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• Qantas launches billion dollars' worth of outsourcing

  Qantas has announced multi-year information technology outsourcing deals worth AU$1.4 billion with Telstra and IBM.

• Foster's IT revamp saves $21m

  Foster's Group has seen $21 million in benefits this year from an extensive IT transformation to simplify its disparate systems.

• Satyam cans $75 million Geelong project

  Two thousand Victorian potential jobs may have evaporated after Mahindra Satyam this week pulled its plans to build an information technology learning centre at Deakin University in Geelong.

• ATO puts AU$1.8bn contract up for grabs

  The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is putting a multi-billion dollar outsourcing contract, which is currently held by EDS, out to tender.

• Virgin Blue flags Oracle outsourcing

  The nation's number two airline Virgin Blue has revealed it will shortly outsource the management of its key Oracle E-Business applications following a major upgrade of the systems.

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  Tugging at vendor heartstrings

  If you're to be in contract negotiations anytime soon, take heart from the following story -- vendors can be bargained with.

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• Cutthroat IT services market stayed bloodless

  Australia's IT services market has come through its relatively mild financial crisis relatively unscathed, and certainly in much better shape than it could have ever anticipated.

• 10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT

  As job losses mount and with HP announcing it will lay off tens of thousands of workers following its purchase of EDS, we look at what the crunch means for the IT industry.

• Commonwealth Bank: Michael Harte, CIO

  ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).

• Wotif: Paul Young, CIO

  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.

• CSC Australia CIO speaks out

  Emily Richmond-Jones discusses CSC's internal IP telephony project, Oracle to SAP migrations, as well as her vision for bringing more women into the IT industry.

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• Apple Final Cut Studio 2

  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.

• Microsoft moves into chip world with Xbox

  There's a multibillion-dollar company moving into the chip business: Microsoft.

• Not as thick as some: 7 thin clients tested

  Thin clients seem to be a perennial runner-up to full-featured desktops, but we think the time is right to stop thinking "what if?" and to get rid of those clunky desktop PCs.

• Desktop Studios -- High end workstations

  Does your organisation boast a budding Tim Burton or a corporate Coen brothers? If you're planning to produce video or 3D animation, we look at some top-end workstations you'll need to create your masterpieces.

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