Despite the cost savings software-as-a-service (SaaS) promises to provide, some businesses believe the on-demand delivery model is not suitable as a platform for core enterprise-class applications.
Infrastructure services provider United Group has signed a multimillion dollar deal to roll out SAP's ERP suite across its operations in Australia and Asia.
The federal Department of Defence has committed to a substantial information technology reform agenda in the wake of a damning review of its ICT systems.
A wide-ranging review released on the eve of Good Friday has severely criticised the Department of Defence's internal IT department for being unable to provide basic services to users.
The University of Tasmania (UTas) will take a sober approach to migrating its desktop fleet to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system.
A survey of chief information officers has found that while IT departments are investing in new software, they are wary of CRM packages.
Troubled metals and plumbing company the Crane Group has written down the carrying value of a new PeopleSoft enterprise resource planning system by AU$28.8 million due to "significant cost and time overruns" and is considering a claim against the vendor.
The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.
Company directors undervalue their IT staff and still believe that automation will help them cut IT budgets without affecting their core business, according to David Boyles, chief information officer of ANZ Bank from 1998-2004.
Australian customers were today digesting the implications of last night's widely-predicted AU$7.6 billion acquisition of customer relationship management vendor Siebel Systems by Oracle.
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