Ausralian Customs Service chief information officer Murray Harrison today said he would leave the agency next Wednesday, ending his six-year tenure with the agency.
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The Port of Melbourne has engaged technology services company EDS to integrate its complex supply chain into a single information portal, hoping to improve the efficiency of the cargo moving process.
update: The Australian Customs Service has dished out the first slice of work resulting from the lapsing of a giant AU$550 million outsourcing deal with EDS, awarding a AU$160 million mainframe processing contract to IBM.
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