The Federal Government has announced a wide-ranging restructure of the public service, with the reduction of the number of Government departments from 18 to 14 and the merger of other departments as part of its reform agenda - including the combining of communications and infrastructure into a new super-department with responsibility for the National Broadband Network (NBN).

Australia’s Telecommunications Association (Telsoc) has welcomed the Federal Government’s public sector restructure, including the combining of the communications and infrastructure departments with responsibility for the National Broadband Network.

Macquarie Telecom subsidiary Macquarie Data Centres has broken ground on its new Intellicentre 3 (IC3) data centre in Sydney.

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has deployed Juniper Networks networking solutions to increase the capacity of its data centres and technical network to adapt to increasing research requirements.

With wave after wave of disruptive technology washing over the bow of every organisation, the need for good IT captains is greater than ever. At the same time, the role of the CIO is increasingly disintermediated from the business, with surveys showing less and less CIOs reporting directly to the CEO. Davy Adams presents a thought provoking article on the relevance of the CIO in 2020.

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