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Indian outsourcing companies are likely to be affected by the economic downturn in the US, an Indian trade body has warned.
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.
Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.
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Aussie smartcard vendor ERG has decided to outsource to Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and you can't help but think of the Qantas example.
If there's one jurisdiction that can claim to have learned from harsh experience in outsourcing, it's South Australia. Here's hoping others are paying close attention to how it applies those lessons.
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Sometimes you just must have the latest technology, and swallow the associated risks of being the first to use it. We talk to Australian companies that couldn't wait.
Australian-listed Internet company Sofcom has announced plans to wind up operations, amidst claims it failed to secure insurance for its directors and officers. Is this a growing concern for local tech companies?
Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the company's attitude towards IT outsourcing.
As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology.
Wotif is one of the most popular online marketplaces for last-minute hotel accommodation in Australia and New Zealand. In this interview, the company's CIO Paul Young talks about some of the important technical and business decisions he has made in order to successfully manage the infrastructure of a rapidly growing Web 2.0 company.
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.
Antivirus management is complex, time consuming, and absolutely essential. Handing it over to a service provider could prove to be the easiestâ€"and safestâ€"option.
Final Cut Studio 2 is a solid value and worthy upgrade for serious film editors who work on Macs. However, hobbyists should consider simpler software.
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Quanta made more notebooks than any other PC maker worldwide last year, as the trend for technology companies to outsource work continued.
Twelve companies are combining silicon know-how in a bid to boost the country's chip competitiveness in a cutthroat global market.
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