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  • George Weston abolishes CIO position

    George Weston Foods has abolished its local chief information officer position held by Frank Coogan, with the executive departing after a "comprehensive review" of its IT activities.

  • King Kaz: building an Aussie IT empire

    Going against conventional wisdom, Peter Kazacos built Kaz Computer Services on the principal of quietly and strategically taking on markets where the barriers to entry are high. He talks to ZDNet Australia about how his empire was made.

  • Aussie Home Loans dumps Kaz

    Mortgage specialist Aussie Home Loans has dumped its incumbent IT outsourcer, Telstra subsidiary Kaz, in favour of a new three-year, AU$7.8 million arrangement with New Zealand-based Datacom.

  • ATO picks mainframe shortlist

    The Australian Taxation Office has selected a shortlist of suppliers who will bid for the last and largest of its three outsourcing contracts, a high-end computing deal believed to be worth a total of $800 million over five years.

  • 2007: How was it for outsourcing?

    Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.

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  • King Kaz: building an Aussie IT empire

    Going against conventional wisdom, Peter Kazacos built Kaz Computer Services on the principal of quietly and strategically taking on markets where the barriers to entry are high. He talks to ZDNet Australia about how his empire was made.

  • 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.

  • New trend: Selective outsourcing

    Wholesale outsourcing has fallen out of fashion in recent years, and organisations are now becoming smarter about how far they go outsourcing partners.

  • How to manage outsourcing risks

    If you think managing the risk of IT projects is all about throwing everything over the fence to an external supplier, think again.

  • Outsourcing: The trouble with mega deals

    As mega outsoucing deals begin to lose their shine, is it time for selective sourcing to take centre stage?

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