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.
National Australia Bank has decided to suspend future work with Indian outsourcer Satyam.
Australian beer and wine giant Foster's has acknowledged it is conducting a wide-ranging review of its technology operations, but stopped short of confirming offshoring jobs was one option on the table.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has dropped Telstra and CSC from consideration for its managed network services contract, worth up to $385 million over seven years.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's $1 billion telecommunications deal with Telstra is the toughest the bank has negotiated with a supplier, according to CBA CIO Michael Harte, and all without the use of traditional service level agreements (SLAs).
In 2007 leading industry watchers speculated on the trends affecting the market, and while some proved right, others proved otherwise. Discovers how expert predictions fared on Vista, low-cost laptops and outsourcing.
As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry.
Industry association Nasscom has predicted that India's booming tech economy will grow around 25 percent during 2007/8, which will push revenues past the US$50 billion mark.
ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).
The practice of outsourcing will undergo a dramatic transformation over the next ten years, according to Gartner analyst Rolf Jester, who adds that offshore outsourcing will just be one of many adjustments.
With millions of customers at AGL paying by credit card, Cesare Tizi, ZDNet Australia CIO of the Year 2007, explains the importance of security and why outsourcing it is a bad idea. Tizi also talks about why Australia should implement stringent data disclosure laws.
The exploding costs of fabrication facilities, combined with the technical hurdles of the next generation of chip design seem like unassailable hurdles for the microchip vendors and manufacturers.
Everyone thinks that tape is a dull topic, until they lose some essential data and everyone comes screaming for backups. Technology & Business gets the low down on tape storage offerings and directions.
Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?
Telstra shareholders fear break up
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