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Inside Microsoft's Linux lab

As Microsoft's director of platform technology strategy, Bill Hilf spends half his time trying to figure out ways Windows can work better with Linux and the other half trying to outflank the open-source rival. Read more »

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Do tech 'Einsteins' make good managers?

CIOs have to take special care of their tech 'Einsteins' to keep them happy and performing well, but are these savvy savants promotable? Read more »

How to get on the CIO career track

Making the move into IT management, and ultimately the CIO role, requires some deep evaluation of the pros and cons. The second step to move up to the C level is choosing the right type of employer. Read more »

Leave management for a nuts and bolts job?

An ex-CIO made a decision to take a more hands-on role and got back into technical work. Here's how the decision affected his career. Read more »

Defining the roles of CTO and CIO

When the CTO role first arrived, the position's lack of definition made it difficult to develop a successful CIO-CTO relationship. To help both chiefs with career success, here's a clear map of where each role starts and ends. Read more »

Meet Microsoft's alpha tester

Ron Markezich is Microsoft's CIO, and he has some thoughts to share on making sure that 'Microsoft's products are the best products in the world', why offshoring won't grow, and why everything is .NET. Read more »

Learning to manage managers

Micromanaging your second-tier managers is a sure-fire way to cause frustration and resentment. Use these five tips to balance the task of managing managers. Read more »

Is your career still on the critical path?

Project managers often spend long hours planning projects and managing team goals but often fall short when it comes to their own career. Read more »

The value of IT in tough times

It has been said that in the face of adversity one can determine the true character of an individual. I believe the same can be said of an organisation's senior leadership. Read more »

10 things you can do to get a promotion

Very few people hire on with any company or organisation with the intention of remaining indefinitely at the position for which they were hired. The thought of asking for advancement is usually pretty frightening, but these tips will help you be more prepared. Read more »

J2EE vs. .NET: Making that vital development decision

There are a few things to consider about Sun J2EE based on Microsoft's .NET Framework before making a software development decision. Learn how to make the right choice by examining the companies and the markets. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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