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    Chief information officers from two of Australia's largest banks today warned their peers not to poison outsourcing arrangements by obsessing over costs.

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    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.

  • ASG CEO's pay tops $1m

    Australian IT services outfit ASG paid its co-founder and chief executive Geoff Lewis a total remuneration of just over $1 million in the 12 months to 30 June 2008, it was revealed today.

  • Tabcorp CEO details EDS deal

    Tabcorp chief executive Elmer Funke Kupper today said the gambling giant's IT outsourcing contract with EDS has helped accelerate its multi-year IT transformation program and gain certainty about costs amidst tough economic conditions and natural disasters.

  • Aussie IT unions rise from the dead

    Australia's creaky technology unions have finally awoken from their long slumber and have started to throw their weight around.

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    Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.

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    Australian Federal Police (AFP) boss Mick Keelty is the latest to voice concern about India becoming an outsourcing no-go zone, but how real is the risk?

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  • EDS wins AU$58 million Vic outsourcing contract

    Global services group EDS has signed a AU$58 million outsourcing agreement with the Victorian government to manage VicRoads' IT infrastructure for five years.

  • Should storage be outsourced?

    As storage volumes escalate, companies are weighing up the risks and benefits of outsourcing storage. Additional reading: Seven deadly sins of data warehouse development

  • Banking on outsourcing

    The Bank of Queensland is in the midst of a $480 million outsourcing partnership with EDS which has seen the bank's profits double in the last three years.

  • 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.

  • IBM retools Global Services

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

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  • Net Neutrality, Ballmer and bad dress -- Club Builder

    Visting Club Builder this week: Steve Ballmer to speak in Australia, local ISPs say Net Neutrality is an American problem and we look at the best dressed from Tech.Ed

  • How HP layoffs will impact IT

    ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz talk about the recent announcement that Hewlett-Packard will be reducing its workforce by nearly 25,000 due to its integration with EDS. They also discuss how HP is competing with IBM for more IT services market share.

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