Sony will cut up to 20,000 jobs worldwide as part of a companywide reform policy.
If you find yourself without a leader, take a cue from Private John Winger, from the classic 1981 movie Stripes: Learn to rely on yourself and your team to get the job done.
Fear has hit Australian IT professionals, with a growing number concerned about hanging onto their jobs.
NAB has been briefing its staff on moving its core business systems to a next generation platform, a move which could presage offshoring some jobs.
Telstra has revealed that it will be offshoring a substantial portion of its bill support contact centre operation to the Philippines.
A big part of the Google mythology is that you can solve virtually any problem through a combination of clever technology and the use of open standards. The Google reality is a bit more complicated.
Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
Fair is not what the National Broadband Network tender is about; it's bloodsport, and a fight for survival, and a challenge of the wills, and all the other sorts of superlatives you might expect from an Olympics announcer.
Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
I am sure you have all heard of workplace horror stories involving the yelling boss who throws things or the team member who refuses to emerge from their office, or disappears for days on end.
When one IT manager admits that a possible new promotion won't be as gratifying as the manager's current role, one columnist points out the many issues to consider.
An overly agreeable employee that starts out as a nice addition to the staff can turn out to be a chronic source of problems. Any employee who agrees to everything is not doing you any favours.
A raft of dissatisfied employees may mean an increase in job-hopping next year, according to a study released from recruiting Web site CareerBuilder.com.
The staff Christmas party has left a trail of destroyed team relationships in its wake, and you are on clean-up duty. Here are a few tips on managing team dynamics that might make your life easier.
A full-service paediatric hospital that cares for children from all over New South Wales, Westmead Children's Hospital treats conditions ranging from minor to critical. ZDNet Australia goes behind the scenes to see how surgical staff are using IT to make their jobs easier.
Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 provides flexibility when creating desktop and laptop backups. If you have high value data stored on your computer, then we think $106.53 is a reasonable price to ensure it's protected.
This is an intelligent day/night network mini-dome camera that offers a good range of features for its price.
Getting a firewall to do what it promises--protect the network--doesn't begin with an equipment purchase and end with the plug-in. It starts with security assessment and continues with constant vigilance.
Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.
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