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.
St George Bank has renewed its five-year, AU$100 million contract with Optus for its communications services including voice, data and mobile.
The Australian Tax Office is today briefing would-be suppliers on what it expects from those hoping to bag the end-user computing component of its AU$1 billion infrastructure outsourcing deals.
The Commonwealth Bank has confirmed it is seeking a telecommunications supplier for a 10-year deal, possibly worth AU$1.3 billion.
Law firm Minter Ellison is on the verge of signing an outsourcing deal with Optus-owned Alphawest for disaster recovery and Web hosting.
In this exclusive video interview, Optus chief information officer Lawrie Turner speaks to ZDNet.com.au about being the IT head for Australia's number two telco.
Approximately 98 percent of respondents strongly welcome anti-outsourcing legislation, an IT Manager Australia survey revealed.
Telstra is determined to create new sources of revenue by investing in new IP infrastructure and building managed offerings around the integration of infrastructure and services. This means turning the company into a new kind of business -- with major implications for the whole economy.
Before handing over your IT requirements to a host, you had better learn to play all your cards right.
Business process outsourcing (BPO) is on the rise, with traditional IT services companies moving into this space. ZDNet Australia looks at what is happening in this emerging market.
Optus CIO Lawrie Turner talks about the telco's attitude towards outsourcing.
Hutchison Telecoms, which owns Orange, has outsourced the operation of its Australian mobile networks to Ericsson Australia in a seven-year deal that is expected to save the telco over AU$40 million.
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