Brain drain imminent: IT recruiter
A new skills index released this week suggests CIOs should ditch the ‘wait-and-see’ contract approach to IT recruitment in the face of increasing offshore opportunities.
Stories by Georgina Swan
Deutsche Bank head of information enterprise services to chair NSW ICT Industry Advisory Panel
Deutsche Bank head of information enterprise services, John Baird, takes on the role of the new independent chair of the NSW Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Industry Advisory Panel.
Kelly Services uses Force.com to develop Talent Project iPad app
Managing a global workforce is never easy. Apart from the obvious geographical barriers, managers and employees must also contend with cultural and communications issues.
Facebook CIO: Enterprises are no longer organised to do business
When you’re the CIO of Facebook, moving quickly is par of the course. Tim Campos, who took the stage for the second day of keynotes at Dreamforce 2011, said massive IT implementations take place in a matter of just weeks to months.
Metallica rocks Dreamforce 2011 in San Francisco
Metallica entertains the crowd at Dreamforce 2011 in San Francisco
Salesforce.com moves to make enterprise more social
When you hold the world's largest software technology conferences in the world, you expect to announce a few innovations to your flagship product. True to form, Salesforce.com has announced several additional products and services based around the theme of 'the social enterprise' at its Dreamforce 2011 event in San Francisco.
Q&A with NYSE Euronext executive vice-president and CIO, Steve Rubinow
Can you share a little bit about the role NYSE Euronext plays in capital markets in the global economy?
How a global enterprise virtualised Exchange 2010
Global organisations often face the challenge of distributed IT environments and, consequently, duplicated effort when it comes to IT. And it was this scenario that Chris Haaker, faced as principle architect at Reed Elsevier.
VMWorld 2011: Day 2
Photos from the keynotes, solutions exchange and breakouts
VMWorld 2011: The business case for Cloud computing
Consona’s Milt Volosyn is used to mergers and acquistions (M&As). As CIO for the software and services company, he is responsible for managing about 14 different software products for business-critical tasks such as ERP, financing and marketing services and support.
VMware's VMworld Las Vegas in pictures
All the action from the event
Taken over by aliens? Don't worry; Google has it covered
Imagine what would happen if all the Google engineers turned rogue and held the world’s Gmail accounts to ransom. Or if aliens attacked earth and wiped California off the map.
RIM BlackBerry Torch 9860 and BlackBerry Bold 9900 launching on Optus
Optus will become the first carrier to offer the BlackBerry Torch 9860 and the BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone handsets when they go on sale on 1 September.
Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital signs on with BT for communications and IT services
The new Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, will put communications and sustainability at the forefront of its IT agenda, thanks to an agreement with international services firm, Serco, for facilities management and support services. Serco will partner with BT for the project. Under the contract, BT will install and manage the hospital’s communications infrastructure and run a range of IT services.
ME Bank goes live with Java-based card management software
ME Bank has gone live with the latest version of Cadencie card management software and will use the Java platform to help reduce the time it takes to issue new cards and payment products.