IT outsourcing is a multi-billion dollar industry in Australia. But it's the global players, not the local companies who are taking the lion's share of the Asia-Pacific market.
National ICT Australia (NICTA) chairman Neville Roach says the nation's IT outsourcers should collaborate with their Indian counterparts to target the United States and European markets.
Chief information officers from two of Australia's largest banks today warned their peers not to poison outsourcing arrangements by obsessing over costs.
Mortgage specialist Aussie Home Loans has dumped its incumbent IT outsourcer, Telstra subsidiary Kaz, in favour of a new three-year, AU$7.8 million arrangement with New Zealand-based Datacom.
Australia's mid-tier mining companies need to consider undertaking IT transformations to survive, with their best times likely behind them, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.
Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.
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Going against conventional wisdom, Peter Kazacos built Kaz Computer Services on the principal of quietly and strategically taking on markets where the barriers to entry are high. He talks to ZDNet Australia about how his empire was made.
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