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IT gets a seat on the board
News Nearly four out of five companies have someone on the board who is responsible for IT - compared to three out of five just five years ago. But now the bad news - many of the executives representing IT don't have an IT background.
[July 27, 2006, 11:00]
IT contractors cut out the middle-men
News Resource Exchange -- an Australian b2b exchange for IT professionals and those who wish to hire them -- is due to go live 1 June, enabling freelance IT specialists to negotiate directly with corporations for short-term contracts.
[May 21, 2002, 11:19]
IT Asset Inventory Manager
Downloads Productive Computing, Inc.introduces an IT Asset Inventory Management software solution for IT administrators, managers and business owners. It is designed to assist small to medium sized organizations by providing a means to catalog their computer...
[May 30, 2006, 8:00]
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
Talkback Comparing IT professionals to hair dressers is like comparing apples to oranges. The people who go into the IT field have much different intellectual level from the ones pursuing a career in hair dressing or cooking.
[March 21, 2004, 14:11]
IT workers' mood hit by economic slowdown
News An economic slowdown has led to a slump in IT industry confidence during the first part of 2005 but fears of a full-scale recession have been dismissed, according to the latest reading of the UK business optimism barometer.
[August 9, 2005, 9:15]
IT specialists trail in happiness stakes
Talkback So many of my friends have taken “temporary” jobs as chefs or plumbers after being laid off from IT - and have discovered that it’s a better life away from all the office politics, bullying bosses and job uncertainty.
[March 20, 2004, 11:15]
Ballmer: IT industry has great future
Talkback Yes, the IT industry has a great future, but without Microsoft. That one company has done more to hold back development and growth than any other single factor.
[June 7, 2005, 18:43]
IT departments being passed the security buck
Talkback We agree with the point being made but the emphasis should not be on the IT, HR or even the legal department - it needs to be on the board members of an organisation. It is imperative that the board understands the importance of the issues...
[September 9, 2004, 16:20]
Video: IT Governance & Risk Management - Corporate Excellence through Technology
White Papers Daniel Sabbah, and Al Zollar discuss why no business should be without an effective IT Governance and Risk Management strategy. Watch this engaging panel discussion from CMPTV and learn how leading edge companies can create environments where...
[October 2, 2007, 14:48]
This is not just an operating system; it’s an operating system for M&S
Blog That’s the thing about retail technology stories isn’t it? Where it dovetails and makes the difference (if the retailers embrace this and Microsoft has got this right) is when technologies such as Silverlight, .NET 3.5 and WPF can be brought to...
[January 12, 2009, 23:04]
Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" - It Just Keeps Getting Better
Blog Comment It's simple, logical, and pleasingly configurable. The GNOME menu system needn't be spoken of as a tangled jungle that needs slogging with a machete. I'm no FOSS purist, but I believe that users of free Linux need to be advised that they take...
[June 1, 2009, 10:38]
TechNet Webcast: It's 11:00 P.M., Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Level 300)
White Papers Long gone are the days when people knew their data was safe because it resided only in the data center. Because it is the information the bad guys are after, and because the information flows so freely from device to device, the obligation is to...
[October 5, 2007, 1:00]
It's a shame ZDNET doesn't have a tweet this link.
Talkback Especially since it's got a feed on Twitter. Very good article, A simple guide like this is needed.
[August 19, 2009, 19:15]
IT Architect Certification Helps HP Increase Customer Confidence
White Papers HP Services, a U.S.billion business unit of Hewlett-Packard, wanted to give customers implicit confidence in its IT architects who work on enterprise Microsoft projects. However, the IT industry lacked an objective standard for gauging the...
[December 1, 2008, 23:00]
Open source: 'it's all about collaboration'
News That's very powerful, and it doesn't depend on the licence. But it shows all of us are learning from open source. He said that while the online retailer has benefited from shifting most of its major systems to Linux, it's also benefited from having...
[November 21, 2003, 9:35]
it depends what loss they can show
Talkback If there is a lawsuit and there is money to be paid, it would presumably come from the contractor who actually copied the code and then said it was their own. usually, when the infringement is accidental and the offence is removed on notification...
[December 18, 2009, 18:57]
IT futures Hype
Talkback Sorry but after 30 years in the IT industry watching the likes of IBM and Microsoft trying to predict the future I have a very jaundiced view. Just because technology makes something possible doesn't mean that people will use it.
[February 22, 2008, 20:46]
IT Optimization to Meet Business Goals
White Papers Effective optimization of the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure has never been more important than it is in today's age of fast-paced business, intense competition and a growing services-based economy.
[July 1, 2009, 1:19]
IT contractors face tough times Down Under
News The changing economic climate is taking its toll on Australian IT contractors, as they struggle to pull in the same dollars they were 18 months ago. Justyn Griffin, a manager at recruitment consultancy Julia Ross IT, says many contractors have...
[February 1, 2002, 16:13]
Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" - It Just Keeps Getting Better
Blog Comment Abraham Lincoln once said: "Sometimes it is better to remain silent and have people think you a fool than to speak and remove any doubt". You are completely right Jamie.
[May 31, 2009, 10:40]
