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The Australian Services Union (ASU) claimed today that IT giant IBM is planning to offshore jobs from a number of its operations centres to China and India.
Sally McManus
(Credit: ZDNet.com.au)
The union had been contacted by a number of employees who informed it of the move, according to the union's branch secretary Sally McManus. The workers had said the changes will affect around 150 jobs from systems operation centres located in Baulkham Hills and Cumberland Forest in Sydney, as well as Clayton in Melbourne. The positions would be moving to offshore centres located in Bangalore, India and Shen zhen, China, McManus said.
McManus said she believed that IBM was preparing to make an announcement to employees about the plan, which had not yet been made at the time of writing. The union has contacted IBM demanding to be consulted before the announcement was made. IBM had yet to respond, according to McManus.
"We're very concerned that IBM haven't followed obligations to its workers and taken steps to mitigate adverse outcomes," McManus said.
ZDNet.com.au contacted IBM on the truth of the allegations. "There have been no announcements in the areas put forward, but IBM continues to rebalance its skills and capabilities to meet the changing needs of our clients," IBM spokesperson Matt Mollett said, but would not comment further on the issue.
The Baulkham Hills centre the union believed to be affected was involved in strike action just over a year ago, which attempted to obtain better conditions. Workers were now in the midst of negotiating a collective agreement with the company, McManus said.
"It's pretty low of [IBM] to make these people redundant after they've been negotiating a collective agreement," she said.
McManus believed IBM has been using lawyers to delay the hearings in order to finalise deals with the offshore companies. "They employed very expensive legal representatives who have been using technicalities to delay the hearings," she said.
ASU does not know how many IBM accounts would be affected if the centres were offshored, but McManus believed that the quality of service would decrease.
"It's proven that local support centres are better," she said. "More misunderstandings can arise when support isn't local, since things can be lost in translation."
IBM provides services for a bevy of companies, including Qantas and Westpac, although the contract with Westpac is coming up for renewal this year.
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Clients beware
If removing Tea and Coffee from all IBM offices wasn't low enough ....it seems clear that the "so called employer of choice" is really just the "Big Blue engine " with a whip in one hand and chains in the other.....
Max February 19th, 2010The Big Blue....
...is fast becoming the Big Brown.
Dazza February 19th, 2010Down the hills
That was the worst company i ve ever worked for. Or it might just be the team i was working for.
Be careful working there. low moral + bad management + careless attitude
Anonymous February 19th, 2010wakey wakey
firstly i have a lot of respect for what IT people have to know.. but IT is is a dead end and companies love to cut it to shreds... youd have to be crazy to do an IT degree these days...
Anonymous February 21st, 2010Isn't this already happening?
As someone who works for one of IBM major clients, first contact is with Ballarat, and anything after that is with China/India
Anonymous February 22nd, 2010Talks today with affected staff
Talks happening his afternoon with affected staff. IBM Australia should hang it's head in shame. Bring in "guest workers" on whatever visas, train up alongside local staff, then send them hom to remotely manage Corporate Australia's systems and data. Ploy is to manage via a "GDC" Global Delivery Centre out of Ballarat, but more smoke and mirrors, remote control will be via Bangalore or ShenZen. Like Microsoft's old phrase "where do you want to be today".. it will now be for most Australian's "where is my personal information being (mis-)managed today ?"..
Anonymous February 22nd, 2010Talks today with affected staff
For all the readers who have commented on poor performance offshore please do your homework before you write such silly things on web. India has got more skilled personnel and tools and processes than what an average Aussie employee can ever dream of.your information is not mismanaged in India but more safe than ever.indians work in 3 shifts which keeps them available 24 hours a day.Unlike aussies where noone is present when the clock strucks 5:01 pm. indians have much much higher understanding and intelligence which has made them so succesful all over the world.india is one of the top 3 countires when it comes to IT and IT profesisonals.do not forget that 24 percent of ibmers all over world are indians.due to some stupid decisions by some stupid aussie IBMers do not blame the more qualified and deserving indians.Indians did not beg for the outsourced jobs but Aussie IBMers gave that to them.so mind you comments before you write anything on the web.
Truly Indian March 2nd, 2010Indian outsourcing
You are right to say that it is the corporates who outsource and no-one is blaming the Indians for picking up these contracts. you seem to have a very strange view of Australian workers in IT. I've been in the inductry for 30 years and I spent 25 of those years working long hours, weekends and nights ensuring quality dleivery. Your view is very sterotypical racist ranting and does not recognise the brilliance, dedication and hard work that went into establishing the industry in this country.
