Stock crash or no, software giant Oracle late last week said it was sticking to its game plan and that meant more acquisitions.
St George has formally appointed its current acting IT head, Paul Newham, to take the CIO reins full time just as the company gears up for a merger with Westpac and the ensuing IT hangover.
In the wake of the confirmed AU$18.6 billion merger between Westpac and St George Bank, observers have forecast that the IT hangover from the deal could take at least three years to wear off, but in the process the merged banking entity will become one of the largest IT shops in Australia.
Google's megamerger proposal with DoubleClick could face greater scrutiny in Europe than the US if antitrust regulators decide the deal takes the companies into new markets.
Faced with muted enthusiasm from investors, Symantec and Veritas outlined their case to shareholders on Wednesday over the benefits of their pending US$13.5 billion merger that will marry the security giant and a leading storage company.
Over the next two days, 350 of Australia's more senior IT types will gather in Melbourne for Mercury Interactive's annual local user conference.
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Will Suncorp chief information officer Jeff Smith stick around if the bank's rapid decline in value due to the credit crisis leads to a fire sale of several of its key divisions?
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Andrew Beeson, CFO at Patties Foods, the savoury foods manufacturer famous for labels such as Herbert Adams, Nanna's and Four 'n' Twenty, explains how new ERP software keeps the factory line running smoothly.
Palm pioneered the smart phone, but if rumours prove true, the Treo maker may not survive as an independent company to watch its creation move from the corner office to the street corner.
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