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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group chief executive Mike Smith said today he'd look to harbour more of its operations offshore in the future as he also discussed details of the bank's beefed up technology spend.
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The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft's (AFACT) hunt for Australia's third largest internet service provider iiNet is set to resume on Monday, with all eyes on its managing director Michael Malone as he takes the stand.
For the first time, Kaz chief Mike Foster tells the full story about how the Peter Kazacos' baby was treated within Telstra, and how the deal with Fujitsu went down.
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The proposed regulatory reforms ahead of the roll-out of the National Broadband Network rely on a finely balanced carrot and stick approach. But will Telstra cooperate with the government's ultimatum?
At a Churchhill Club event, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks to former Sun Microsystems President Ed Zander about Oracle's recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems. He says hed like to pattern the new Oracle after T.J. Watson Jr.'s IBM, combining both hardware and software systems.
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about how the finance giant's IT integration with acquisition Promina is going.
Patchlink's international senior vice president Andrew Clarke told ZDNet Australia that the company is taking a slightly new direction after acquiring a vulnerability management company earlier this year. Clarke also admitted that the company is likely to change its name within a few months.
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