Telstra today announced that it had pared down the number of its major outsourcers to three, granting EDS, Infosys and IBM around $1.2 billion worth of contracts.
Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.
Young people are not choosing technology careers because of confusion rampant across IT, according to senior industry figures.
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Initiatives designed to teach small local IT providers how to engage with the South Australian government have been described as nothing more than pre-election sweeteners.
The South Australian government is looking at a software overhaul that could see Apple or Red Hat taking over from Microsoft on the state's PCs. Analysts warn, however, skills costs could still lead to a software environment dominated by a single platform.
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.
Australia's IT industry needs to follow the example laid down in Queensland this week and band together to lobby for more government support instead of individual firms fruitlessly pushing their own campaigns.
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