The Scoop with Mark Jones on MISaustralia.com
Summary: The Scoop is a weekly podcast from The Australian Financial Review's MIS magazine. Host Mark Jones and guests analyse the business of technology and management, interviewing leaders from Australia and across the globe.
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Podcasts:
Australia lacks structures that convert new ideas into strong technology companies. Joining The Scoop with insights on the state of Australian ICT innovation, the economy and the NBN are CSIRO ICT Centre director Dr Alex Zelinsky, NICTA CEO Dr David Skellern, and Data#3 CEO and AIIA chairman John Grant.
Oracle's proposed $US7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems surprised the ICT industry, and raised fresh questions about the impact of industry consolidation and the future of Sun's crown jewels: Java. Joining The Scoop host Mark Jones to analyse the acquisition is The Register's software editor Gavin Clarke, Unico CTO Peter Evans-Greenwood and Enterprise Java president Rob Janson.
The ICT industry criticised the Federal Budget for lacking more big ticket spending plans. And the big questions remain: Is Australia's largest single marketplace growing or contracting? Why have some departments stalled ICT spending? The Scoop host Mark Jones is joined by Senator Kate Lundy, Intermedium head of consulting Kevin Noonan and The Australian Financial Review journalist Julian Bajkowski.
McKinsey argues virtualisation could deliver lower costs than cloud computing. Google disagrees. Who is right, and are CIO's getting tired of cloud computing hype? Joining The Scoop host Mark Jones is Google Apps senior product manager Rajen Sheth, Altium CIO Alan Perkins, and Ovum research director Steve Hodgkinson.
In our first show for 2009 we examine the impact of the financial crisis on enterprise and government technology budgets. Chief information officers face incredible pressure to deliver massive cost savings and sustained growth to the business, or else. The question is how? Joining The Scoop host Mark Jones is Fiona Balfour, a technology consultant and former CIO of Qantas and Telstra, and Steve Hodgkinson, research director at Ovum.