Further, I have had plenty of experience in dealing with outsourcing to India and China and it is not a good experience. I find the quality is very poor, innovation non existant and promises very big against minimal delivery. I have seen customer satisfaction levels decline as a direct result.
The problem is not a fault with India or China but rather business ownership, innovation and customer service. Customer service is tightly coupled with cultural awareness, responsiveness and tangible positive outcomes. Same with solution development and business integration.
Davo March 2nd, 2010Truly Indian
So, lets see, what have Indian IT genius' provided the world - errrrr a BIG FAT Nothing. Don't kid yourself, India only gets what it gets because of the western business world's insane cut cost make more profit mantra. As Karl Marx said, capitalism will cut its own throat through greed. As for off-shoring, I firmly believe our government should ban it, and stop giving third world IT droans working visas.
Anonymous March 3rd, 2010Rubbish!
I have worked very closely with offshore staff, and sorry you are very wrong. Ask any legal professional, and they will refer this type of business as simply exploitation. It is all about low costs, and very cheap labour and nothing else!
Anonymous March 11th, 2010If indians are as good as what 'truly indian' say they are, perhaps he'd like to comment on why the issuance of 457 visa's have gone down by 50% since the Labor government introduced rules that said they must be paid market rates.
I've worked for over 20 years in IT across a multitude of technologies, and all nationalities, including Indian, and they are with few exceptions (I have met some good ones, and currently have a good boss) the worst in their roles
Me 2 April 30th, 2010Its already Starting
My team was cut from 5 to 3 today, IBM is a joke, Customer Service satisfaction is not going to be met from now on, what are they thinking!!!
Anonymous February 24th, 2010Up to 700 jobs to go at Big Blue (Big Brown)
Many staff had teleconference meetings today where they learned the fate of one or more of their team colleauges. The buzz within is that up to 700 jobs may go in this "resource action" which is up to 20% of the current IBM Australia workforce. Most of these positions will be made redundant however the usual ploy is that they have 30 days to find a job internally (which won't happen).
Anonymous February 24th, 2010More redundancies (oh sorry, redeployments)
Another one gone from an Enterprise level team, announced today, 4 weeks to find another position internally (don't hold your luck). Last one out, turn off the lights..
Anonymous February 24th, 2010Grab a LifeJacket
Today's cut is just the beginning, the cuts will be a serious of WAVES over the next 6 months. At least they have stuck with the old retrenchment package this time round and not some kick in the gut package which was rumoured to be offered last year that would have just met the industrial relations requirement. Mind you, the offered package is pretty poor compare to other companies.
The execs probably don't realise, without resources (workers) there are no outsourcing. I wonder whether the union will call for more strikes this time round.
Anonymous February 24th, 2010What a joke..
When they rolled out their grand GDF (Global Delivery Framework) plan, they were touting this to be making people to work more efficient. I've been halfheartedly joking this as retrenchment in disguise. One of the delivery teams in Ballarat have chopped 1/4 of their team and some of those jobs are heading overseas while they've still got an ad on their internal recruitment portal wanting to hire people. Go figure.
Back to my own team, they have "spoken" to couple of individuals but I am glad they're the ones on the chopping block as they are massive pains to the team...hate to say it but some of these can be described as good riddance.
Anonymous February 24th, 2010Indian Business Machines (IBM)
Gee I wonder if WESTPAC, QANTAS, MYER, MBL, MLC, ENERGY Australia, RACV, Dept of Veteras Affairs, Australian Customs, Medicare, Medibank Private and AGL are happy that there accounts will run in India , Malaysia or China.
IBM did tell them...of course they did !!
ANd if they have told them what sort of promises have they made ? Better service, better skills maybe better price.
Wait until the first sign of political unrest and maybe it will be back in Australia before I have chance to spend my redundany payout :).
Hope you IBM managment sleep well at night!!
