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Grassroots approach

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Green IT has become a source of despair, not hope, for Simon Sharwood. To fill the void it has left, he forsees a world of organic, vegan or fair-trade technology.

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Five mistakes newly promoted leaders make

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

1. Doing more of what they do best: The most common mistake I see newly promoted leaders make is sticking with what they know how to do. "They put me in this job because I'm good at doing X," the logic goes, "so I will be successful by doing more X."

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Gadgets galore

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

The festive shopping season is upon us once again. If somebody asks what you'd like for Christmas, John Davidson has a few good ideas worth exploring.

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Off the shelf

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Man Drought: And Other Social Issues of the New Century Bernard Salt, Hardie Grant Books, $24.95, 324 pages, ISBN 9781740665483 Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft Plans to Stay Relevant in the Post-Gates Era By Mary Jo Foley, Wiley, $37.95, 304 pages, ISBN 9780470191385 Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing the World By Don Tapscott, McGraw-Hill, $39.95, 384 pages,ISBN 9780071508636 Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies By Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff, Harvard Business Press, $50.00, 286 pages, ISBN 9781422125007 Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth By Margaret Atwood, Allen & Unwin, $24.95, 280 pages, ISBN 9780747598497 Why Beauty is Truth: A History of Symmetry By Ian Stewart, Basic Books, $29.95, 290 pages, ISBN 9780465082360 Hot, Flat and Crowded By Thomas Friedman, Allen Lane, $49.95, 448 pages, ISBN 9781846141294 Fairway to Hell By Carl Hiaasen, Transworld, $32.95, 235 pages, ISBN 9780593060872

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Insider

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Movers & shakers</p> Victoria Police chief information officer Valda Berzin has resigned four years after being appointed CIO by outgoing Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon. Berzin had been responsible for upgrading the force's law enforcement assistance program (LEAP).

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$65m

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Estimated annual savings from integration between Bendigo and Adelaide Bank.

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Fight or flight

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

The new chief executive has a dim view of IT and its value to the business. Michael Crawford asks whether it's time to build bridges or look for another job.

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Stop the spiral of doubt

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

A manager who moves into a new job must act decisively to avoid the perils of faulty first impressions, Jean-Francois Manzoni and Jean-Louis Barsoux write.

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In rules we trust

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

The economic crisis highlights the need for CIOs to facilitate corporate governance, Sue Bushell writes.

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A house of cards

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Sources of the failures in risk management that allowed the global financial crisis to develop are located more in management than in technology. Chris Jenkins searches for ways to avoid such problems in future.

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Vivek Bhatia - Wesfarmers Insurance

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Being fast-tracked up the food chain hasn't phased this rising star, who has his eye firmly on the future, Paul Smith writes.

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Peter Woods - DEWHA

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

The sustainability profile of technology has been placed firmly on the agenda by this environmental defender, Julian Bajkowski writes.

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James Scott - Toyota Australia

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Driving changes to security policy has put this IT boss on a winning track. Michael Crawford looks at how he steered for success.

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Tom Lamming - Telstra Corporation

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

The senior vice-president of transformation has the task of turning a phone company into a media communicator, Chris Jenkins writes.

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Dan Beecham - Woolworths

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

This enterprising IT executive has continued to deliver on an already successful project which, as Chris Jenkins reports, is no mean feat.

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Now featuring

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

This month on MISaustralia.com, in our round table video series, MIS editor Brian Corrigan asks tech chiefs about the place of technology in global businesses. Joining Brian are Sinclair Knight Mertz's Tony Yortis, DB Schenker's Stephen Beacham, and Fujifilm Australia's Steve Maxwell. To watch the discussion, see www.misaustralia.com/multimedia/roundtable.aspx.

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CIOs of the year

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

It's that time of year again, when we profile a number of CIOs who have done an outstanding job in the past 12 months. We've added a green award this year in recognition of the growing impact that environmental sustainability is having on IT departments. Congratulations to the MIS CIOs of the Year for 2008 and apologies to the many others who do a great job but didn't get a phone call.

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Resistance 2

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

While Resistance 2 is no pushover, at the end of the day, it's a shadow of what could have been.

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Vicki Coleman - Railcorp

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

Rebuilding technology and morale for the beleaguered NSW transport provider is the current name of the game, as Ben Woodhead writes.

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Chris Morris

Mon, 01 Dec 2008

While cloud computing is on a fast track to mainstream adoption, repositioning services will take longer. As Chris Morris writes, this future isn't black and white.

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