• Telstra makes carbon pledge

    Australia's biggest telco Telstra has revealed plans to reduce carbon emissions for every dollar earned by at least a tenth over the next six years.

    16 November 2009 04:40 PM

  • ACS appoints new CEO

    The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has again filled its CEO position after former CEO Kim Denham was sacked in May this year.

    16 November 2009 01:55 PM

  • O'Sullivan on Optus float: "No decision"

    Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan over the weekend said no decision had been made within parent Singapore Telecommunications to float the Australian subsidiary as a separate company.

    16 November 2009 10:13 AM

  • Defence to post major ICT tenders

    The Department of Defence today invited the ICT industry to tender for major defence contracts, some of which will run through July, 2011.

    13 November 2009 05:50 PM

  • NSW Ageing CIO retires

    James Hegarty, current CIO for the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care as well as former IT head at the state's Department of Corrections, is retiring after around 30 years in the public service.

    13 November 2009 02:22 PM

  • Big CenITex pay packets continue

    Controversial CenITex executive Thana Velummylum has again entered into a contract with the Victorian shared services agency for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

    13 November 2009 02:18 PM

There hasn't been a telco ... anywhere in the world [that has] won against a government hell-bent on reform.

From: Conroy attacks angry Telstra investors

Read it here, then discuss it in Talkback.

  • Berzins' blunders: Police ignored tender rules

    Victoria Police's IT division under disgraced chief information officer Valda Berzins had a "disregard for proper procurement and contract management", a new report has revealed, which saw contracts fail to go to tender while their dollar values ballooned beyond approved amounts.

    12 November 2009 09:43 PM

  • Paper-based drugs scheme gets IT revamp

    The Federal Department of Health and Ageing has gone to market for a supplier to update the IT systems which run the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) after years of putting up with paper-based and time-consuming processes.

    12 November 2009 02:29 PM

  • EDS employees maintain conditions

    Employees of HP Enterprise Services, formerly known as EDS, have mainly now moved onto new HP contracts with equivalent conditions, according to the integrator's most active union, the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia.

    12 November 2009 05:25 PM

  • HP to buy 3Com for US$2.7 billion

    US computer giant Hewlett-Packard announced on Wednesday in the US that it had agreed to buy networking company 3Com for US$2.7 billion (AU$2.9 billion).

    12 November 2009 10:25 AM

  • SP Telemedia to buy Pipe Networks for $373m

    SP Telemedia, owner of TPG and Soul internet service providers, has announced its intention to acquire Pipe Networks for $373 million.

    11 November 2009 05:48 PM

  • Qantas to deploy faster check-in technology

    Qantas says it is aiming to halve check-in times for customers at CityFlyer ports with new technology to be rolled out across Australia.

    11 November 2009 02:54 PM

  • New Qld IT contracting model emerges

    The Queensland Government Chief Procurement Office reached a preliminary agreement this week with the state's IT contracting industry on a new model to achieve the government's saving aims, according to the Australian Information Industry Association.

    11 November 2009 12:06 PM

  • Local impact as Adobe cuts 680 jobs

    Adobe has announced overnight that it will cut 680 jobs, approximately 9 per cent of its global workforce.

    11 November 2009 11:26 AM

  • XT network boosts struggling Telecom

    Telecom New Zealand's first quarter revenues received a boost from its new XT mobile network, but not enough to counter falls in most other revenue lines.

    06 November 2009 05:50 PM

  • PayPal Australia gets new chief

    Online payments giant and eBay subsidiary PayPal has appointed an internal veteran, Frerk-Malte Feller, to lead its Australian operations, effective immediately.

    05 November 2009 12:46 PM

  • Qantas workers refuse IBM jobs

    Qantas employees have reportedly turned down jobs offered to them by IBM as the flying kangaroo attempts to move forward with its outsourcing plans.

    04 November 2009 10:53 AM

  • NSW DET mum on IT review

    The NSW Department of Education and Training has dodged questions on how the state government's review of IT spending is progressing.

    03 November 2009 12:43 PM

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