Anonymous February 25th, 2010Indian Business Machines (IBM)
For all the readers who have commented on poor performance offshore please do your homework before you write such silly things on web. India has got more skilled personnel and tools and processes than what an average Aussie employee can ever dream of.your information is not mismanaged in India but more safe than ever.indians work in 3 shifts which keeps them available 24 hours a day.Unlike aussies where noone is present when the clock strucks 5:01 pm. indians have much much higher understanding and intelligence which has made them so succesful all over the world.india is one of the top 3 countires when it comes to IT and IT profesisonals.do not forget that 24 percent of ibmers all over world are indians.due to some stupid decisions by some stupid aussie IBMers do not blame the more qualified and deserving indians.Indians did not beg for the outsourced jobs but Aussie IBMers gave that to them.so mind you comments before you write anything on the web.
Truly Indian March 2nd, 2010They should ban the practice
I don't agree with any offshoring measures but some of the companies you list shouldn't have anything to complain about - they do the same thing to us. Westpac and QANTAS to name but two have Indian call centres and I am fairly sure Myers do too.
I think the practice should be banned. When I deal with a company I not only want to speak to people in Australia but also in my home state. Why should we be supporting someone else's economy? There is also the issue of dreadful phone line quality and the idiot at the other end of the line only able to speak pidgeon English at best.
Mel Sommersberg March 2nd, 2010Great Service, yeah RIGHT!
IBM is milking it from the Customer and the REAL WORKERS. Global Resourcing or whatever they call it are built into the customer's contract but guess how much cheaper the customer get with this so called "OPTION" 10 to 15% savings at best! WTF? workers in these low cost countries are being paid 4-5 times less than an Australian employee, if I am the customer I would be asking for 80-90% discount! Oh but maybe thats not possible because we have so many account executives, account team whatever, SDM, DPM, DPE, many layers of management who are being paid big bucks. IBM will of course tells lies to the customer and promise the level of service will be identical with global resourcing. Yeah Right! A few weeks of "TRANSITION" and over the phone conferences is how we "transition" work over to India/China! and the customer have no idea how INEXPERIENCED these people are in the low cost countries.
Anonymous February 25th, 2010Me too
I have been now advised my position is being offshored to China - IBM don't have the staff to replace me yet, but good luck in finding someone to work in mainframe and be oncall in a couple of months ...
Anonymous February 25th, 2010Trust and Honour
You continually hear one thing from management, and then they do something totally different.
There is absolutely no trust between staff and management, and it is apparent when walking the corridors.
If a person is retrenched, then so be it. All people ask is that management is forthright, and not hiding behind the covers. The management at IBM, has to be some off the worst I have ever encountered!
If your in I.T. or envisage being in I.T. stay well clear of this company - they simply cannot be trusted.
I would love to put my details to this, but you can guarantee, they would chop me down as fast as they could.
Anonymous February 25th, 2010A sad and sorry place to be
I too cannot cope the the constant bullshit we are fed at IBM. I seriously believe that the managenment is so evil that it is being run by demons, who have no idea what the truth or humanity mean. I really wish I could say I am exaggerating but sadly I am not. If their own staff can't trust them then how can companies want to entrust them with their computer systems. The management team have no integrity yet they indoctrinate their staff to behave with respect and a customer focus. Something which IBM managent seem to not understand the basics of.
Anonymous February 25th, 2010No rest for the wicked !!!
In regard to the comment entitled Indian Business Machines, where you said,
Hope IBM managment sleep well at night!!
Just wanted to let you know that I don't believe that IBM management sleep at night, they are too busy sucking the blood of innocent victims
R.I.P
Anonymous February 25th, 2010Same worldwide
This is happening all over the World.
IBM is one of the worst companies I have had to work for. I expect a customer backlash at some point... but Sam will have is pension pot by then.
Look at www.ibmemployee.com for items IBM doesn't want you to know about!
Anonymous February 26th, 2010Spineless Leaders
These so called leaders like Sam Palmisano, Mike Daniels when they visited Australia, they did not even bother to show up to the troops. This just show how much of a leader they are, even the incompetent George W and his leadership team visited the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan multiple times. Guess why, trading millions in share options and selling millions in IBM shares is more important then stop for an hour chat to the staff. Don't believe it? have a look at http://www.dailyfinance.com/company/international-business-machines-corporation/ibm/nys/insider-transactions?pn=2&tf=5&srt=1 for trading activities. Hope you guys end up where your mate Bob Moffat ends up. And as for you Glen Boreham, stop advertising how much you are investing in people and hiring how many number of staff during GFC. GFC is over and now we are cutting? WTF?
