Jeff Raikes, the Microsoft executive most closely associated with the emergence of Office, has described the rise of the product as the highlight of his long career at the software maker, which will come to an end in September.
Hewlett-Packard plans to acquire Trustgenix, a company that allows users to authenticate their identity to access accounts on multiple sites.
Intel announced plans Tuesday to lay off thousands of workers over the next year after a strategic review designed to prepare the company for life with a smaller share of the chip market.
Sarbanes-Oxley won't only affect those doing business with the US, it could end up impacting the way everyone operates.
We've got so many productivity tools at our disposal these days that it's a wonder anything gets done.
Getting executive sponsorship for any kind of data clean-up project isn't easy. If careful reasoning, detailed budget plans and a touch of blackmail don't work, then there may be a simpler solution: arson.
Convincing people of the importance of regular backups and a proper data management plan is a bit like persuading them of the necessity of regular visits to the dentist no-one bothers until they wake up in the morning screaming with pain. But if you can't persuade them with pain, sex often works a treat.
You don't have to wander very far in the blogosphere before you'll find someone slagging off Domino, aka Lotus Notes.
Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
The inference that Soul, AAPT and TransACT were Dead Telcos Walking long before their withdrawals were announced makes me wonder whether Terria has always been, God help us all, just as flimsy a proposition as Telstra has made it out to be.
As joint development projects proliferate, it becomes more important--and more beneficial--for managers and teams to work together. You must strive for equality, empower team members, and communicate effectively without disrupting authority chains.
Five Aussie businesses take us behind the scenes during the early set-up phase of their tech companies.
To winemaker De Bortoli, Linux has provided the opportunity to save money and free up IT staff.
Involuntary terminations are an unpleasant part of any manager's job, but these eight tips can help smooth the process and reduce the stress for everyone involved.
Want to shop locally for IT services but don't want to compromise on quality? The local services industry is finding ways to outdo global giants.
At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, Patrick Gelsinger, senior VP of the company's digital enterprise group, speaks about advances the Nehalem processor would bring to power management. And Rajesh Kumar, an Intel fellow, explains
At the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in San Francisco, Lucasfilm's director of IT operations, Kevin Clark, spoke about the difficulties in networking and providing data storage for their large collection of companies--including locations in Singapore and the remote Marin Headlands. He discusses how they managed to move to a new...
At Apple's official launch of the iPhone software development kit, Chuck Dietrich, Salesforce.com vice president of mobile, demos new business software on the device. The tools let sales representatives manage applications such as analytics and business intelligence tools on the go. The Apple event took place at company headquarters in California.
Most PCs are equipped with power management functions, but people turn them off. Turn them on, says Simon Mingay, research VP, Gartner. Savings can be achieved in datacentres also. Most companies run test and development centres constantly, but some are changing their ways.
John Turato, Vice President of Technology for Avis-Budget Group talks about managing technical operations for a rental fleet of more than 400,000 vehicles worldwide. Turato also discusses transformation at the rental car operator, and his other role, Chairman of the OpenTravel Alliance, a group of companies developing web 2.0 standards for the online travel industry.
We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
Collaboration, records management, and workflow are just some of the features in current electronic document management software. We examine your options.
If your company needs to manage a large collection of multimedia files, FotoWare's solution is powerful, quick and easy to use.
CRM packages are everywhere these days. Which one is right for your organisation?
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