The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed an expert in open systems architecture, investment management software and systems development to its top technology post.
Investment and superannuation organisation Russell Investment Group has signed a seven-year, AU$140 million business transformation outsourcing deal with IBM.
The Commonwealth Bank plans to end a silo-based approach to IT that has seen the financial services giant's businesses act as up to six different customers when procuring products and services, chief executive Ralph Norris said.
If the Grim Reaper had dropped in to his local Internet cafe to look in on some tech news sites over the past few weeks, he would have nodded approvingly.
The National Australia Bank has replaced chief information officer Ian Crouch with the current executive general manager of financial services Australia, Ian MacDonald as part of a management restructure designed to rebuild the reputation of the financial heavyweight.
The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.
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