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    Talking outsourcing

    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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    India off-limits for outsourcing?

    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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    Protecting local jobs

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

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  • AU Tax Office extends outsourcing deal with EDS

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has extended their outsourcing arrangement with troubled IT giant Electronic Data Systems (EDS).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • EDS: Linux 'strategically important'

    The outsourcing specialist said it was "proactively engineering" Linux into its product portfolio, backtracking on previous statements that the open-source software was not suitable for large enterprises.

  • 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

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  • Worm out of virus management

    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.

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