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Years of frustration with "unfair" IT outsourcing contracts and chronic IT underfunding have driven Victoria Police CIO Valda Berzins to shake things up at the organisation, with a new senior staffer soon to come onboard to help her guide a major overhaul of the organisation's IT strategy.
Australian businesses are struggling to come up with innovative ways to deal with budgetary constraints, yet still fund the IT infrastructure they need.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group today said it had continued to expand its Indian offshoring operation over the past six months, a move that came in the context of rising technology costs across the board.
Achieving a dream career often exacts a personal toll. As one CIO relates, the trade-off for attaining a longtime goal of becoming a CIO meant dealing with unrealistic challenges and unrelenting travel--a price he was unwilling to pay.
Australian businesses are struggling to come up with innovative ways to deal with budgetary constraints, yet still fund the IT infrastructure they need.
A raft of dissatisfied employees may mean an increase in job-hopping next year, according to a study released from recruiting Web site CareerBuilder.com.
It was around nine years since strong-armed government departments began to realise willy-nilly outsourcing wasn't, perhaps, the best idea. However, with contracts signed and staff already migrated, there was little to do but ride out the storm. In this special report, we look at the Victoria Police and the South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals' approach to managed services.
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