Anonymous February 26th, 2010Nationalism
I know it is bad loosing jobs offshore, but all the comments about the drop in quality get me?
Will it really be worse? Indian and Chinese Universities are constantly ranking above Australian Institutions in the Times Higher Education Rankings. There is some world class research coming out of both these countries. I feel the claims of having a lower quality product are largely unfounded and not backed up by any quantifiable evidence.
I am sorry for anyone who is loosing their job. It is bad and I hope they can move on to bigger and better things.
Anonymous February 26th, 2010not nationalism, common sense
Sio you obviously have never dealt with a call centre ?
Nobody is disputing how smart anybody else is but experience and not uni degrees is the key. IBM in Australia has many Indian and Asian and other varieties of staff and experience obviously not race goes a long way. Anybody working on a large account quickly realises that all accounts are not the same, experience on an account cannot be learned at uni.
Anonymous February 26th, 2010How Intelligent People Are Is Not the Problem.
Have you ever tried to resolve an issue, technical or otherwise, with a telephone support representative whose grip on the English Language is tenuous at best?
It's bad enough living in "the bush" and dealing with people in Sydney who think Brisbane is half an hour's drive north of Newcastle.
Maybe as someone who only speaks English, I should move to India or China and get a telephone tech-support job so that I can speak to Australian IBM customers and think that Ballarat is about ten minutes south of the Gold Coast.
Maybe better still: having never been out of Australia, I'll set up a tourist information booth in Tokyo--"She'll be right, mate!"
Mic February 26th, 2010Reply back to Nationalism
I guess you don't work for IBM or any other companies which outsource technical (high skilled) work overseas.
Anonymous February 27th, 2010Bad experience
It really was worse, infact disasterous! I've been left to deal with outsources after senior management decided to boost their bonuses with short term cost reductions. The likes of Infsys, Tata and HCL have wrecked systems and caused blowouts in maintenance costs, development times and quality. They are the masters of the cut'n'paste without any regard to code quality. It's a nightmare having to deal with them.
In the end its the end customers who suffer and is self defeating as cost blowouts and lost revenues negate the orginal business case. By then the senior management have cashed their bonuses and moved on to PWC or somewhere similar.
Simon March 2nd, 2010Cost cutting?
Quote:
McManus believed IBM has been using lawyers to delay the hearings in order to finalise deals with the offshore companies. "They employed very expensive legal representatives who have been using technicalities to delay the hearings," she said.
I'll put my bet on: "It cost more to pay the solicitors than if they had just paid the staff anyway."
It's the same mentality as an Insurance Company spending $1M in court to get out of paying a $10,000 claim.
Mic February 26th, 2010Pay Peanuts, Get Monkeys!
I think the above subject is self explanatory enough to add more here. :P
Anonymous February 27th, 2010IBM to offshore 150 jobs
IBM is not totally to blame. IBM’s clients demand that IBM provides a “global solution”. It’s Australia’s large banks, the Telco companies and other large multinational companies that place these demands on IBM. Of course IBM is only too happy to be party to the exploitation of cheap labour. If Australian’s are prepared to have their personal information such as bank account, credit card and other IT information (phone/internet records) controlled by peace loving nations such as India & China, why should we care. Any notion that IBM or its clients are concerned about quality is a joke. I have seen these outsourcing projects many times. The service does drop but the share price will still go up. The managers will take their bonus and move on before the **** hits the fan. We call these mangers seagull’s (fly in, make a lot of noise **** all over the place and then leave). If the Australian public as so complacent about their personal information being managed by foreign countries they deserve all they get. They will get use to waiting on the phone for 60 minutes only to be hung up on by a non English speaking operator, who they couldn’t understand anyway. An operator who is more concerned on getting the client off the phone in the prescribed time limit than sorting out the client’s problem. Sound familiar, any wonder that calls to the Telecommunications Ombudsman sky rocketed in 2009. If you want to put a stop to this, join your union and take a stand together. Just don’t expect any support from the Australian public or any form of government. Lets face it most of them will not even realise that it has occurred, until their credit card shows up some unusual foreign transactions or their phone company starts charging them for all the calls to the sex lines. If your lucky they will only pinch your identity and kill a another terrorist leader, at least that wont cost you any dollars. My advice would be to switch to a pre paid phone, get your money out of the big banks and pay cash for your next curry.
Anonymous February 27th, 2010What are the packages offered this year?
