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  • ACCC plays hard to get with ASG on IT revamp

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be seeking a new vendor for the provision of all of its ICT services at the end of June, but the organisation has remained tight lipped about its current arrangements.

  • Oceans policy body drops tender after reshuffle

    The executive agency responsible for implementing Australia's oceans policy has withdrawn an information technology services request for tender after being brought into the Department of Environment and Heritage as a division.

  • Aust businesses eye Web services

    Web services is predicted to become an important part of business planning, with a recent survey of Australian CIOs finding these tech leaders looking at the options.

  • Linux gets its wings

    An international airline is turning to Linux, in a move touted to provide consolidation of distributed environments and cost savings.

  • Customs confirms deal renewal with EDS

    The Australian Customs Service today confirmed it had renewed its IT outsourcing agreement with business and technology solutions provider EDS, extending it for the second time in a AU$193 million contract.

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  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Australian Govt funds IT start-ups

    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    Women in ICT a rare breed

    A quick scan of almost any ICT department, ICT conference or vendor environment confirms that women who embrace technology as a lifelong career remain a rare breed.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Don't bank on it

    In the Australian market, banks are the archetypal large IT customer: they've got lots of technology of differing vintages, have to spend a fortune on services to stitch it all together, and are also obliged to meet a super-strict regulatory regime which would make most lesser enterprises quake in their virtualised boots.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

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    It's been a fascinating few weeks for female tech enthusiasts -- plasma love and nearly nude calendars are but two of the highlights.

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    Knowing that promoting IT to the company was his number-one priority, one CIO found a communication model in an unlikely source.

  • The risk of IT

    Some high-profile IT disasters have made boards of directors highly sensitive to risky IT rollouts. We look at how IT affects the bottom line, and how CIOs can progress with IT projects while avoiding disastrous implementations.

  • Aust businesses eye Web services

    Web services is predicted to become an important part of business planning, with a recent survey of Australian CIOs finding these tech leaders looking at the options.

  • Linux gets its wings

    An international airline is turning to Linux, in a move touted to provide consolidation of distributed environments and cost savings.

  • When to outsource helpdesks

    The PC helpdesk is the interactive interface between the IT department and your business. What are the challenges involved in outsourcing the helpdesk?

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  • How HP layoffs will impact IT

    ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das and senior editor Sam Diaz talk about the recent announcement that Hewlett-Packard will be reducing its workforce by nearly 25,000 due to its integration with EDS. They also discuss how HP is competing with IBM for more IT services market share.

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  • Ja, ich spreche Englisch

    Why do it vendors insist on creating catchy phrases to sum up their products? Is it to further confuse us, or are they really trying to help?

  • Office 2003 Beta 2: an IT perspective

    As Microsoft's forthcoming office suite takes clearer shape, we report on the latest beta version, and its implications for companies' IT strategies.

  • Microsoft discloses more Windows code

    Microsoft has disclosed technical information vital to allowing third-party developers create software that works well with Windows.

  • Notebook overhaul on the horizon

    Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.

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