Stories by Georgina Swan

Internet broadcast rights in doubt following court ruling

The landmark ruling by the Federal Court, which found Optus did not breach copyright by broadcasting NRL and AFL matches via its new TV Now service, has cast a doubt over the financial viability of internet broadcast rights.

Australian Energy Market Operator appoints new CIO

Former Sydney Water CIO, Chris Ford, has joined the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) as its new chief information officer.

Should you consider a generic top level domain?

Chief information officers understand the importance of domain name registrations in maintaining the integrity of their organisation’s brand. Now a study estimates the .au domain contributed $475 million to the Australian economy in 2011 and created more than 4300 full-time jobs.

IT leaders continue to juggle multiple priorities in 2012

Analytics and business intelligence has moved back to the top of the technology priority list for CIOs, according to the latest Gartner research into CIO priorities, followed by mobile technologies and Cloud computing — but the pressure is as IT leaders juggle multiple priorities.

Google's enterprise strategy

Google's global vice-president of enterprise, Amit Singh, sat down with CIO Australia to talk strategy, products and the changing nature of the CIO role

Time management for CIOs

Everybody has a few New Year’s resolutions for 2012 and CIOs are no exception. An old chestnut: Time management.

How to kick start your social media strategy — Commonwealth Bank focusses on Facebook

Bank bashing may be somewhat of a national pastime. But that hasn’t stopped the Commonwealth Bank from attracting more than 100,000 ‘fans’ to its Facebook page a year after launching its page on the social network.

Decision on world’s largest radio telescope imminent

Next month, the Australasian SKA Consortium is likely to find out whether Australia and New Zealand will host the Square Kilometre Array — the world’s biggest radio telescope.

Australians obsessed with planking, cyclones and the census: Facebook

Each year, millions of people post on Facebook to share what's important to them, discuss world events, or just goof off with their friends. With more than 800 million people connected around the globe on Facebook news about the world's triumphs and tragedies – as well as the latest – spread fast.

Smart robot picks up three logistics awards for Nestlé Australia

Smart robotic technology has helped Nestlé overcome the occupational health and safety issues of manually handing about four million cases of products in its consumer food and beverage, food service and pet food businesses.

A/NZ software companies awarded for innovation

Australian and New Zealand software companies were honoured in Sydney at the 12th annual Consensus Software Awards.

Court finds TPG broadband ads misled consumers

The Federal Court has found advertising for internet service provider TPG’s $29.99 Unlimited ADSL2+ campaign to be false and misleading.

Racing and Wagering Western Australia off and running for Melbourne Cup

The IT systems of Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) are off and racing in time for this year’s Melbourne Cup, the culmination of a four-year modernisation program that includes the implementation of a Cisco Unified Computing System and intelligent network.

The Dish at Parkes celebrates 50 years

Australia's iconic 'Dish' at Parkes today celebrates its 50th anniversary.

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.