The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed it is seeking a telecommunications supplier for a 10-year deal, possibly worth AU$1.3 billion.
St George Bank has renewed its five-year, AU$100 million contract with Optus for its communications services including voice, data and mobile.
Telecom New Zealand subsidiary Gen-i has taken itself out of the running for the Commonwealth Bank's tender process to provide the bank with Australia-wide telecommunications services.
National Australia Bank has asked some contractors, including technology workers, to lower their rates when their contracts next come up for renewal, as part of a cost-cutting drive.
The Bank of Queensland has extended its 10-year IT outsourcing pact with EDS for another two years, citing cost saving and re-engineering achievements under the original deal.
There's something terribly unsettling about realising that the NSW Government is considering hiring a company to build a new electronic ticketing system which has already put it through the legal wringer for the system's predecessor.
The long-awaited launch of New Zealand's newest mobile operator 2degrees took place this morning; but the offering isn't as hot as it could be by a long shot.
Internode has no incentive to provide free access to its Wi-Fi networks for any reason at all, apart from genuine love, and maybe the joy of finding a new way to flip Telstra the bird.
Many CIOs talk of the "'closeness" of their relationship with their key strategic vendors. Every so often though we get an insight into which IT departments are truly valued by the big boys.
My interview with the government's ICT skills and professional development taskforce last week shed new light on what exactly is missing in the industry's skills shortage.
Is Australia and New Zealand Banking Group suffering from a lack of strategic IT leadership as its year-long search for a new chief information officer drags on?
ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).
Banks are slowly moving towards deploying voice-authentication technologies in order to add an extra layer of security for their online and telephone banking customers.
A New Zealand bank has become the latest institution to adopt the open-source Linux operating system. According to reports, the bank is to move all its branches to the Linux platform.
The CTO of one of Britain's largest banks talks about how he made it to the top, and how Barclays is facing the challenges of technical innovation and corporate governance legislation.
Thousands of SMEs are expected to move to DSL broadband by the end of the year. ZDNet Australia examines the industry and shows how to navigate this competitive and confusing market.
A leading analyst house is urging mobile operators to abandon their plans for third-generation (3G) networks.
RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.
Microsoft will be shipping the second beta version of Office 11 next month, complete with XML tools.
Who needs colour? Sometimes all you need is a black-and-white printer that can churn out the pages fast. We test your options.
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