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  How to avoid the perils of virtualization and Cloud stall

  Technologies like virtualization and cloud computing promise enormous leaps in efficiency and flexibility, but they can lead organizations into a quagmire if they don't plan properly for the transition, says Bill Hurley, CIO, CTO and executive vice president of Westcon Group. Without proper planning, organizations can stall in the midst of their transitions to virtualized environments or the cloud, finding themselves with a bundle of sunk costs and no path forward.

• Telstra picks up five Frost & Sullivan excellence awards

  Telco provider, Telstra, was one of the main winners of analyst firm Frost & Sullivan’s sixth annual excellence awards held in Sydney during October.

• Empired extends $14m contract with Main Roads WA

  Perth-based IT services company, Empired (ASX: EPD), has extended its three-year $14 million infrastructure and project services contract with roading contractor, Main Roads Western Australia, for a further two years.

• Data#3 to invest in more infrastructure

  ICT solutions company Data#3 (ASX:DTL) will invest in more Australian ICT infrastructure, to support its new Infrastucture-as-a-Service offerings.

• NextDC flicks switch on Brisbane data centre

  Data centre start-up NextDC (ASX:NXT) has announced the opening of its Brisbane-based facility, B1.

• CIOs take new look at sharing IT infrastructure, apps

  The world's top hotel companies have collectively invested tens of millions of dollars to implement their own customized reservation systems--considered the heart of their operations. Each hotelier views the capabilities of these systems as providing them with some competitive advantage over how they calculate rates and room availability.

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  TestPro achieves visibility over software defect management - Reducing project risk and improving quality

  In delivering specialised software testing products and services, TestPro aims to add value to its clients by assisting them to deliver software projects at a higher quality with less risk. It saw significant opportunity to reduce effort and resources during the product development life cycle.TestPro uses IBM Rational Team Concert software to help achieve greater visibility and reduce effort involved in managing product builds and defects during application development, maintenance and enhancement projects. Read more.

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  Ensuring successful Agile-at-scale software delivery

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  Rapid achievement of employee productivity gains in a modern workforce

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