Telstra's sale of Kaz will hand Fujitsu the keys it has been seeking to federal government work, bringing it up to be able to compete effectively with rivals such as IBM and CSC, analysts said yesterday.
The Australian Tax Office is preparing to put the last and largest of its IT outsourcing contracts centralised computing up for grabs, worth around AU$160 million per year. This is EDS's last chance to retain work with the ATO and possibly its first bid since its proposed acquisition by HP.
Observers predict that Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of global outsourcer EDS for US$13.9 billion this week will bring a boost to the Australian integrated services market, but also warn the new Australian entity that its rivals will try to take advantage of the transition here.
Offshoring won't cure a company's ills, but used in the right circumstances and with management paying careful attention to the progress, then the risk of failure is relatively low.
Although more Australian firms are shifting simple business processes to cheaper overseas destinations such as India, firms are being cautious -- and justifiably so, according to analysts.
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The practice of outsourcing will undergo a dramatic transformation over the next ten years, according to Gartner analyst Rolf Jester, who adds that offshore outsourcing will just be one of many adjustments.
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The level of outrage over the outsourcing of software development to India is disproportionate to the effect it is having on the local industry, according to analysis group Gartner.
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