Human Services appoints former ANZ CIO
The Department of Human Services (DHS) has appointed a former ANZ Australia CIO, Gary Sterrenburg, after a four month search.
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5 things I've learned: John Wadeson
Retiring Department of Human Services CIO, John Wadeson, reflects on his career in government IT.
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Federal govt collaborates on web traffic spikes
The Department of Human Services has voiced support for an internal Cloud based on existing infrastructure shared and virtualised between Federal Government agencies, as a means of dealing with spikes in traffic on major government websites.
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Department of Human Services finalises hosting consolidation
The Department of Human Services (DHS) has virtualised its internet hosting environment as a means of reducing hosting costs as well as improving business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities.
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Human services looks to analytics to enable better customer service
Human services is looking to handheld devices and analytics to assist with service delivery, deputy secretary for ICT infrastructure, John Wadeson, has told delegates at the SAS Forum in Sydney.
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CIOs talk about staying strategic
It’s the bête noire of C-level managers the world over — too often, it’s easy to be pulled into the morass of day-to-day issues at the expense of strategy. If the role is predominantly operational, fair enough, but being forced into operations when you were hired to be strategic (or vice versa) is frustrating for everybody involved. So how do CIOs balance operations and strategy? Aligning the departmental business plan with the organisation’s strategic plan is an obvious starting point. Beyond that, however, CIOs have developed their own methods of staying strategic.