Stories by Lisa Banks

70 per cent of CIOs say GFC effects have passed: IDC

A survey of some 400 CIOs across the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) region indicates that while 70 per cent feel the effects of the GFC have passed, an average 2.3 per cent budget increase will take place in these organisations.

Written by Lisa Banks22 July 10 11:47

Q&A: Mark Cohen, CIO for DealsDirect.com.au

CIO sits down for five minutes with Mark Cohen, CIO for online store DealsDirect.com.au, to discuss the projects he's working on, his take on the big issues affecting CIOs and his favourite tech-gaget.

Written by Lisa Banks20 July 10 08:07

AccuQuote reduces costs with BPA, unified comms

Life insurance giant AccuQuote has recorded an increase in productivity and a decrease in material costs thanks to an organisation wide move to unified communications and business process automation (BPA).

Written by Lisa Banks19 July 10 14:36

Scalability core focus for Asia-Pacific CIOs: report

The role of the CIO has become more about business priorities and driving revenue growth with CIOs in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region rating cloud computing and stability as their top priorities.

Written by Lisa Banks15 July 10 09:22

Q&A: IT developer at Shoes of Prey

Working as the IT developer for online retail website <i>Shoes of Prey</i>, Mike Knapp knows IT and selling shoes generally don't go hand in hand. However, the former Google employee and co-developer of the Google Reader application tells <i>CIO</i> how he was able to develop the startup's e-commerce platform in just six months.

Written by Lisa Banks14 July 10 12:23

Victorian government to build private cloud

The Victorian government has entered into a contract to provide private cloud computing services across government agencies and has pledged to create 100 new jobs as part of the project.

Written by Lisa Banks14 July 10 12:08
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