What kind of packages are on offer this time around? It was 2 weeks pay for every year of service + leave paid out last year. Is it any better this year? Are they paying the 13 weeks retrenchment on top?
Finding a job in 30 days is a total JOKE ! Even sadder is the way they manage the PBC process and rate people with 3's and manage them out. I agree with the comments, IBM is not worth working for these days. maybe 10 years ago it still respected its people, these days they are nothing but a serial number. The Execs at IBM are BS artists of the day. Honestly, what IBM needs is a cull of the Executives, i know a few "Vice Presidents" and "Directors" who do absolutely nothing - they still get paid heaps and have fancy titles ! How many does it take to change a light bulb - 1, how many VP's and Directors to write IBM Australia Strategy - probably 15 !
Enough Said - All of you who accepted the packages - welcome to the world outside, its heaps better, brighter and more fun.
Anonymous February 27th, 2010No packages offered
As 1 who had his meeting on Friday, let me assure you that there was nothing offered - I was given a "Notice of Redeployment" & told that if I did not find another role internally in 4 wks, I would be "given formal notice of the termination of my employment".
I would be paid 8 wks salary, plus 2 weeks pay for each year of employment plus 5 weeks in lieu of notice (plus outstanding pay & Long Service).
I had no choice to "accept the package" - it was presented as that's what was going to happen, & I was just along for the ride !
Anonymous February 28th, 2010Shift Penalties
Any one aware yet how shift penalties are being treated this time around?
Anonymous February 28th, 2010Shift workers to go ?
I have just heard that it looks like most of the Operations staff at the Clayton & Baulkam Hills Data Centres wil be made redundant soon - just after they have performed skills handover.
Talk is that the Ops support will be performed from India & China.
So IBM won't need to negotiate shift penalties in Australia with Operators any more !!
Anonymous March 1st, 2010Reality check
Should IBM subcontract any federal government work to India or China then it is clearly in breach of Australian government laws. On the flip side, one of the core conditions of a Highly Protected security clearance is that employees must be Australian citizens and not merely permanent residents.
Q: How many foreign nationals will meet these conditions?
A: Nil.
Anonymous February 27th, 2010Do not blame India, China etc etc
For all the readers who have commented on poor performance offshore please do your homework before you write such silly things on web. India has got more skilled personnel and tools and processes than what an average Aussie employee can ever dream of.indians work in 3 shifts which keeps them available 24 hours a day.Unlike aussies where noone is present when the clock strucks 5:01 pm. indians have much much higher understanding and intelligence which has made them so succesful all over the world.india is one of the top 3 countires when it comes to IT and IT profesisonals.do not forget that 24 percent of ibmers all over world are indians.due to some stupid decisions by some stupid aussie IBMers do not blame the more qualified and deserving indians.Indians did not beg for the outsourced jobs but Aussie IBMers gave that to them.so mind you comments before you write anything on the web.
Truly Indian March 2nd, 2010India
Only reason India gets the job is because they are cheaper. Nothing more nothing less (you get paid what you are worth!!) . Fact is, since Telstra has begun sending jobs across to India Telstra has had one of the worst customer satisfaction ratings in the world for a company of it's size. Another fact is that when critical issues arrive at IBM, onshore techs are used rather then Indian techs. Wonder why that is if they are so highly skilled. Oh and Australia have been rated as one of the highest and hardest workers in the world by average weekly hours according to a US study of the International Labour Organisation. Do you just make things up as you go along or do you actually have figures to substantiate your claims?
Anonymous March 2nd, 2010Do not blame India, China etc etc
Of corse i do have figures and facts.i am not here to be racial but i dont blame you to be unknown of this as aussie media never shows the good things across its own borders.
millions of dollars are invested every year into indian companies by IBM, INTEL,HP,ORACLE,MICROSOFT,CISCO,APPLE,SAP,GOOGLE ETC. speaking of hard work, employees in indian IT companies work atleast 9-10 hours every single day.yeah get that fact right.there is no such thing as a saturday OFF in india.its a 6 day week and sometimes due to work pressure or load people work on sunday too.so dont give me the **** about hard work n all.its nonsense.
Truly Indian March 2nd, 2010Curry stinks
It's not nonsense it's fact. I have yet to see a quoted reference from you so don't bother coming back unless you can quote a reputable reference. By they way we only need five days a week because we are more efficient. Simple equation that even you might be able to understand. Let me say it three more times maybe then you will understand coz that seems to be the case with the Indians I'm dealing with on a daily basis.
