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  • CBA slashes AU$80m from IT spend

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has cut its IT spending to the tune of AU$80 million, the financial institution revealed in its latest set of annual results.

  • Unisys CEO quits

    IT services provider Unisys announced yesterday in the US it had begun a search for a new CEO, as the company struggles to right its operations.

  • Oakton, SMS slow down 2009 hiring plans

    Two fast-growing Australian IT services firms have planned a more cautious approach to hiring in 2009 to reflect unpredictable conditions.

  • IT mega-projects: First 100 days are crucial

    Executives wanting success from major IT projects need to be "ruthless" in spruiking their benefits to staff, and should only give their direct reports three months to win employees' hearts and minds before replacing them, a senior PricewaterhouseCoopers analyst has reported in sharing the results of recent research on CEO effectiveness.

  • CommBank's sub-prime woes offset by IT savings

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has released its half-yearly results reporting that greater spending on its investments at large has been offset by a reduction in its IT costs.

Blogs (6)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Will committee fatigue strand regional telecoms?

    Will the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee's report linger as simply yet another ineffectual review guiding limp and ineffectual efforts to improve regional services?

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Omnidrive: Alive and kicking?

    Troubled online storage start-up Omnidrive late last week said it was continuing to develop its products and was examining the potential to merge its technology with that of other companies.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Apple has killed the video store; will ISPs be next?

    The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Mining for OPELs, coming up with ... ?

    Hopefully, you've been spending your end-of-year break better than the executives at Optus, who seem to have taken advantage of the annual industry-wide lull to get onetime WiMax aspirant Austar United Telecommunications to the negotiating table.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Forget the drought, it's raining broadband

    As Christmas roars in upon us and the Rudds, Trujillos, and Conroys of the world hang their Christmas stockings, everybody is casting an eye to 2008 and the changes it will bring.

Features and Case Studies (207)

  • Survey finds little sign of IT rebound

    Information technology spending has stabilised at the start of 2003, but talk of general improvement for the rest of the year is premature, according to a new survey.

  • Keeping tabs from A to Z

    Interwoven makes enterprise content management software. In an interview with ZDNet Editor in Chief Dan Farber, CEO Martin Brauns explains how corporate compliance is driving companies to spend money on tracking content -- and how those tools are giving them the competitive edge.

  • Ozzie, Mundie pick up tech mantle at Microsoft

    Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie have some big shoes to fill. The two execs talk to about how they plan to take over for Gates.

  • The risk of IT

    Some high-profile IT disasters have made boards of directors highly sensitive to risky IT rollouts. We look at how IT affects the bottom line, and how CIOs can progress with IT projects while avoiding disastrous implementations.

  • Ballmer's bullish outlook

    Microsoft's CEO likes what he sees on the horizon as his company fits its message to changing times in the IT industry.

Reviews (17)

  • Will Longhorn rope everything together?

    Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs--and much of these efforts are tied to Longhorn.

  • Barrett: More chips, capacity for Intel

    Intel this year will focus on what it does best: Crank out chips and expand factory capacity, according to CEO Craig Barrett.

  • Mobile content - is it the next big thing?

    With mobile penetration rates poised to reach saturation point, telecommunications companies are tailoring their individual service offerings so they can lure and retain customers. However, some players are betting on the success of independent content provision.

  • Surrendering security

    Would you put the security of your company into someone else's hands? ZDNet Australia finds out what benefits and peace of mind a managed service can provide.

  • Intel wireless plans begin with new chip

    Intel is betting that wireless technology will be the biggest thing since the browser, and new notebooks coming Wednesday will be an early indication of whether the company is right.

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