Stories by Tim Lohman

IT leaders can increasingly expect to have their pay tied to the financial performance of their organisation, according to Gartner.

Tasmanian Premier, David Bartlett, is expected to introduce legislation to the State Parliament today, enabling Tasmania to adopt an opt-out model for the remaining roll-out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in the state.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has begun crowdsourcing ideas for its new website, mulling the integration of user comments and recommendations.

Issues with the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) IT systems Change Program have resulted in a number of Centrelink customers having their Family Tax Benefit (FTB) payments suspended, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has reported.

The CSIRO is moving to attract millions of dollars worth of commercial investment from networking vendors ahead of the first field trial of its in-house broadband wireless over analogue television spectrum technology.

Gov 2.0 is progressing rapidly, but cultural change remains the biggest barrier to its widespread adoption, according to the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

The Powerhouse Museum has moved to embrace Gov 2.0 principles, announcing plans to create an open-access image repository to showcase the organisations’ extensive image archive.

The plethora of tablet PCs expected to flood the Australian market next year will see Macquarie University take a ‘wait and see’ approach on whether to standardise on Apple’s iPad for its staff and students.

If asked to determine which is of greater importance — the bar opening on time or keeping IT up and running — many university students would likely argue the former, but according to Macquarie University’s CIO, Marc Bailey, there are two occasions a year when the student response is universally IT: Exam results night.

CEOs may be pushing for greater adoption of the Apple iPad in many businesses, but IT departments should get used to the idea that enterprise-level support from Apple is a long way off, according to Gartner.

Opposition communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has confirmed the Opposition will not immediately seek to block the Telstra separation bill introduced into Parliament today.

Telstra’s structural separation is again on the cards with the Federal Government signalling it will make a second attempt to re-introduce its bill to facilitate the split today.

The Australian dollar may overtake the US dollar as soon as next week, but IT departments have been advised not to hold off on their technology purchases in an effort to reap the most of potential future price cuts in coming months.

TPG (ASX:TPM) has confirmed Pipe Networks CEO Bevan Slattery has stood down just six months into his 12-month contract signed following [[artnid:339429|the acquisition of Pipe in March this year|new]].

Despite the ongoing boom in the Australian resources and mining sectors, IBM is tipping that finance, government and manufacturing organisations will be the primary customers of its now officially launched data-centre-in-a-box, the Portable Modular Data Centre (PMDC).