The NSW Minister for Commerce, Eric Roozendaal, has the state government's new chief information officer, after a five-month interruption to its "People First" IT overhaul.
NSW government CIO Paul Edgecumbe has resigned from his position as the state's first government-wide technology chief after just two years in the job.
New South Wales has signed new whole-of-government telephony deals with Telstra, Optus, AAPT and Macquarie Telecom as part of the state's attempt to cut down its annual AU$260 million telecommunications spend.
The NSW Department of Commerce has awarded several contracts jointly worth more than AU$1 million as it continues a project to upgrade its extensive wide area network (WAN).
The NSW government hopes to save up to AU$10 million a year on desktop PC, notebook and server purchases with a new shared-service arrangement for hardware covering more than 100 agencies.
While some states boast about procurement plans and how much they'll boost industry coffers, the NSW government appears to be heading in the opposite direction.
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