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• Big CenITex pay packets continue

  Controversial CenITex executive Thana Velummylum has again entered into a contract with the Victorian shared services agency for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

• Berzins' blunders: Police ignored tender rules

  Victoria Police's IT division under disgraced chief information officer Valda Berzins had a "disregard for proper procurement and contract management", a new report has revealed, which saw contracts fail to go to tender while their dollar values ballooned beyond approved amounts.

• ANZ boosts offshore jobs, IT spend

  Australia and New Zealand Banking Group chief executive Mike Smith said today he'd look to harbour more of its operations offshore in the future as he also discussed details of the bank's beefed up technology spend.

• BMC signs on Vic's CenITex

  BMC Software has been awarded a contract with Victoria's shared services agency CenITex to supply, implement and support IT service management applications and workflow automation tools.

• CenITex replaces $493k COO

  Victorian shared services provider CenITex has gone to market for a new chief operating officer to fill Thana Velummylum's former role.

Blogs (4)

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  Governments: Just like lemmings

  As soon as one government decides to do a new project it's a good bet that others will follow suit, in the ultimate fashion obsession.

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  How going public can be, well, public

  Do the boards of IT companies deliberate extra carefully before making a deal with government for fear of having their name pulled through the dirt when they stuff up?

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  The pendulum of shared services

  Spend enough time in the IT industry and you'll soon realise that many of the new trends we see are cyclical: fat vs. thin clients; various development methodologies falling in and out of fashion; and shared vs. distributed services.

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  In CDMA hubbub, don't forget the broadband

  Last week, a family friend rang for some technical help. "Telstra sold me this wireless Internet service and they promised it would work both at my home and at my office," he said. Said home is in the Melbourne CBD, and said office is in Kyneton, a lovely town about an hour away from Melbourne.

Features and Case Studies (31)

• How much CIO pay is too much?

  How on earth can organisations justify paying their IT executives millions of dollars in bonuses, or in the case of the public sector, handing out salaries of half a million dollars?

• Changing of the guard: Westpac

  Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of the technology operation of Westpac Banking Corporation and its subsidiary St George in the last of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

• That other broadband revolution

  While everyone was distracted by the NBN, a revolution was under way in the supply of fixed line broadband.

• Changing of the guard: ANZ Bank

  Get an insider's look at the recent history and potential imminent future of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's technology operation in the third of our Changing of the guards series examining generational change in the nation's big four banks.

• Eight IT questions for the NSW Govt

  What will the impact of NSW Premier Nathan Rees' ambitious agency consolidation plans be on the state's public sector ICT workers and infrastructure?

Reviews (9)

• Synology DS209+ NAS Server

  Although it's expensive and requires networking experience to use, the Synology DS209+ offers excellent throughput and nearly all the features you're likely to need in a small-business NAS server.

• Roxio Easy Media Creator 8

  Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 builds on past success by offering a huge range of features and unparalleled ease of use, making it the right suite for most people.

• Can the music industry change?

  In order to survive, the IT industry has gone through some big changes in the last few years. by contrast, the music industry still doesn't get it.

• Boeing's sky-high Net access takes off

  British Airways and other airlines are ready to offer online access to business travellers, despite some ongoing technical hitches.

• Peer pressure: 10 P2P utilities tested

  Despite the RIAA's efforts to shut down file-swapping services, these 10 apps carry Napster's torch.

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