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  • NAB suspends Satyam work

    National Australia Bank has decided to suspend future work with Indian outsourcer Satyam.

  • Giant Aussie 2009 predictions round-up

    What will 2009 hold for Australia's ICT industry? We asked dozens of local leaders for their predictions; and this is what they came up with.

  • How will the Satyam scandal hit Oz?

    Analyst firm Ovum said today that Satyam's financial scandal would not significantly affect overall outsourcing trends in Australia, although some customers might reassess their contracts with the Indian giant.

  • Aussie IT firm Dialog sheds staff

    Australian IT services firm Dialog has had to whittle down its staff numbers as the economy's woes continue to bite.

  • Installing Polaris datacentre generators: Photos

    Yesterday workers installed six 22 tonne diesel power generators into one of Australia's largest datacentres prior to prepare it for its official opening early next year.

  • Banking IT ignores credit crisis

    Australia's major banks will continue to pursue huge technology projects that will fuel local IT spending for the next few years despite the global financial crisis, according to a leading local analyst.

  • Jus' got the banking IT blues

    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?

  • Suncorp cites IT integration progress

    Suncorp's massive project to integrate technology it inherited through its acquisition of Promina was progressing strongly, the banking and insurance giant said today.

  • Queensland fibre hit by national plan

    The federal government's plans to build a $4.7 billion national fibre to the node broadband network (NBN) could be stopping one of Queensland's newest cities from getting fibre to the home.

  • Suncorp envisages Linux, ODF for 20,000 desktops

    Suncorp's CIO, Jeff Smith, says he would like the banking and insurance giant to use open source software for its 20,000 desktops, which currently run Windows XP.

  • Suncorp signs Symantec to protect 20,000 XP PCs

    Suncorp has signed a three-year security and archiving contract with Symantec to protect 20,000 "locked down" Windows XP desktops and servers.

  • Suncorp saves $6m with mainframe consolidation

    Suncorp has consolidated its mainframe applications onto one new platform, following the completion of a major part of its Promina IT integration plans.

  • Server virtualisation gives Suncorp hot flushes

    Mass server virtualisation has reduced Suncorp's server count, but datacentre manager David Chesterfield warns: beware the heat.

  • Suncorp takes 'agile' leaf from Apple's book

    Suncorp has announced it will save AU$53 million per annum through integrating Promina's business technology with its own, helped by an "agile" approach said to be used in companies such as Apple and Google.

  • SMS two-factor authentication dead in 3 years: NAB

    SMS-delivered two-factor authentication will be dead in three years, according to National Australia Bank's general manager of technology, risk and security, Gary Blair.

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