St George has formally appointed its current acting IT head, Paul Newham, to take the CIO reins full time just as the company gears up for a merger with Westpac and the ensuing IT hangover.
Mass server virtualisation has reduced Suncorp's server count, but datacentre manager David Chesterfield warns: beware the heat.
The multi-billion dollar merger of financial services giants Suncorp and Promina looks set to create a new chief information officer role at what would be one of the nation's largest companies.
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Faced with muted enthusiasm from investors, Symantec and Veritas outlined their case to shareholders on Wednesday over the benefits of their pending US$13.5 billion merger that will marry the security giant and a leading storage company.
The multi-billion dollar merger of local insurers Suncorp and Promina has raised some interest (to put it mildly) within the Australian community, as such things are wont to do.
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Even though merger activity is intensifying in every sector, many deals still fail to take account of the IT issues. Andrew Morlet sets out five rules to help CIOs ensure acquisitions succeed.
Do software customers actually care about the impact of provider's mergers and acquisitions, or are they just too far from the crux of business.
Advisor John Morris believes the forthcoming HP-Compaq merger heralds substantial benefits for both company's customers if things are handled right.
The big key to success in IT staff assimilation during a corporate acquisition is creating a strong plan relating to staffing requirements and decisions. That's one of the three rules CIOs need to follow for a smooth merger.
Ernst & Young has started on the huge task of integrating Andersen Australia's IT infrastructure into the firm, despite it being less than two weeks since partners gave the go-ahead on the integration.
At San Francisco's Churchill Club, moderator Dave Margulius talks to panelists Douglas Merrill, vice president of engineering at Google, and CIOs David Bergen of Levi Strauss, Doug Schwinn of Hasbro and Randall Spratt of McKesson. The chief information officers debate the pros and cons of software industry consolidation and discuss whether these large mergers are beneficial or preventing innovation.
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