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    Guidelines on the corporate governance of ICT developed by Standards Australia have been adopted as an international standard by the ISO (International Standards Organisation).

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    Microsoft's OOXML document format has accrued enough votes for recognition as an international standard, but one observer believes the change will make little difference to users in Australia.

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    Standards Australia has maintained its "abstain" vote on Microsoft's attempt to attain international standard status for its Office Open XML file format.

  • Ignore the open source hot heads, CIOs told

    Efforts to increase the adoption of open source software are being derailed by the efforts of a "loud minority" within the community that have stooped to making personal attacks on those deemed to be enemies, according to one of the open source movement's strongest advocates.

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    There is currently a great deal of gloom and doom about the state of the Australian ICT sector. Here's 10 ideas for moving ahead.

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  • Food authority cooks up top CIO role

    One of the government's regulatory agencies is on the hunt to fill a newly-created head of IT position, bucking the trend for technology outsourcing in public services.

  • Open source vs open standards

    Customers and government bodies should focus on products with open standards and realise the pitfalls of open source, argues Scott Petty, Dimension Data Australia COO.

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