homes, those residents had a clear right to information.

• ICT R&D setbacks should not go unchecked

  Over the last few years we've made a few statements about the requirement for ICT to make it onto the national agenda as a foreign policy issue. Two clear areas stand out as worth exploring.

• Where else but Queensland?

  Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.

• Qld's ICT industry needs a great campaign

  Rather than attempt to focus on the industry issues we should turn our attention to reminding everyday voters why they need our industry. Let's make the message of the ICT industry's first great campaign simple: no ICT industry, no business.

• Queenslanders debate cloud computing

  Could cloud computing be used to deliver a national driver's license registration scheme that was sold to states as a service? Probably not, say four Queensland Government IT chiefs, including state CIO Alan Chapman.

Reviews (2)

• OpenOffice ready for world tour

  The organization behind OpenOffice on Wednesday released a trial version of one of the first major updates to the free open-source office software. A beta release of version 1.1 of OpenOffice is available now from OpenOffice.org.

• Encryption packages: Beyond the code

  Trying to keep corporate secrets away from prying eyes? We evaluate five encryption software packages

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