The Bank of Queensland has outsourced its IT services to EDS in a massive 10-year, AU$480 million contract.
Kraft Foods has signed a seven-year, US$1.7 billion global IT services deal with EDS.
With the big contracts signed and sealed, the mid-tier outsourcing market is primed for increased competition and growth, according to industry pundits.
The Australian Tax Office says it will open its IT outsourcing contracts worth over AU$1 billion to multiple suppliers, ending its 10 year single-supplier arrangement with EDS.
After more than a year of investigating the benefits of outsourcing, Westpac Banking Corporation has confirmed that it's about to ink a deal to outsource its mortgage payment processing operations to EDS.
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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Satyam Computer Services has taken a big step towards dispelling fears that foreigners will eventually takeover Australia's IT industry.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has extended their outsourcing arrangement with troubled IT giant Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
Global services group EDS has signed a AU$58 million outsourcing agreement with the Victorian government to manage VicRoads' IT infrastructure for five years.
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.
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