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# Holiday IT to-do lists | Patch Monday via @stilgherrian
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/holiday-it-to-do-lists-patch-monday-via-stilgherrian/
- Published: 2009-12-07T05:57:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T03:52:09.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, business, internet, management & leadership, technology, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

The fast-approaching holiday season is a great time to update your IT systems while everything's quiet.

I got to have a chat with Stilgherrian in this week's [Patch Monday](http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/patch-monday/soa/Holiday-IT-to-do-lists/0,2001107879,339299881,00.htm?omnRef=1337&ref=katecarruthers.com).

This podcast has some nifty suggestions from Harold Melnick, who's Microsoft's senior product marketing manager for Unified communications; Del from open source consultancy Babel Com Australia; and me.

Stilgherrian also summarises the week's IT news — everything you would have read yourself if you weren't so busy.

Listen now: [http://www.zdnet.com.au/podcasts/0,2001120173,22492851p,00.htm](http://www.zdnet.com.au/podcasts/0,2001120173,22492851p,00.htm?ref=katecarruthers.com)