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• 01 Dec

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • banking
  • general
  • management
  • products
  • security
  • strategy

  the National Australia Bank file: was the crash malicious?

  It doesn’t look like National Australia Bank’s woes are going away any time soon. Conflicting stories emerging from CEO Cameron Clyne’s office sure isn’t helping.
  
  First reports suggested that an upgrade failure took down all the Bank’s systems. But as the dust settles, a rather different picture is emerging.

  NAB’s prolonged outage initially attributed to a glitch may have been deliberate.
  If its true, then NAB’s troubles are far from over. They may only be beginning… continued over the page… >>

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• 30 Nov

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • banking
  • cloud
  • general
  • management
  • products
  • security
  • strategy

  National Australia Bank: not a G’day for the Aussies

  In fact, not a good weekend and probably this week won’t be a whole lot better. Australia’s biggest bank is still off-line after a routine upgrade went wrong.

  

  While the other banks may laugh behind closed doors about NAB’s misfortunes, truth is, its a case of There but for the Grace of God goes I. continued over the page… >>

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• 24 Nov

  

  Written by
  Neil Robinson

  
  

  Category

  • cloud
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  • management
  • mobile
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  • social networks
  • strategy
  • web design

  browser wars: all about quality of life

  Our eyesight. Its the most developed, critical and relied on of all human senses.
  And probably why we make such beautiful things.

  Basically, we like what we see. Or rather we tend to buy what we like the look of.
  How about web browsers?

  

  Given a choice, few would go for a conventional TV over a flat screen HD beauty. The quality, colour depth and sheer pleasure it is to watch is amazing.

  Contrast this to web browsers, which don’t cost thousands, they’re actually free.
  So why don’t we go for the best there is? continued over the page… >>

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