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  • ICT contracts on Customs' mind

    The Australian Customs Service is currently deliberating on a number of key contracts as it decides the direction of its ICT spend in the next few years.

  • AMP renews CSC outsourcing contract

    Financial giant AMP has renewed a long-standing outsourcing contract with CSC Australia for another four years and AU$200 million.

  • CBA signs up providers for new outsourcing era

    EDS has won a AU$573 million extension on its mainframe and midrange services contract with the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) as the institution moves to recast its supplier relationships once a decade-long Big Bang outsourcing deal between the two expires.

  • ATO unleashes AU$160m a year outsourcing deal

    The Australian Tax Office has laid out the requirements for its centralised computing contract, worth AU$160 million per year.

  • 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.

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  • Scandinavian Airlines pilots SOA

    Service oriented architectures (SOAs) can ease application development but they impose a significant administrative burden. David Braue finds out how Scandinavian Airlines dealt with the challenge of SOA proliferation with flying colours.

  • Unisys mainframe gets .Net, Java

    Unisys, one of the few companies remaining in the mainframe market, will begin selling a new high-end system Monday that includes features to run advanced software.

  • AU Tax Office extends outsourcing deal with EDS

    The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has extended their outsourcing arrangement with troubled IT giant Electronic Data Systems (EDS).

  • Video: Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith

    With a star-studded employment history including a stint as the chief information officer of Telstra, Jeff Smith is one of Australia's top-flight technology executives.

  • Department of Defence: Greg Farr, CIO (part one)

    Australian Department of Defence CIO Greg Farr spoke to ZDNet.com.au about how the organisation's networks are kept secure and why virtualisation and green issues are high on the agenda.

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