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    The director of SETI@home - a high profile distributed computing experiment to find extraterrestrial life - has made a plea to his users for help in securing funding, despite denying late last month that the project was facing a cash crisis.

  • IT hiring freeze blamed on Gershon

    A new survey has found that IT companies expect to hire less staff in the coming quarter while they await the impact of the Federal Governments spending reviews and monitor the current crisis in the US financial services sector.

  • Western Power outsources $15m IT to beat skills crisis

    CSC has been awarded an outsourcing contract worth up to AU$21 million by West Australian electricity provider Western Power.

  • Management: IT departments in crisis?

    Difficult team members, excessive workloads and project overload--Australia's IT professionals are grappling with how to cope with doing more tasks, in less time with shrinking resources.

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    No open and shut case for Office migration

    Office 2007 continues to be the focus of discussion here at Big Deal, but the most recent crop of reactions to my postings have shifted from the possible nuisance value of interface changes to the potential upside for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to the desktop suite crown.

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    The corporate Web site is gone and a hacker has made off with the database. The company's reputation is at stake. What crisis management tactics should be employed?

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    Find out how to persuade upper management to deal with an e-mail server crisis.

  • Management: IT departments in crisis?

    Difficult team members, excessive workloads and project overload--Australia's IT professionals are grappling with how to cope with doing more tasks, in less time with shrinking resources.

  • The dangers of asking too much of staff

    It happens more often than most CIOs will admit, but consciously or unconsciously, tech leaders push top managers and employees beyond their limit. What happens when employees reach that limit?

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    Highly publicised corporate misdeeds have resulted in a growing number of employees losing trust in corporate officers. How can this be avoided in your business?

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    Suffering from blackouts, brownouts, or sags? How about bushfires, floods, or cyclones? Then maybe you need a UPS. We review six UPS appliances.

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    We’ve upgraded and so should you. Here’s our Windows Superguide with the straight story--much of it undocumented--about how to make Windows 2000 work for your business.

  • Inkjet Printers

    In the market for an inkjet printer? Then this product comparison is required reading.

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