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  • Acer snags multimillion dollar deal with ABS

    Acer has won a tender with the Australian Bureau of Statistics to provide its desktop computers.

  • Govt fibre network seeks new suitors

    ICON, the Commonwealth's intra-government communications agency will be expanding its operations in the New Year and will be finalising a substantial multiple-vendor Request for Tender (RFT) tomorrow to maintain and expand its network.

  • Only foreign workers can solve govt IT skills crisis

    Not enough migrant workers are being hired to work in public service IT, which is contributing to a government-wide ICT skills shortage, according to a report by the Australian Government Information Management Office.

  • ATO gongs offshore development

    Australian Taxation Office officials have opted for homegrown software development to keep the Change Program on track, and have all but ruled out offshore labour.

  • Hey big spender: Centrelink's IT dept

    Centrelink continues to allocate substantial amounts of capital to IT projects, with multinational technology giants as well as local companies grabbing a piece of the welfare agency's pie.

Features and Case Studies (36)

  • DoE Victoria learns from project management lessons

    Working out an IT governance scheme when you have 600,000 users in place is a challenge, but stricter project management has been so successful for the Department of Education in Victoria that the government agency is now adopting the same methodology even for non-IT projects.

  • Centrelink lays off old project management ideas

    The sheer size and breadth of Centrelink's operations has always meant project management there is a Herculean effort. Taking a new approach to its people and project scheduling has improved the situation dramatically -- but change hasn't been easy.

  • Who's taking the ITIL bait?

    In an industry known for its hype, it's understandably difficult for many managers to make sense of new trends. But in the case of IT Infrastructure Library, a growing body of success stories confirms this is one trend that you should definitely be on top of.

  • Project management's perilous future

    The future of the project management discipline hinges on the successful adoption of the philosophy of project portfolio management (PPM), a leading project management consultant has cautioned.

  • Most business case governance 'lip service': KPMG

    They may seem genuine, but a recent survey suggests many corporate governance initiatives are quickly abandoned once the projects they relate to are up and running, a KPMG business consultant has reported.

Reviews (2)

  • Microsoft to emulate open-source updates

    Windows Server 2003 will be launched in 'modules' in an effort to make Microsoft as responsive as the open-source community to development issues.

  • Windows Superguide 2000

    We’ve upgraded and so should you. Here’s our Windows Superguide with the straight story--much of it undocumented--about how to make Windows 2000 work for your business.

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