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    The National Australia Bank's information technology operation is targeting leadership skills and enhanced project delivery as crucial elements of its turnaround program, according to a senior company executive.

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  • NAB pins turnaround on improved CRM

    About a year after being appointed chief executive of the National Australia Bank, Ahmed Fahour's campaign of cultural change is being boosted by improved use of the bank's Teradata customer relationship management (CRM) software package.

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    The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.

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    Australia's open source community has established a new body to boost the uptake of free and open source software in the country's corporate, government and education markets.

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    No sex please, we're Labor

    The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.

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    The more I think about the issues surrounding the under-representation of women in IT, the further I get from finding a solution. Overanalysis is a real drag. And that's why this year I'm going to be blogging direct from the FITT lunch.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Keep your hand on the key

    You'd think that a national military scandal would be enough to convince people to take a little care with portable storage devices, but apparently not.

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    The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.

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    How Orica Consumer Products is reaping the rewards of an SAP R/3 enterprise management system implementation.

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    Do software customers actually care about the impact of provider's mergers and acquisitions, or are they just too far from the crux of business.

  • Australia: SAP vs Oracle

    SAP's Geraldine McBride and Oracle's Leigh Warren, leaders of two of the world's biggest enterprise software companies, go head to head.

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    A group of scientists is arguing that software makers should take legal responsibility for security flaws in their products.

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    If data security is paramount, the DataTraveler BlackBox is the USB flash drive of choice, despite its relatively high cost.

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  • Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006

    PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 has a few shortcomings, but overall it's an affordable and feature-packed security suite that reliably defends against online threats.

  • Apple recasts movie-making software

    Calling them the "new tools of the trade," the company announces a trio of revised editing and production titles for professional moviemakers.

  • Guide to VoIP in Australia

    Making phone calls over the Internet isn't just for the tech savvy anymore. Using Voice over Internet Protocol is easier than ever before, with several services out there that can help drastically reduce your phone bill.

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