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  • Qld trials massive Citrix project

    The Queensland state government has initiated a pilot roll-out of an application virtualisation solution intended to deliver HR and finance apps to 150,000 users across multiple agencies.

  • Tassie goes virtually green with $1.2m VMWare deal

    The Tasmanian government has settled on VMWare Infrastructure 3 as its official virtualisation suite, committing to a three-year, AU$1.2 million contract in the hopes of going green and keeping cash in its pockets.

  • IT unit survives WA Justice dept split

    Western Australia's Department of Justice (DoJ) may have split into two separate divisions back in February, but the group's IT unit has come through the process intact.

  • Partners frustrated by Microsoft launch delays

    Insiders broadly welcome Microsoft's virtualisation push but voice some frustration at the fact some products are later than expected.

  • Got malware? Now you can bank online anyway

    The CSIRO has developed a tool it says will prevent criminals snooping online communications, but hacking experts say the system is not foolproof.

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  • Food authority cooks up top CIO role

    One of the government's regulatory agencies is on the hunt to fill a newly-created head of IT position, bucking the trend for technology outsourcing in public services.

  • Rush to deploy virtualisation leaves security gaps

    Server virtualisation is a no-brainer -- it's quick to deploy and easy to justify in terms of cost-savings but too many companies are deploying the technology without considering the security implications.

  • KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

    A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.

  • 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.

  • Centrelink: John Wadeson, CIO

    Centrelink, Australia's welfare payment organisation, deals with millions of transactions and billions of dollars every week. CIO John Wadeson recently spoke to ZDNet.com.au about the challenges of running one of the country's largest IT infrastructures.

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