Monday | 8 September, 2008
Stories by: Julian Bajkowski and Michael Crawford
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Blue chips reel from Siebel takeover 13/09/2005 11:20:19
Australia's biggest companies are today reeling from shock overnight news that billions of dollars collectively invested into their Siebel CRM platforms now face an uncertain future after a lightening raid by Larry Ellison's Oracle Corporation snared the ailing CRM vendor for $US5.85 billion. - +
IT whistleblowers gagged and bound 01/08/2005 09:27:52
IT managers and professionals are finding it nearly impossible to stay on the right side of the law and keep their jobs. - +
Labor cools enthusiasm for Hotmail leaks 29/07/2005 12:07:11
Less than three hours after launching a new Hotmail address to expose government waste, the Australian Labor Party has warned public servants to never use their work computers or e-mail addresses to send information to it. - +
Technologist snatches Australia's top bank job 17/06/2005 08:36:19
In a cultural watershed at Australia's largest retail finance institution, the board of the Commonwealth Bank has replaced card-carrying IT critic David Murray with technology evangelist and former CIO, Ralph Norris. - +
Are your staff safe from vendors? 11/04/2005 07:30:57
With pressure to rack up ever more sales and beef up their supply of IT talent, vendors are cherrypicking staff from their client base. - +
Users breathe easy as PeopleSoft war of attrition ends 14/12/2004 16:41:31
Australian PeopleSoft and JD Edwards users today breathed a collective sigh of relief on news that Oracle Corporation has finally succeeded in its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft. - +
IT brawl erupts over South Australian employment law changes 22/11/2004 08:16:30
A cloud of uncertainty and a war of words have engulfed IT contractors, employers and casual employees because of proposed employment law changes to go before the South Australian Parliament tonight. - +
HIC calls for 20 million user ID management system 10/11/2004 08:08:14
The Australian Health Insurance Commission (HIC), the government agency responsible for Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, is shopping for a whole-of-enterprise identity management solution to give 20 million consumers and health care providers access to secure electronic transactions. - +
Highly sensitive laptops go missing 06/10/2004 07:44:02
Employees of private and government organizations working with highly sensitive information are still failing to adequately secure laptops containing highly sensitive information, with a spate of recent robberies prompting a stiff warning from a former Australian intelligence chief. - +
Defacement spree hits government sites 17/06/2004 09:41:04
The IT security of Australian Web-hosting providers has come under serious question, with more than 30 state and local government Web sites defaced in the last six months – including the homepages of two locally hosted foreign diplomatic missions and the highly sensitive NSW Casino Control Board. - +
Security chief slams patchwork hell 25/05/2004 08:15:13
Competing computer security vendors racing against each other to find and publish new software vulnerabilities are pushing users to the brink. They need to grow up and start getting responsible about the way they release information into the community, AusCERT director Graeme Ingram has warned.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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