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    Getronics Australia is after more government business after signing an AU$10.8 million three-year services contract was signed by the Department of Family and Community Services (FaCS).

  • AU domain registrar targets offenders

    Australia's top domain name registrar, Melbourne IT, is preparing to release a range of tools designed to help domain name owners protect their brands, chief executive Theo Hnarakis said today.

  • Libs release IT policy for Aust state election

    A "Victoria First" IT purchasing policy is part of the Liberal Party's platform for this month's state election.

  • CIOs: what do you spend on software?

    When to upgrade software, and which packages to opt for aren't new decisions for Australia's CIOs. But with budgets shrinking, how are senior IT professionals coping with these decisions?

  • Sold.com.au talks up “biggest ever” IT sell-off

    Sold.com.au is touting its upcoming “Big Brand” sale as the biggest ever computer and electronic auction Australia has ever seen, in the hope of attracting a flurry of spending from punters looking to pick up an end of the financial year IT bargain.

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  • Conveying the value of IT to the business

    It's up to the CIO to promote IT's services within the company. Four experienced CIOs talk about the ways they accomplish this goal.

  • Novell CEO: We made Microsoft open up

    Speaking to the Novell boss at his company's annual BrainShare user conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, ZDNet.com.au's sister site, ZDNet.co.uk asked whether the Microsoft deal could actually be damaging in the long run and what effect a financial downturn could have on Novell's recent recovery.

  • The risk of IT

    Some high-profile IT disasters have made boards of directors highly sensitive to risky IT rollouts. We look at how IT affects the bottom line, and how CIOs can progress with IT projects while avoiding disastrous implementations.

  • Old IT never dies...

    Companies are hanging on to their IT equipment longer to stave off spending what they can't currently afford. But IT systems have to be disposed of eventually; what happens when they do?

  • Outsourcing: The trouble with mega deals

    As mega outsoucing deals begin to lose their shine, is it time for selective sourcing to take centre stage?

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  • Office 2003 Beta 2: an IT perspective

    As Microsoft's forthcoming office suite takes clearer shape, we report on the latest beta version, and its implications for companies' IT strategies.

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