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  • Telstra scores $50m Visy contract

    Telstra announced today that it had won a five-year $50 million contract to provide a network services and cloud computing platform to packaging giant Visy.

  • Vendors get bombastic as customers get wary

    "Henning Kagermann [SAP chief executive] talking about flexibility and adaptability is like [former French prime minister] Francois Mitterand talking about having a deep affection for American tourists. It's not true. Just because they say it's true doesn't make it true."

  • 2007: How was it for outsourcing?

    Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.

  • Study: Open source databases going mainstream

    Following in the footsteps of the Linux operating system, open-source databases are moving toward mainstream use and threatening proprietary software alternatives, according to a new survey.

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  • SAP vs. PeopleSoft: The gloves are off

    PeopleSoft casts aspersions on the flexibility and adaptability of its competitor, SAP. The bombastic rhetoric is a side show, however. The issue for enterprises is which vendor can provide the most reliable, cost-effective solutions.

  • CRM right here, RightNow

    On-demand customer relationship managemet provider RightNow Technologies claims it is the only true believer when it comes to hosted software.

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