Indian outsourcing and develoment giant Infosys has called for more education on the issue of sending IT work overseas following the media roasting it received over a partnership with Telstra.
CSC has been awarded an outsourcing contract worth up to AU$21 million by West Australian electricity provider Western Power.
Dimension Data has begun the search for a new CIO to join its ranks, but not to replace the current internal one.
Unwieldy IT procurement has led to widespread duplication, according to the new finance minister, Lindsay Tanner. However questions remain over whether greater centralisation will lead to actual savings on the AU$6 billion the government spends on IT each year.
The National Australia Bank (NAB) has awarded IT services contracts to Indian outsourcing giants Infosys and Satyam, in a move which may threaten Australian IT staff.
Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
There is no technology skills crisis ... yet, according to a senior government technology official.
In 2007 leading industry watchers speculated on the trends affecting the market, and while some proved right, others proved otherwise. Discovers how expert predictions fared on Vista, low-cost laptops and outsourcing.
The actual administration of e-mail -- getting it into your company, filtering it, distributing it, providing mobile access to it, archiving it, backing it up, undeleting it -- can be an extremely time-consuming, bothersome process.
It was around nine years since strong-armed government departments began to realise willy-nilly outsourcing wasn't, perhaps, the best idea. However, with contracts signed and staff already migrated, there was little to do but ride out the storm. In this special report, we look at the Victoria Police and the South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals' approach to managed services.
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.
Indian tech giant Wipro's chairman and managing director, Azim Premji, on the future of the company and where the Indian outsourcing market will go next.
Defence CIO Greg Farr (part two) talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
Antivirus management is complex, time consuming, and absolutely essential. Handing it over to a service provider could prove to be the easiestâ€"and safestâ€"option.
They may not be perfect, but intrusion detection systems should be a part of your enterprise security arsenal.
You've got a lot invested in that current infrastructure, but there are those who are telling you it's time to upgrade. When is really the right time?
Everyone thinks that tape is a dull topic, until they lose some essential data and everyone comes screaming for backups. Technology & Business gets the low down on tape storage offerings and directions.
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