Qantas has announced its new chief information officer (CIO), with current head of IT business services John Willett to take over the reins from Fiona Balfour, who is departing for the CIO role at Telstra.
ING Australia today extended and expanded a contract with KAZ that will see the Telstra subsidiary manage more of the financial services group's IT infrastructure over the next five years.
Telstra subsidiary KAZ has maintained its core ICT services business was not on the market despite investigating options for its superannuation assets.
Former Telstra CIO Jeff Smith has been appointed group executive, Information Technology, of the new financial giant created by the multi-billion dollar merger of insurers Suncorp and Promina.
Telstra's KAZ subsidiary has appointed superannuation veteran Tony Gold to a newly created chief information officer role in its business services division.
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Health insurer Australian Health Management deployed a biometric voice recognition system that has enabled the firm's customers to avoid any authentication-related questions which usually precede an account query or claim.
Financial services giant Aviva has started to sign key ICT services contracts as it breaks up a larger outsourcing deal formerly held by Hewlett-Packard.
Competition should drive more affordable products and services unless you're Telstra where "the only way is up" seems to be its motto.
Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) officials heading to the Turin Winter Olympic Games this February are banking on a technology upgrade and the skills of a new IT manager to deliver communications capable of withstanding icy temperatures and mountainous terrain.
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