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  • ATO refreshes ABN system

    The Australian Taxation Office is looking for a partner to re-platform its Australian Business Registration system which is reaching the end of its Microsoft support.

  • ATO brings Boston back

    Boston Consulting Group was involved in the process that led to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) signing a $604 million extension with IT outsourcer EDS, the agency revealed yesterday.

  • ATO: EDS deploys 25,000 HP desktops

    HP Enterprise Services, formerly known as EDS, will roll-out 25,000 new HP desktops, keyboards and mouses to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in a long-awaited desktop refresh.

  • ATO shortlists four for AU$385m network deal

    The ATO has shortlisted four vendors for the first of its three major outsourcing deals -- managed network services, worth AU$55 million per year.

  • ATO kicks off round two on AU$1bn outsourcing deal

    The Australian Tax Office is today briefing would-be suppliers on what it expects from those hoping to bag the end-user computing component of its AU$1 billion infrastructure outsourcing deals.

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - Liam Tung

    Gold star for the ATO

    If Australia is going to take information security seriously, we need more people like the ATO's CIO, Bill Gibson.

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    ATO offshoring precedent still on horizon

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) may have opted against a recent proposal to offshore, but it still seems the writing is on the wall following May's federal budget.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Taxing task for warehouse builders

    Plans by the Australian Tax Office to track the purchase and sale of investment properties might make a few money-minded Australians nervous, but they represent a potential bonanza for storage vendors and business intelligence firms.

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  • Australian Tax Office: Bill Gibson, CIO

    Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.

  • ATO plays it cool on Siebel

    The Australian Taxation Office has ruled out any short-term changes to its deployment of a Siebel platform following news this week Oracle was moving to acquire the customer relationship management vendor in a deal worth AU$7.6 billion.

  • Gershon pumpkin will vanish at midnight

    The long-term net impact of Gershon's idealistic review will realistically be negligible at best and at worst will prove to be a distraction for years to come.

  • Gershon: Easier said than done

    Gershon's recommendations are consistent with those of other jurisdictions that have undertaken similar reviews, and are aimed at giving the ICT centralisation/decentralisation pendulum a shove back towards the centre. This is, however, easier said than done.

  • Siebel gets acquired ... at last

    Oracle will acquire Siebel Systems for US$5.8 billion. The long-predicted buyout will have interesting ramifications on the Australian market.

Videos (1)

  • Australian Tax Office: Bill Gibson, CIO

    Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.

Reviews (2)

  • Death, taxes and accounting software

    Need some help with your taxes this year? While they won't take the sting out of tax time entirely, some of the most recent accounting software offerings are designed to do more than just arithmetic.

  • Security with bite: 15 technologies tested

    In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.

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