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The University of Western Sydney (UWS) has remodelled its IT governance structure, with a standing committee of the university's board of trustees replacing an internal group of stakeholders.
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Two of Sydney's largest universities have signalled they will hold back on wide-scale adoption of Microsoft's Windows Vista until the next-generation operating system matures.
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