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• In Pictures: 20 iPad business apps every CIO should want

  iPad apps for sales forces, IT departments and more

  By Brad Reed | 26 March, 2012 09:05

  Tags: apps, business, CIOs, slideshow

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  CIOs, CTOs confident in growth prospects in 2012

  CIOs, CTOs look to 2012 with confidence in their business’ growth prospects, according to technology recruitment firm.

  By Rebecca Merrett | 07 February, 2012 09:13

  Tags: business growth, cheif technology officer, CIOs, hire, staff

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  Virgin Mobile: The telco without a CIO unifies IT, customer service

  While most Australian telcos have CIOs presiding over dedicated IT departments, mobile network operator, Virgin Mobile, has unified its project management, IT and customer service business units under the guise of its chief operating officer, Matt Anderson.

  By Rodney Gedda | 27 July, 2011 15:55

  Tags: careers, CIOs, COO, CRM, customer service, Matt Anderson, project management, RightNow, virgin mobile

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  Former Google CIO says business misses key people marks

  The former CIO of Google and founder and CEO of ZestCash, Dr Douglas Merrill, says companies stuck in traditional management practices risk becoming irrelevant and leaders should not be afraid to do 'dumb' things.

  By Rodney Gedda | 25 July, 2011 11:49

  Tags: CIOs, Douglas Merrill, Google, human resources, innovation

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  Green IT winning favour with CIOs: Survey

  Organisations using 'Green' IT has increased 5 per cent during the second half of last year with nearly three-quarters of CIOs having deployed more environmentally sustainable products and services, according to a new survey.

  By Rodney Gedda | 09 June, 2011 10:05

  Tags: CIOs, green IT, ovum, surveys

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  Former Google CIO to speak at local IT expo

  Former Google CIO Douglas C Merrill will deliver the keynote address at the upcoming CA World Expo events in Sydney and Melbourne.

  By Rodney Gedda | 24 May, 2011 11:42

  Tags: Ben Fried, CA Expo, careers, CA Technologies, CIOs, Douglas Merrill, Google

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  BHP Billiton loses key CIO to overseas port

  The CIO of BHP Billiton Stainless Steel Materials in Perth, Frits de Vroet, has resigned from the company to take on a new role as a chief process officer (CPO) in Europe.

  By Rodney Gedda | 17 May, 2011 13:29

  Tags: BHP Billiton, careers, CIOs, CPO, Frits de Vroet

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  NSW Transport Construction Authority gets new CIO

  Former NSW housing CIO, Vladas Leonas, has taken the top IT job at another NSW government department, the NSW Transport Construction Authority (TCA).

  By Rodney Gedda | 03 February, 2011 10:06

  Tags: appointments, careers, CIOs, construction, NSW Department of housing, NSW Government, NSW Transport Construction Authority, Transport, Vladas Leonas

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  SA medical service appoints 34-year-old CIO

  South Australia's Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), a not-for-profit community healthcare provider, has appointed Jodie Rugless as CIO at the tender age of 34.

  By Rodney Gedda | 25 August, 2010 12:36

  Tags: careers, CIOs, e-health, generation x, gen Y, medical, women in it

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  CIOs who took an alternative route to the top

  A high school physics teacher. A hockey coach and referee. An intern at the National Science Foundation.

  By Beth Stackpole | 15 June, 2010 06:33

  Tags: careers, CIOs

• Taming the ERP Integration Beast: A Work in Progress

  CIOs have been talking about enterprise application integration for as long as they've been talking about business-IT alignment or proving the value of the IT function. That is to say,for decades.

  By Thomas Wailgum | 10 June, 2010 07:25

  Tags: CIOs, ERP

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  MI5 on hunt for new head of transformation and office of CIO

  MI5 is looking to recruit a head of transformation and office of CIO as part of an "ambitious" plan to deliver "new capability within constrained budgets".

  By Anh Nguyen | 11 June, 2010 05:09

  Tags: CIO role, CIOs, MI5

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  Uni CIOs call for greater copyright law protection

  In the wake of the AFACT versus iiNet decision, and the pending Federal Court appeal, university CIOs are calling for more legal protection from potential cases of copyrighted content distribution in their networks.

  By Rodney Gedda | 09 June, 2010 15:17

  Tags: aarnet, AFACT v iiNet, CIOs, copyright, education, Internet Industry Association (IIA), legal, Peter Coroneos

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  SOA is dead because of its success

  SOA is no longer a buzzword because it is a concept that has received broad industry acceptance and has become built into software products and services, say a CIO and analyst.

  By Rodney Gedda | 08 June, 2010 10:06

  Tags: CIOs, Progress Software, soa, Springboard Research, standards

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  Construction group AJ Lucas adds ERP on private cloud

  Local engineering and construction company AJ Lucas Group (Lucas) will transform its core business processes by consolidating on one ERP platform for financials, payroll, HR and business intelligence.

  By Rodney Gedda | 03 June, 2010 11:39

  Tags: asset management, CIOs, cloud computing, construction, ERP, oracle, Primavera Software, private clouds, project management