Recruitment consultancy Hudson has created a new internal chief information officer role as it recognises the growing importance of technology within its operations.
ACT energy utility ActewAGL has begun the search for a new chief information officer after incumbent Carsten Larsen left last Friday.
The NSW Roads and Traffic Authority has committed at least $2 million on a major SAP upgrade, with acting chief information officer John Thomas expecting the first phase to be completed by the end of 2008.
The Australian Tax Office is preparing to put the last and largest of its IT outsourcing contracts centralised computing up for grabs, worth around AU$160 million per year. This is EDS's last chance to retain work with the ATO and possibly its first bid since its proposed acquisition by HP.
State-owned ICT services vendor Citec will shortly bring in external consultants to develop a new business model as the Queensland-based group reins back services to the private sector in favour of government work.
Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.
The consultants that rolled out one of Australia's biggest known Linux desktop project are set to take on the big boys.
Keeping up with changing technologies means CIOs have to go through a mountain of information, and then decide which of it if any is useful to their company. ZDNet.com.au delves into how they do it.
The average annual salary of an Australian IT professional is currently $82,507, according to an extensive survey of the sector recently conducted by ZDNet.com.au.
In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
The question on the lips of most CIOs is no longer whether to send work offshore. It's a question of how much to send.
Queensland interim state government CIO Peter Grant and CTO Bob Gurnett tell ZDNet Australia they're making progress on statewide ICT reforms announced last year.
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These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.
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In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
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