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  • Aust IT industry insurance soars

    Soaring professional indemnity and public liability insurance costs have sparked outrage among IT contractors, employers and employment agencies.

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    Telstra today said it would no longer deal with unions such as the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and had initiated direct talks with its employees.

  • DIAC security threatened by flood of contractors

    The information systems of Australia's Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) are at risk because the department has been flooded by 10,000 IT contractors, according to its director of protective security, Mark Handley.

  • 'Dumb users' not to blame for data slip-ups

    Security breaches that can be traced back to the actions of one individual are not the fault of one "stupid" employee but rather a failure to educate and engage the whole workforce around the importance of good security practice, according to a leading academic.

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    Employers may need to adjust their recruitment strategies to attract staff in areas of high-demand, according to a leading recruiter.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    NBN needs workers on board

    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.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    2Vouch refers well

    Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform".

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Storage infrastructure on the tender track

    For a large-scale storage project, it's not uncommon to go out to tender for the best deal but when was the last time you had to put together a tender for a document management room?

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    OCS 2007: Worth the wait?

    BHP last week gave rare insight and comments about Microsoft's technology adopter program for Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

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    Most people agree that IBM's Lotus Notes product is one of the most advanced and popular collaboration suites out there.

Features and Case Studies (1346)

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    Tardiness and unreliable attendance may seem like small issues for novice IT managers who are overwhelmed by their new duties, but it's best to nip the problem in the bud. Here are some tips for dealing with habitual lateness and absenteeism.

  • How do you know if you're a good manager?

    One minute it's tussling with the CFO about budgets, the next it's trying to counsel a team member who's struggling with a task--IT managers and CIOs are constantly balancing various tasks.

  • Keeping the team together

    Personal conflicts, external pressures--it all adds up to a tough environment in which to build team morale. How do CIOs and IT managers pull a group together when everything's falling apart around them?

  • Survey: Employees ready to walk

    A raft of dissatisfied employees may mean an increase in job-hopping next year, according to a study released from recruiting Web site CareerBuilder.com.

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    I am sure you have all heard of workplace horror stories involving the yelling boss who throws things or the team member who refuses to emerge from their office, or disappears for days on end.

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    It is not only the staff at RMIT Labs who have been busy, virus writers worked hard too.

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    COMMENTARY--When the next version of MS Office ships later this year, it'll come in at least six different editions. There'll be two different versions of some apps. Confusing, huh? Let me try to clear it up for you.

  • Upgrade to OpenOffice.org 2.0

    OpenOffice.org is the freely available and freely developed successor to Sun's StarOffice and is a full office suite available for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

  • What's new in Windows Vista?

    Don't want to take Windows Vista for a test drive until you know what it has to offer? Join Windows expert Deb Shinder for a visual tour of Beta 2 as she points out some of the more dramatic changes and shares her impressions of the new OS.

  • Sugar Suite 4.0.1

    Sugar Suite from SugarCRM is a comprehensive, streamlined tool which offers indispensable services to both a company's employees and its customers.

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