Anonymous March 2nd, 2010You have no idea!
Unless you have actually been involved in outsourcing the work to the so called "EXPERIENCED" personnel based over in India, you have no bloody idea. The ones we get from India is asking questions in IT terms like asking "HOW TO WRITE WITH A PEN" yes, thats how bad it is. Hours of telephone conference each day is not enough for them. These so called experience staff ask for everything in writing, everything documented as if they can't think for themselves or don't even bother to go and RTFM! my response to them now is RTFM. If you take our jobs, you do the XXXXing work.
Would you rather drive and to be seen in a tata/greatwall motor or a Porsche, i know which one I rather be in :)
Anonymous March 2nd, 2010Don't Blame India
You didn't mention INFOSYS, EDS, ACCENTRA and off course lets not forget SATIUM (what happen to them again). I don't know where you get your info from (Indian media?), but most data centres operate 24x7, 365 days a year. You just don't get it do you, its got nothing to do with hard work its all about cost. In india you might consider it a job, In Australia we call those wages slavery.
Anonymous March 4th, 2010Greedy corporations and greedy executives
These people in India and China all deserve to have good jobs, live well and have a good life like us here in OZ. The problem is with the organisations and their executives that have become so greedy and lost the plot with this offshoring thing. They seem to be hiring people from the streets who have no idea and are not "experienced" at all. They don't care about their employees, less about their customers. They are letting very experienced people go and the skills are being lost but don't give a rats. All they want is more revenue and shareholder value. IBM executives (including the CEO Sam Palmisano) are all cashing out and selling millions of their IBM stocks for the past 15 months or so. On 05/11/09, Sam sold "some" of his stock worth about $16million ! They know the company is going downhill and they don't care. They are just preparing themselves to enjoy retirement leaving a big mess behind them.
Anonymous March 2nd, 2010Great - My share Price Will Go Up!
Keep working that unpaid overtime those that stay. I thank you for my new boat.
Anonymous March 3rd, 2010GDF: who cares about employees and services? We just want profit!
So IBM is deploying GDF.
So that means:
- no milk, no tea, no coffee, no plastic cups, and no hot/cold drinkable water
- workers are paying peanuts, yet the execs believe that's expensive
- money spent on graduates' social events, and money spent on ideas of how to cut grads so they can spend less at these events
- not paying for meals at work-related trainings when every other company does
- rather spend money on having us fix problems that should've got solved by 2000, and not spend money upgrading the system
- pay for massage-therapists to come and give free 3-min massages to employees, most of whom have told to pack their bags
- IBM wants profit, not necessarily quality of service, not necessarily quality of people, not necessarily the company 'values' (what values) and morale (what morale)?
So there you have it. If you are thinking of joining IBM, remember, make it your one-year springboard, never more than 2 years or more in this organisation.
italk: IBM..thumb DOWN March 4th, 2010Quality Shows
St George stuffed up 400,000 statements with customers having the wrong transaction balances. One old lady was in distress because she got a statement showing all her money had gone. This is the result of companies dropping quality for money. This could have caused a run on the bank and is an issue of reputation risk under international banking regulation. APRA needs to start kicking bums with organisations taking risks to save money.
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#Barbers and ##security_professionals: [zdnet.com] The wonderfully self-contradictory report from the Commission on... http://dlvr.it/4dk8J
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分享 http://tinyurl.com/2fjtmcj ZDNet Taiwan%3A %B7s%BBD (蘋果Ping、Apple TV 台灣沒得玩？) http://plurk.com/p/7c5ji7
39 minutes ago by markiwi on twitterAnd again, NBN = National Broadband Network. The aim is for everyone nationally, to benefit. And yes people pay via their taxes and will...
49 minutes ago by RS on Telco alliance acting on self-interest: IDC
Commonwealth Bank chooses Brisbane based GBST for new institutional equities trading solution http://ow.ly/2yTCx. http://ow.ly/2yTFh.
50 minutes ago by stevensil on twitterpeaking of which, I have asked you 2 questions many times, which have gone unanswered just as many times, so seriously... what is good fo...
56 minutes ago by RS on Telco alliance acting on self-interest: IDCpeaking of which, I have asked you 2 questions many times, which have gone unanswered just as many times, so seriously... what is good fo...
