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EDS' BoQ disaster: The fallout

There was a time when EDS Australia contractor Reecson Denford was living the dream. After taking advantage of his position to steal $2.9 million from EDS client Bank of Queensland (BoQ), Reecson spent $450,000 on French champagne, bought himself a $100,000 BMW and his wife $320,000 worth of jewellery.

January 6th, 2010 in Eds by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

EDS employees maintain conditions

Employees of HP Enterprise Services, formerly known as EDS, have mainly now moved onto new HP contracts with equivalent conditions, according to the integrator's most active union, the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia.

November 12th, 2009 in Eds by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

Give Tax a break for a Change

Considering the circumstances the Australian Taxation Office's (ATO) Change Program has been operating in over the last few years, it really hasn't been going too badly.

November 3rd, 2009 in Ato by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

ATO's $879m 'worst-case scenario'

Second Commissioner of Taxation David Butler today said that the increased $879 million budget for the Australian Taxation Office's Change Program quoted in an audit report released yesterday was a worst-case scenario.

October 30th, 2009 in Ato by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

Australian EDS staff face new contracts

EDS Australia workers have claimed that the company plans to ask them to sign a new employment agreement following the company's acquisition by Hewlett-Packard. But, terms on maintaining conditions and pay remain uncertain.

August 3rd, 2009 in Eds by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

Policy forced ATO's EDS desktop hand

Recently, changing federal government policy was a factor in the Australian Taxation Office's decision to extend its end user and centralised computing contracts with incumbent supplier EDS, the agency's CIO Bill Gibson has revealed.

July 8th, 2009 in Eds by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

EDS scores $604m ATO extension

The Australian Taxation Office has decided to extend its contracts with EDS for end computing and centralised computing services over a further two years.

June 29th, 2009 in Eds by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

Kaz buy gives Fujitsu the govt

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.

March 3rd, 2009 in Kaz by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

HP/EDS Australia meets with union

EDS union APESMA has met with representatives of HP and EDS today following the news that employees in Australia will be facing pay cuts.

February 20th, 2009 in Hp by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote

Windows Server 2008: Microsoft listened to users

Microsoft's long-awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, provides evidence that the company is taking note of what customers want, according to analysts.

February 29th, 2008 in Windows Server 2008 by Tim Ferguson Comment Vote

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