News (13)

  • ABS seeks classified information

    The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is seeking a vendor for a new taxonomy application as part of a simplified business reporting initiative led by the federal Treasury.

  • Libs call for urgent probe into broadband bids

    The Liberals has called on the Commonwealth Auditor-General to conduct an immediate investigation into the tender process for the national fibre-to-the-node network, saying the procedure has been dogged by concerns over value for money and transparency.

  • Free Trade Agreement drives new tender platform

    The federal Department of Finance and Administration will upgrade the functionality of its online tendering system to comply with new requirements in the United States/Australia Free Trade Agreement. But the upgrade may be more of a 'want' than a 'need' for the department.

  • Conroy stonewalls on FTTN bid debate

    Senator Stephen Conroy has stonewalled the Opposition today by limiting his responses to questions regarding the tender process for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network at a parliamentary hearing.

  • Australia's air traffic control future starts in 2010

    Airservices Australia has taken the wraps off its tender to bring Australia's air traffic control system up to date.

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Could you believe in Steve?

    For no particular reason that I can discern, a 1979 Kenny Rogers song popped into my head as I was considering the ever more complex morass that is the national broadband network tender which Senator Stephen Conroy defended in his CeBIT keynote speech.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Telstra's newest product ... groundhogs

    Bill Murray's weeks spent in the purgatory of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania -- depicted in the amusing movie Groundhog Day -- have become a cultural sounding point, mentioned in passing to describe a situation where someone is stuck in the same painful, unresolvable situation day after day.

Features and Case Studies (6)

  • Rudd awakening: Govt's plans for ICT

    Ahead of the election, with promises for nationwide broadband networks and digital revolutions in schools, the ICT industry could hope the government was on their side. But now the glamour of a sparkling new government has worn off, how ICT-friendly is the Rudd government really?

  • Made in Australia security qualification?

    The government wants the IT industry to introduce and manage an Australia-specific IT security skills accreditation and certification scheme. Fran Foo says it's a bad idea.

  • Have (IT) certs will travel?

    Is certification better than experience? Here's what industry analysts and IT professionals have to say, including issues with MCSE.

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

  • BPO: Save money or fix your processes?

    Business process outsourcing has much in common with its smaller sibling IT outsourcing, but there are still some lessons to be learned.

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