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    The number cruncher's guide to delivering IT value 11 March, 2010 08:14:00

    It doesn't matter if you are a cost centre or a profit centre your costs are scrutinised mercilessly
    I'm a qualified accountant. I even sometimes read the Accountants Journal - there, I've said it!
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    In Pictures: Best of CeBIT 2010 09 March, 2010 11:30:00

    Technology and things that might just make your life easier
    We wrap up from CeBIT 2010 with a collection of the best tech products and innovations on show.
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    Energy-efficient Ethernet: A greener choice for 2010 04 March, 2010 03:56:00

    Data center managers and equipment vendors looking for greener alternatives will begin to benefit this year from a major initiative aimed at reducing the power consumed by Ethernet equipment. IEEE 802.3az, or the Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard, will implement low-power idle (LPI) modes for the full range of Ethernet BASE-T transceivers (100Mb, 1GbE and 10GbE) and the backplane physical layer standards (1GbE, 4-lane 1GbE and 10GbE).
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    Google over-promises and under-delivers with Buzz 11 February, 2010 06:22:00

    Without Facebook integration there is no way Buzz can do what Google claims it will do
    Google prides itself on releasing products early and improving on them quickly, but this philosophy sometimes does a disservice to the company and to its users, as illustrated by this week's ballyhooed release of Buzz in Gmail.
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    10 predictions for 2010 11 December, 2009 06:01:00

    We see modest economic recovery, e-reader buzz, new faces in old places, lots of mobile news and more ...
    No doubt, a leading IT story in 2010 will be the role that sector will play in the expected economic recovery, as well as how IT markets themselves recover. OK, so that's a no-brainer to predict, but we're latching on to some more specific details in that regard, and we've found a limb or three to walk out on as well. In no particular order we present the 2010 edition of our annual predictions.
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    Risk Priorities for Financial Institutions in 2010 09 December, 2009 08:08:00

    Financial services companies will now focus on continued survival, stability and modest growth
    Looking through the holidays into 2010 there are four clear priorities for risk management that cut across all tiers with financial institutions. Over the last year the pendulum has swung from the exotic to the pragmatic, from chaos to order within financial services. The four priorities for risk in 2010 can be derived from the word D.A.T.A.(data, analysis, transparency, accuracy).
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    yARN: The politics of mandatory ISP filtering 30 November, 2009 10:38:00

    Why the Government will get its filter regardless of what others want
    If minister Stephen Conroy really wants to make compulsory ISP filtering a reality, he will have to pull it off without going through parliament as it currently stands.
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    Blackberry 9700 isn't all that bold 22 October, 2009 03:06:00

    While it does offer some improvements over its predecessor, the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 fails to innovate.
    BlackBerry is rolling out the Bold 9700 which will be available from T-Mobile and AT&T. For T-Mobile and AT&T customers who are Blackberry devotees, this is great news. For the rest of the smartphone market it is more or less not news-- at least not compared with more innovative device that have been introduced lately.
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    Time to build support for tough decisions 15 September, 2009 03:50:00

    Business delivery by Paul Glen
    Over the past couple of years, IT managers have been forced to make a lot of tough decisions. Budget cuts, layoffs and project cancellations became commonplace occurrences. But just because we may be seeing the beginning of an economic recovery, that doesn't mean we're at the end of the hard choices.
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    Improving industry and government engagement 14 October, 2009 14:46:00

    Local insight by Data#3 managing director, John Grant
    On September 16, 1003 IT industry people turned up to lunch at the Brisbane Convention Centre to hear the Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, give her ‘state of the union’ address. On the previous occasion in 2008, 946 turned up.
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    It’s make or break time 14 October, 2009 14:37:00

    Editorial: One battle ends as another begins
    One battle ends as another begins
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    Editorial: Tackling the next challenge 07 October, 2009 15:24:00

    Court cases and acquisitions dominate the news
    There are a range of interesting, albeit different, stories within this week’s edition of ARN.
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    On excellence and best practices 24 August, 2009 17:22:00

    Business delivery by Mark Gibbs.
    One of the consequences of the pressures of 21st century business is that while we all talk a good game about excellence, what we usually get and give out is nothing of the kind. Moreover, the bigger the organization and the more money involved the less achieving excellence there is and the more talking about it that goes on.
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    How customer focused is your website? 07 October, 2009 14:19:00

    Local insight by RAW consulting managing director.
    Local insight by RAW consulting managing director.
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    Always connected: Broadcasting your life to the world 15 September, 2009 08:06:00

    Notes from the field by Robert X. Cringely.
    Over the last week I've been on a fact-finding mission to Scandinavia. No sign of the Swedish National Bikini team (yet), but I've run into a few companies that may help determine what our always-connected lives may look like in a few years.
 
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