Yahoo, under intense pressure, reorganised its upper management on Thursday in a plan designed to improve its products, underlying technology, and operational execution, the company said.
Development teams are increasingly clashing with business units over what should be the focus: infrastructure or users. Columnist Tim Landgrave says there's one golden rule to live by: Technology doesn't manage people; people manage technology.
The departure of Flickr's co-founders follows the earlier resignation of Jeff Weiner, who was executive vice president of Yahoo's network division.
Sometimes the quick marketing of new technologies can mask the real issues.
Being an IT manager isn't a very attractive proposition at the moment. With lots of pressure and little room for failure, it is hard to find an upside.
The dullest observation you can possibly make about information technology is that it should be designed to serve the needs of the business, rather than the technology experts.
In the 21st century, if we don't like our political leaders, we endlessly whine about them on blogs. In the Czech Republic, historically a simpler solution was frequently used: throw the offending individuals out the window. Storage managers can learn something from this.
Mammoth growth in storage volumes is a fact of life, but even so it's helpful to pause occasionally and try and work out whether our information strategies have fallen hopelessly out of step with the pace of technological growth and changes in costs.
Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
Development teams are increasingly clashing with business units over what should be the focus: infrastructure or users. Columnist Tim Landgrave says there's one golden rule to live by: Technology doesn't manage people; people manage technology.
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Sure you know how many PCs are on your network, but can you say for sure how many have out-of-date licenses or pirated software?
With all our stockpiles of information, are we well prepared to predict our future needs? Not likely.
Davis Thomason, senior director of technical services at Sourcefire, describes Enterprise Threat Management (ETM), which combines IPS, vulnerability assessments, network behaviour analysis and network admission control, to create a pro-active defence system.
The future is bright for companies that are able to secure the perimeter, wherever that perimeter may be, according to Bradley Anstis, director of product management at Marshal.
Andy Solterbeck, the VP of product strategy and management at SafeNET, talks about why IT security is moving beyond things like anti-virus and firewalls.
IBMs chief security architect Anthony Nadalin talks about building an open source platform for identity management, at the AusCERT 2007 conference in the Gold Coast.
Patchlink's international senior vice president Andrew Clarke told ZDNet Australia that the company is taking a slightly new direction after acquiring a vulnerability management company earlier this year. Clarke also admitted that the company is likely to change its name within a few months.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
CRM packages are everywhere these days. Which one is right for your organisation?
Sure you know how many PCs are on your network, but can you say for sure how many have out-of-date licenses or pirated software?
Would you put the security of your company into someone else's hands? ZDNet Australia finds out what benefits and peace of mind a managed service can provide.
Can virtualisation help you simplify your storage management? And when will it be ready?
History of British PCs
The cash-strapped UK National Museum of Computing is home to an exhibition of the evolution of British PCs.… Watch it now
In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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