IBM has signed a seven-year deal to manage Australian telecom Telstra's supply chain services operations.
Once a system has been outsourced, what is there left to do internally? Plenty of strategy according to Faye Powell, whose appointment eight months ago ushered in a new era in terms of the way government departments relate to their IT service providers.
The Australian federal government’s infamous IT outsourcing bungle is still sending shockwaves through the country’s outsourcing industry, according to one local tech services boss.
Outsourcing company, KAZ Computer Services has snatched a multi-million dollar, four year contract from IBM to provide IT services to satellite communications company Station 12 BV.
Telstra will outsource part of its IT services to Deloitte Consulting Consortium - cutting around 340 jobs as part of an overall push to slash 10,000 from its workforce.
Once a system has been outsourced, what is there left to do internally? Plenty of strategy according to Faye Powell, whose appointment eight months ago ushered in a new era in terms of the way government departments relate to their IT service providers.
As mega outsoucing deals begin to lose their shine, is it time for selective sourcing to take centre stage?
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.
The office of the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts has backed Telstra's decision to use offshore software developers.
ZDNet Australia looks at the ever-expanding pressures placed on in-house e-mail and weighs up the pros and cons of the outsourced alternatives.
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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