As a few hardware and software suppliers come to increasingly dominate, companies must use caution, Gartner advises.
Tuesday's budget saw the Federal government remove the tax break for workers purchasing laptops under a salary sacrifice, in a move inconsistent with a number of other policy initiatives, according to observers.
Outgoing Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon today expressed confidence in the capacity of the airline's chief information officer Jamila Gordon to lead its IT strategy, in the wake of the resignation of IT-savvy CFO Peter Gregg this week.
The Federal government has insisted that a new Centrelink debit card is not a precursor to a national ID card, but a policy expert has claimed that it maintains some similarities to the previous government's failed Access Card.
Australian government CIO Ann Steward has outlined new regulations and procurement strategies aimed at preventing government agencies from making poor investment choices in ICT.
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Budgets may be tight but there's still some room for spending. CIOs and CTOs say they're choosier about what they buy--they're looking to save money and make disparate systems work together.
As a few hardware and software suppliers come to increasingly dominate, companies must use caution, Gartner advises.
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