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With major changes to the Privacy Act set to occur next year, many organisations are exploring data leakage prevention (DLP) technologies.
The NSW Minister for Commerce, Eric Roozendaal, has the state government's new chief information officer, after a five-month interruption to its "People First" IT overhaul.
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New rules on business continuity management for the finance sector came into effect this month, but one local expert says more than just finance companies will be affected.
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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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