News (52)

  • IBM Australia hit $4bn in 2008

    Enterprise technology giant IBM must be thanking Australia a billion or more correctly four, after Big Blue's local office pulled in more than $4 billion in revenues for the first time in the 2008 calendar year.

  • Vendors shortlisted for RailCorp ICT outsourcing

    IBM Australia and Fujitsu are believed to be going head to head over a likely ICT outsourcing deal at NSW RailCorp amid moves by the rail network to rationalise its unwieldy, inefficient information environment.

  • 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.

  • Report: IBM to shift work overseas

    IBM is declining to comment on a report that it plans to move the work of as many as 4,730 programmers to India, China and elsewhere, but it said this week it expects hiring next year in the United States to equal or increase over 2003 levels.

  • Don't mention the 'O' word

    In a memorable episode from the English comedy series, "Fawlty Towers," the besotted hotel owner, Basil Fawlty, played by actor John Cleese, suffers a massive concussion. When a group of German tourists turns up at the inn, Fawlty explicitly warns the hired help not to reopen old wounds by making any reference to "the war."

Features and Case Studies (24)

  • 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.

  • How to renegotiate an outsourcing deal

    Renegotiating an IT outsourcing contract can be a tricky business. ZDNet Australia investigates the best way to approach it.

  • HP's Ann Livermore on offshoring

    Ann Livermore says HP can be a "different kind of partner" as it moves deeper into managed services.

  • Not all jobs can be moved offshore

    Tech workers on the bubble can choose to ignore reality, or they figure out what to do about it. For those who don't want--or can't afford--to punt, plenty of domestic opportunities remain for IT pros looking to leverage their skill sets.

  • Outsourcing overseas

    Sending software development tasks overseas is the latest cost-cutting phenomenon, but is it a case of 'you get what you pay for'? How can you optimise offshore development?

Reviews (3)

Create an e-mail alert for "outsourcing"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
outsourcing


Frequency: *

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • Phil Dobbie Conroy explains his magic filter
    In today's Twisted Wire, we put the screws on Communications Minister Stephen Conroy about his controversial internet filter policy.
  • Array Copenhagen lessons on green IT
    After the global financial crisis placed green IT on the back-burner, is it about to become sexy again due to the likes of New Zealand's new emissions trading scheme?
  • Array Welcome to National Censorship Day
    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured