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    Companies are being exposed to risks by home workers' bad behaviour online, such as hijacking the neighbour's Wi-Fi and opening unsafe e-mails.

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    At some stage, many people will find themselves asking why they left that great little job to take a turn in the management ranks. Let's take a few minutes to consider how you can avoid becoming a member of this group.

  • Five reasons IT consultancies fail

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  • Can the government solve its IT woes?

    Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?

  • RailCorp on track with IT

    Will chief information officer Vicki Coleman's plans to transform RailCorp's information and commmunications technology help the ailing NSW railway system's improvement drive?

  • Beware the zealot in an IT management role

    Being a Microsoft or Java fanatic may be admirable in some IT roles. IT development management isn't one of them.

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