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  • Few understand water's importance more than those who have known severe shortages; Rachael Bolton finds smart technology protecting this scarce resource in south-east Queensland.

  • Enterprise architecture is a behind-the-scenes creator of value rather than a value in itself and that's how it should be sold to businesses, Rob Mackinnon writes.

  • Cloud computing is being pitched as the fifth utility but it doesn't solve looming problems associated with the insatiable appetite for electricity, Mark Jones writes.

  • John Davidson gets hip to the trip with a large but lovely GPS device, a slim and sleek laptop and an oh-so-smooth BlackBerry

  • The ICT industry has accused the Labor government of breaking a $447.5 million promise to reinvest savings generated through an aggressive cost-cutting exercise into new computer projects.

  • The federal government will improve the energy efficiency of its information and communications technology equipment by 20 per cent in the next five years, following the release of a sustainability plan.

  • The business models of traditional software vendors will come under serious threat over the next few years as organisations increasingly adopt cloud-based computing.

  • Scaling IT resources to match growth is critical for any organisation but few have been faced with the challenges and opportunities that confronted the management team at NBN Co.

  • The litany of errors that threw Queensland Health's payroll into chaos could become a teaching module for how not to carry out a major technology project, but we've been here before

  • Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has made some serious progress in delivering a national broadband network but his proposals for an internet filter have stalled

  • Technology is fast eroding the traditional divisions between our work and personal lives, which should be a benefit for both employer and employee if managed correctly.

  • It's a connected world

  • Tech vendors call it collaboration but it can be argued that this is all in a typical day's work

  • Despite differing CIO opinions of Web 2.0 and working collaboratively, social networking will certainly have a massive impact on businesses.

  • Work is under way to find different ways of using the vast amounts of information gathered every day but the rules of engagement have yet to be finalised

  • Rediscover the telephone as a classic style statement that also meets today's needs, John Davidson suggests

  • Complacency over the perils of offshore data storage may have led Australian companies to make potentially dangerous decisions.

  • Australia Post has confirmed that it evaluated the idea of issuing Australians with a voluntary smartcard.

  • Consumers will be able to access services provided by Centrelink, Medicare and the Child Support Agency through a single phone number and website.

  • Companies are breathing a sigh of relief after the federal government issued a long shopping list of projects to be funded from savings generated by an IT spending review.

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