News & Updates
April 15, 2011
The art of engaging quality IT staff - getting direct advice from Tony Kesby, CIO, Veda Advantage
April 15, 2011 Tony Kesby Recruiting and retaining quality IT staff has been a longstanding challenge for CIOs. Talent shortages, rapid changes in technology, and increased demands on IT from business leaders are ongoing issues. PicNet's Marco Tapia ...
April 7, 2011
XchangeIT - a great Australian IT success story
XChangeIT Software Pty Ltd is a consortium comprised of Australia's three leading magazine distributors. It provides an electronic trading platform for newsagents and distributors to share delivery, sales and returns information. It is used by over 2 ...
March 30, 2011
Email etiquette: rights and wrongs
Whether you think email communication is good or bad, it's here to stay, and how you compose an email speaks to your professionalism, reliability, and personal image. So here are some tips on how to manage this vital tool. Formality Formality used to ...
March 29, 2011
BYO computers ... this will become a trend. Be ready.
Suncorp allows staff to BYO computers, tablets IN what could prove to be a watershed moment for corporate Australia, financial services firm Suncorp will let thousands of employees use their personal computers, including Apple iPads, at work. For the ...
March 22, 2011
Understanding Nancy - Sinatra for .Net
For a project we are currently working on here at PicNet we decided to forgo the bloat of ASP.Net and Mvc and go for a super light weight web platform. We tried Kayak but this was a little too ‘bare' so we then shifted our attention to Nancy which is ...
March 11, 2011
Generating growth and revenue with IT - Interview with ING Direct CIO Andrew Henderson
Rust Report's CIO'S CORNER March 11, 2011 Andrew Henderson, CIO, ING Direct Gartner identified in its recent Predict 2011 study that "Delivering Growth & Innovation via IT" is now at the top of the issues facing CIOs world wide. I have written in my ...