Mary Brandel - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Mary Brandel

Article | 26/10/2010 Earth Rangers: Focus on virtualization, geothermal power

"Bring Back the Wild" -- that's the mission of Earth Rangers, an innovative nonprofit organization that works to educate kids about environmental thre...

Article | 11/05/2010 Open-source software's hidden snags

When CIO Daniel Chan was first prompted to use open-source software, cost savings weren't top of mind.

Article | 9/03/2010 How to manage outsourcers after the contract's ink is dry

When the global trade association SEMI experienced a big revenue decline last year and had to cut staff, CIO Gil McInnes turned to outsourcing.

Article | 20/01/2010 Smartphones need smart security practices

As vice president of IT at Windsor Foods in Houston, Stephan Henze has to stay one step ahead of the latest IT trends. That's why he's spending a lot ...

Article | 30/12/2009 Forecast 2010: 6 hottest skills for 2010

Pent-up demand for new projects. Veteran employees leaving the company. Who could complain about such pressures in the waning months of 2009, when the...

Article | 20/10/2009 How hackers find your weak spots

While there are an infinite number of social engineering exploits, typical ones include the following:

Article | 24/11/2008 Bush's exit to put new e-records system to the test

For members of the Bush administration, January 20, 2009, marks the end of a job. However, for the staff of the US National Archives and Records Admin...

Article | 7/11/2008 Letting Apple into the enterprise isn't easy

Eighteen months ago, Serena Software began exploring the feasibility of supporting Apple MacBooks as an option for its users, most of whom are develop...

Article | 12/08/2008 Social networking behind the firewall

Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.

Article | 14/07/2008 Solid-state disk will go mainstream in 3, 2, 1...

Solid-state disk, once considered a niche technology for ruggedized, industrial and military applications, is on its way to the mainstream. This is pa...

Article | 17/04/2008 Vendors form 10Gbit/sec Ethernet Storage Alliance

Aaron Martin likes to plan ahead. One year ago, the IT manager at Loro Piano, an Italian luxury goods manufacturer with US operations in New York, plu...

Article | 15/04/2008 How to spot -- and stop -- a spy

Corporations are woefully unprepared to counter attempts at corporate espionage, say experts who perform vulnerability assessments designed to uncover...

Article | 29/01/2008 Are You Obsolete?

Vince Kellen has had a successful IT career. Currently CIO at DePaul University, he is also an international speaker on customer relationship manageme...

Article | 23/01/2008 Rock star coders

"You sound great singing in the shower, but there's a rock star inside you!" So read the first line of a job posting placed by Viget Labs in December,...

Article | 7/12/2007 Should your company 'crowdsource' its next project?

When Constellation Energy Group's commodities group needed a new system recently, it considered the usual sources of labor: internal staff, a consulta...