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Sunday September 07, 2008 10:07am AEST GMT+10:00

 

Apple to open retail store in Chadstone, Vic.

Apple's first Victorian store will open in just one week -- but it will not be located in the Melbourne CBD. » Read More

IBM puts information sell on Cognos customers

IBM has set the tone for this year’s Cognos Forum by putting the sell on Cognos customers to ascribe to a wider 'information agenda' vision.

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Researchers warn of Orwellian technology

The combination of ICT and pervasive computing could enable individual activity to be monitored even more closely than George Orwell imagined in his novel 1984, social scientists warn.

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Interviews
Fighting fire with fire

Fighting fire with fire

The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know.

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Has security become a non-issue for enterprise Open Source?

Has security become a non-issue for enterprise Open Source?

A two-year-old piece of Open Source code is likely to have far fewer security flaws than proprietary code, according to security expert Bruce Schneier.

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Interviews
Weak hypervisors push customers to mainframe, IBM says

Weak hypervisors push customers to mainframe, IBM says

Cloud computing has emerged as the next evolution for grid architectures. At least part of the early success of the cloud model is due to virtualisation – and mainframe makers like IBM still claim bragging rights for creating the hypervisor. iTnews sat down with IBM Fellow for Server Design, Jim Rymarczyk, to pry into Big Blue’s plans in the cloud.

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EMC faces cloud computing

EMC faces cloud computing 'frienemies'

As some of the fog surrounding the elusive cloud computing phenomenon evaporates, vendors are fast moving into the emerging territory.

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Can 'soul-less' robots make us weep?

A study of technology’s role in music therapy has found robot musicians wanting.

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Digital radio is coming in 2009

Digital radio is coming in 2009

Digital radio is coming to Australia. The technology will allow broadcasters to offer a range of features, such as rewind and pause functionality and multi-channelling.

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Events

Event Name Location Date
Interaction 2008 Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort and Spa 08/09/2008
The 4th Annual Digital Media Summit Radisson Plaza Hotel Sydney 09/09/2008
MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Symposium InterContinental Hotel, Sydney 11/09/2008
Cisco Networkers 2008 Brisbane Convention Centre 15/09/2008
The Australian Human Resources Summit 2008 Sydney Convention Centre 17/09/2008
DebateIT - The mobile browser is the next killer app Museum of Sydney, Corner of Phillip & Bridge Street 22/09/2008
Offshoring: The Current State of Play (And The Things That Can Foul You Up) RACV Club, 501 Bourke Street, Melbourne 23/09/2008
Web Directions South 2008 Sydney Convention Centre 23/09/2008
Offshoring: The Current State of Play (And The Things That Can Foul You Up) Radisson Plaza Hotel, 27 O'Connell Street, Sydney 24/09/2008
Offshoring: The Current State of Play (And The Things That Can Foul You Up) Hilton Brisbane, 190 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane 25/09/2008

Jobs

Job Title Location Description
Senior Solutions Architect - Melb - (MCSE, Exchange, AD, SQL, SAN, VM, Symantec) Melbourne Senior Architect; Growing company, proven SI experience, great career opportunity, structured training & salary , enterprise solutions, Tier 1 Vendors.
Project Manager - Global Carrier - $100k base + Sydney Global Carrier, global WAN solutions, global enterprise customer solutions. Managed services solutions, excellent career and earning prospects....
Senior Systems Engineer (VMWare/Storage) - up to $100k pkg Sydney National company, newly created position, close to transport, competitive salary, career growth, training etc seek VMWare engineer for immediate start.
Solutions Architect Major Bank Environment Sydney This is a significant opportunity to work inside and be part of the information strategy of a major Australian Banking Environment.
Senior Security Consultant Melbourne Min. 5 years experiences in IT security field Strong in 'Standards Compliance' Attractive salary package.
Server & Communications Specialist Sydney Funky working environment, standard working week, pioneer ideas, near central station, exposure to a wide range of technology, endless learning.
AIX Systems Administrator - $100k pkg Sydney Global organisation, newly created position, close to transport, parking provided, competitive salary, career growth, standard working week.
Configuration Manager Melbourne CBD Do you have very strong and recent experience managing Configuration Management (ITIL CMDB) in a large and complex environment? The role of the Configuration Manager is to establish and manage Configuration Management (CM) processes in the area of Service Management. You will be ensuring accuracy and reliability of the federated Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and also monitor consistency of CM processes across the organisation. To be successful in this role you will have proven experience in managing the Configuration Management function across a large and complex IT environment with diverse user and product requirements. Your experience with BMC Remedy, BMC Atrium CMDB and BMC Discovery tool, or like products, will be highly regarded, as will your knowledge of ITIL. Excellent communication and negotiation skills will be paramount as this position involves effectively engaging vendor partners to achieve performance results, managing direct reports and influencing key internal and external stakeholders. This is an operations focussed role in a challenging and changing environment. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced professional to be involved in the implementation and establishment of a large and complex CMDB. The size and diversity of this large organisation offers continuous challenge, and opportunities for ongoing learning. Our client believes in driving performance, by investing in its people at every stage of their career.
Analyst Programmer Sydney .Net Developer required for Digital Agency company. Big brand clients & projects on offer. Competitive salary, Central Location....
Enterprise Business Development Manager Telco Infrastructure Sydney Looking to move away from basic voice + Data, Develop accounts in the enterprise sector for large scale high value telecommunications infrastructure....

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