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    In the hopes of getting a larger slice of the Federal government pie, IT services company CSG Limited has bought Canberra-based outsourced printer management business ATI Group.

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    The Gershon report's recommendation for the Federal Government to reduce its reliance on ICT contractors was based on flawed data, according to ITCRA, an organisation which represents Australian technology recruiters.

  • Audit office, Unisys renew vows

    The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has renewed a long-running comprehensive technology outsourcing contract with Unisys for another five years following a competitive bid process.

  • EDS still hiring in Burwood

    EDS Australia is currently advertising for a number of positions at facilities around the nation, including its Burwood, Sydney office, from which it only this week culled a number of staff.

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    ICON, the Commonwealth's intra-government communications agency will be expanding its operations in the New Year and will be finalising a substantial multiple-vendor Request for Tender (RFT) tomorrow to maintain and expand its network.

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    The Gershon defence

    Fujitsu bought Telstra's Kaz IT services division to gain a foothold in the Federal Government market, but will it be as easy as that?

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Does your hospital have data recovery?

    Storage is a presumptive business. After all, if employees can buy a new 8GB iPod for the kids for Christmas, why is it apparently so costly for the company to throw in a measly new hard drive or two?

  • Read the blog post - Steven Deare

    Budgeting for a skills shortage

    There is no technology skills crisis ... yet, according to a senior government technology official.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Pizza and Trujillo: The perfect combo

    When Telstra boss Sol Trujillo took up the microphone at the National Press Club in Canberra at lunchtime on Thursday he knew the next hour would be a bumpy ride.

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    The second day of hearings last week (4 March) for the Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network.

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  • 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.

  • Customs: Murray Harrison, CIO

    Australian Customs CIO Murray Harrison dislikes SLAs and runs away if a vendor talks to him about innovation. In this interview, he also explains why getting excited about gadgets can be dangerous and talks about how Customs' outsourcing strategy has evolved.

  • Department of Defence: Greg Farr, CIO (part one)

    Australian Department of Defence CIO Greg Farr spoke to ZDNet.com.au about how the organisation's networks are kept secure and why virtualisation and green issues are high on the agenda.

  • Gershon's Groundhog Day

    What Gershon proposes is nothing more or less than a wide-scale, transformational change program. These unfortunately, rarely meet with complete success.

  • Top tech jobs for 2006

    After years in the wilderness, the Australian IT industry is again booming as major industries invest heavily in their IT infrastructure. Find out which skills are most in demand and how much remuneration to expect.

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