56 minutes ago by RS on Telco alliance acting on self-interest: IDCSlattery - your parent company was consulted I think...TPG? And calling the govt communists does not help your cause. Oh and how does c...
56 minutes ago by Uh_ah on Conroy ignored industry on NBN: SlatteryTime = Money. To put it bluntly Linton. Optical Fiber to the premises = reduced transit times for sending and receiving data, multi pur...
57 minutes ago by Jahm Mitt on 1Gbps NBN fans 'just plain stupid': Linton
RT @joshgnosis Should Microsoft apologise to "MEN" for the meter maids at #auteched last week ? http://bit.ly/cDI50d [ HUH ? WTF ?! ]
1 hour ago by GrumpyWookie on twitterI like sex. I like masturbating. I like porn. I like Meter Maids and most women. I don't think much of the christian "anti-se...
1 hour ago by Jahm Mitt on Microsoft sorry for Meter Maid bikinis
Costs, security burden private cloud ideal | ZDNet.Au Priorities http://bit.ly/9v09BI via@Tessa_Alfred
1 hour ago by morphlabs on twitter
NBN key to open government: Lundy http://zdnet.com.au/339305772/ #gov2 #gov2au
1 hour ago by Gov2Aus on twitter
Senator Stephen Conroy must be on of (if not the) most incompetent people in politics!! http://goo.gl/tzA6 #conboy
2 hours ago by nothingwithyou on twitter
RT @joshgnosis: NBN key to open govt: Lundy http://bit.ly/cO0n13 #openinternet #gov2
2 hours ago by TheDanAnimal on twitterI have asked this question of you before, so what is your prediction of the population/SMB shifts to the already NBN enabled areas of Smi...
2 hours ago by advocate on Telco alliance acting on self-interest: IDC
Why am I surprised Conroy didn't consult with anyone credible whilst dreaming up this scheme. NBN shouldn't be about fibre or ...
2 hours ago by Scott W on Conroy ignored industry on NBN: SlatteryThe bank and retailers have no interest in your security, as long as it's quicker and cheaper for them to make money. Contactless ...
2 hours ago by Scott W on NAB rolls out contactless terminalsCharge them all!
2 hours ago by Scott W on NAB rolls out contactless terminalsWell it's a reasonably simple premise, FTTH will be a direct benefit to your business which you don't have to pay for, you accuse...
2 hours ago by advocate on Telco alliance acting on self-interest: IDCWalk in the door, get charged. Walk out the door, get charged. Hey, doesn't that sound like a new banking charge? Walk into the b...
2 hours ago by Scott W on NAB rolls out contactless terminalsMaihi had referred to the manipulation of ATM software to steal customer bank details as phishing; even though this is not the usual use ...
2 hours ago by darrenpauli on Banks struggle against ATM bombingsDo you agree that Microsoft should apologise to men for the meter maid debacle? http://bit.ly/cDI50d
2 hours ago by zdnetaustralia on twitter
Conroy ignored industry on #NBN: Slattery: http://bit.ly/b6ankQ [Who's surprised?]
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Doctor, CEO demands crippling health IT - Business - News http://ff.im/-q984M
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Victoria attracts 400 more IT jobs http://zdnet.com.au/339305513/
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3 hours ago, Costs, security burden private cloud ideal
RT: @zdnetaustralia: Easy access to data is more impt than location, w/ cost & security preventing companies creating.. http://bit.ly/c9IKY6
3 hours ago by japha on twitterEasy access to data is more impt than location, with cost and security preventing companies creating a private cloud http://bit.ly/c9IKY6
3 hours ago by zdnetaustralia on twitter
RT @SydneyHomeless: Conroy ignored industry on #NBN: Slattery - http://bit.ly/cXDfnT
4 hours ago by singhd on twitterSlattery accuses Conroy of ignoring the telco industry when it came to building the NBN http://bit.ly/cHKKqJ
5 hours ago by zdnetaustralia on twitter
Elements of this copyroght discussion are a cause for concern - what if it is a shared internet connection? http://icio.us/tzynoy
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Yesterday, it distressed me greatly that an Australian MP was forced to resign. NSW MP internet misuse 'flawed' - News http://bit.ly/b69tN2
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Thanks, @Audrey_William. #RNOW's latest high profile client in Australia RT #Vividwireless takes on #RightNow CRM http://tiny.cc/crru1
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