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Australia pays its way for IT managers

A global salary survey has placed Australia in the top 10 of the world's highest-paying countries for IT managers, but some within the industry are not convinced. Read more »

Will change of CEO hit Red Hat?

The man who led Linux seller Red Hat from a newly public but largely unproven open source company to a force to be reckoned with is giving his office to an executive largely unknown in the software industry. Read more »

IT salaries stable: Survey

Remuneration packages for technology professionals have remained steady over the last 12 months despite a shortfall in certain specialised IT areas, a new study has shown. Read more »

Gentoo Linux founder quits Microsoft

Daniel Robbins, the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project, has quit his job at Microsoft after only eight months, the software giant has confirmed. Read more »

Visiting CIO argues for more employee security controls

Staff disabling virus protection and not bothering to change their passwords are security threats too great to let slide, according to one leading CIO. Read more »

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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Think carefully before moving into a consulting career

The grass may seem greener over in the consulting field, but as a longtime consultant notes, IT managers should consider multiple issues before changing career tracks. Read more »

An adventure in IT consulting

An outside consultant can provide the voice of disinterested honesty. If the client doesn't like what you have to say, the most you lose is the engagement. If they listen to you and it doesn't work, things could get ugly. You're not part of the protected herd of employees who will be all too happy to blame you. Read more »

A step-by-step plan to starting a consulting business

It takes more than a business card and some organisational skills to start your own consulting business. As one former IT leader explains, it requires skills, from accounting to time management, and there's more than just a few hurdles in the path. Read more »

Four issues to consider before becoming a remote IT consultant

This article suggests what issues to consider when deciding whether to become a remote IT consultant. Read more »

Six ways IT consultants can build their reputation

You may be one of the best IT consultants in town, but if no one knows about you, it's impossible to ever be successful. So how exactly do you build a reputation? Read more »

What's more important to become an IT consultant: education or experience?

What does it take to become an IT consultant? You need a good mix of book smarts and on-the-job knowledge -- with a dash of something else. Read more »

Eight resume tips for the experienced IT pro

You think your resume is packed full with great stuff because years ago, you read all the articles on how to build the perfect resume and you've been following most of that advice ever since. Any employer should take one look at your resume and hire you on the spot, right? Think again. 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 »

Settling for less

As competition heats up in the job market, many of you are facing a tough decision: Do you hold out for a position offering a decent salary or accept a job for far less than you used to make? Read more »

Embed me: Career opportunities in embedded software

Writing software designed to be embedded in an appliance, phone, or some other real-world device is a growth area, but has its own set of challenges. Read more »

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2Vouch refers well

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- Melbourne-based Web start-up 2Vouch yesterday launched the first public beta of what it dubs its "social recruiting platform". Read more »

Australian twitterati talks malware

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- It was inevitable that micro-blogging service Twitter would become infested with malware, according to a number of high-profile Australian users of the service. Read more »

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    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 »

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    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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