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  • EDS reassures Aussie clients

    The Australian division of Texan IT services giant EDS has sent its major local clients letters assuring them that its US$13.9 billion acquisition by Hewlett-Packard wouldn't result in a drop in service levels.

  • EDS cuts AU$25m Defence-supplier deal

    EDS has won a five-year, AU$25 million IT outsourcing deal with recruitment firm Chandler Macleod to provide back-end processing services that will support its Defence recruitment drive in the coming years.

  • HP/EDS to cut 24,600 jobs

    Technology giant Hewlett-Packard said overnight that it would chop about 24,600 jobs, or 7.5 per cent of its total workforce following its US$13.9 billion acquisition of Texan IT services firm Electronic Data Systems.

  • HP, EDS clients advised to review contracts

    HP and EDS customers should look at renegotiating existing contracts to push for price reductions and improved services following the US$13.9bn deal between the two outsourcing giants.

  • EDS to take last crack at AU$1bn ATO mega deal

    The Australian Tax Office is preparing to put the last and largest of its IT outsourcing contracts centralised computing up for grabs, worth around AU$160 million per year. This is EDS's last chance to retain work with the ATO and possibly its first bid since its proposed acquisition by HP.

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  • Minding the back end

    Business process outsourcing (BPO) is on the rise, with traditional IT services companies moving into this space. ZDNet Australia looks at what is happening in this emerging market.

  • Outsourcing companies planning Australian bloodbath: consultant

    Outsourcing companies in Australia are poised to slash positions held by re-employed in-house information technology (IT) personnel as the embargoes on cuts expire, one of Australia's leading executive search consultants warned today.

  • IBM retools Global Services

    Big Blue seeks higher, more profitable ground in the market for business computing services.

  • Who's to blame for IT failures?

    In analysing recent IT meltdowns, Martin Brampton points out the two principles that could have helped prevent many of today's problems.

  • Microsoft: SMEs' favourite software vendor?

    Who do small businesses consult before purchasing IT solutions? Vendors, consultants or the press? We take a peek inside their decision-making process.

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