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• CIOs: Get contracts right

  IT managers and CIOs need to take care in the details when signing contracts with software suppliers, to avoid expensive and time-consuming problems later. ZDNet Australia examines the pressing issues surrounding IT contract negotiation.

• CenITex contracted CIO for $396k

  Victorian shared services agency CenITex signed a contract with its then CIO Bruce Carlos which agreed to pay him $396,000 for a year's work, the state's tendering system has revealed.

• CommBank's Telstra deal has separation clause

  Commonwealth Bank of Australia's billion-dollar telecommunications deal recently inked with Telstra contains provisions allowing the bank to guard itself against any effects of regulatory separation in the telco's operations, the bank revealed this week.

• ATO drops Telstra, CSC from $385m deal

  The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has dropped Telstra and CSC from consideration for its managed network services contract, worth up to $385 million over seven years.

• ATO picks mainframe shortlist

  The Australian Taxation Office has selected a shortlist of suppliers who will bid for the last and largest of its three outsourcing contracts, a high-end computing deal believed to be worth a total of $800 million over five years.

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  Benefits of offshoring to New Zealand

  Ever outsourced to a vendor with fantastic technical capability, but major management issues?

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  Love me, tender

  Considering how expensive and drawn-out tender processes can be to solve problems that might be very immediate, it's little wonder that the Victorian Police IT department tried to work the tender exemptions system.

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  Playing favourites

  Many CIOs talk of the "'closeness" of their relationship with their key strategic vendors. Every so often though we get an insight into which IT departments are truly valued by the big boys.

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• CIOs: Get contracts right

  IT managers and CIOs need to take care in the details when signing contracts with software suppliers, to avoid expensive and time-consuming problems later. ZDNet Australia examines the pressing issues surrounding IT contract negotiation.

• CIOs: managing risk management?

  Enterprises may be aware of the legal changes which have modified torts law and imposed caps on payouts for seemingly outrageous claims against doctors and other professionals. But do IT pros realise that they too could be in the firing line?

• IT contracting: making a comeback?

  The demand for IT contractors in Australia is growing, according to one recruiter who credits the resurgence to businesses freezing permanent staff numbers.

• How dirty is Victoria Police's laundry?

  When you really get down to it, former Victoria Police chief information officer Valda Berzins and her offsider John Brown aren't so different from many other IT managers in the public sector.

• Will ANZ Bank ever appoint a new CIO?

  Is Australia and New Zealand Banking Group suffering from a lack of strategic IT leadership as its year-long search for a new chief information officer drags on?

Reviews (3)

• Slow uptake seen for Office 2003

  Only about 35 percent of large businesses plan to move up to the latest version of Microsoft's Office software next year, according to a new survey of chief information officers.

• 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.

• All taped up

  Everyone thinks that tape is a dull topic, until they lose some essential data and everyone comes screaming for backups. Technology & Business gets the low down on tape storage offerings and directions.

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