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Allure of outsourcing continues to grow 
Strategy
Allure of outsourcing continues to grow
Aug 3, 2009 | Comment Now 
Upping use for IT and business processes.
 
Customers demand better online banking 
Finance
Customers demand better online banking
Jul 25, 2009 | Comment Now 
Will desert banks without more personal online service.
 
Recession results in outsourcing inertia 
Strategy
Recession results in outsourcing inertia
Jun 29, 2009 | Comment Now 
Too hard to change to cheaper provider.
 
Market forces drive innovation at Axa  
Hardware
Market forces drive innovation at Axa
Jun 13, 2009 | Comment Now 
Before taking on a project, the insurance giant’s IT team must show it can outperform external providers.
 
Framework promises blueprint for IT success 
Software
Framework promises blueprint for IT success
Jun 8, 2009 | Comment Now 
In the early part of this decade when Martin Curley, global director of innovation at Intel was looking for a framework that could cover the entire spectrum of IT activities, ...
 
Analyst blasts software support costs 
Software
Analyst blasts software support costs
May 14, 2009 | Comment Now 
Forrester Research is advising companies to pressure their software suppliers to lower their maintenance charges, accusing vendors of persisting with "customer-unfriendly ...
 
Transformation initiatives to target the data centre 
Hardware
Transformation initiatives to target the data centre
Dec 19, 2008 | Comment Now 
More than eight out of 10 enterprises will embark on datacentre transformation projects in 2009, as the need to cut costs and minimise business risks intensifies
 
Microsoft announces online shake-up 
Software
Microsoft announces online shake-up
Jul 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
Software giant Microsoft has announced a major restructuring, which will see it splitting Windows from its online business, as well as the departure of Kevin Johnson, who was ...
 
Gartner predicts rise in services spending 
Software
Gartner predicts rise in services spending
Jul 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
Analyst firm Gartner has predicted that spending on IT services will rise by 9.5 per cent in 2008, but it warned that business leaders are increasingly seeing outsourcing ...
 
Microsoft: Yahoo came crawling 
Software
Microsoft: Yahoo came crawling
Jul 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has issued a statement to challenge what it sees as inaccuracies in Yahoo's version of its most recent takeover talks. The move highlights the increasing poisonous ...
 
Yahoo spurns Microsoft-Icahn offer 
Software
Yahoo spurns Microsoft-Icahn offer
Jul 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
Yahoo's management board has rejected a further proposal for its search business from Microsoft, made in conjunction with activist shareholder Carl Icahn.
 
Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans 
Software
Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans
Jun 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
Open source software firm Red Hat is to release its own virtualisation hypervisor, capable of hosting both its Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
 
World leaders warned on imminent internet seizure 
Security
World leaders warned on imminent internet seizure
Jun 19, 2008 | Comment Now 
Experts speaking at international ministerial conference this week warned that urgent action was needed to prevent the internet becoming irrevocably gummed up.
 
Replay aims to pinpoint code faults 
Software
Replay aims to pinpoint code faults
Jun 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
Replay Solutions will today release its new tool, ReplayDirector for Java EE, which allows firms to slash the costs of application deployment.
 
SAP readies CRM All-in-One 
Software
SAP readies CRM All-in-One
May 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
Business applications titan SAP has released a customer relationship management (CRM) module for medium-sized firms.
 
Half of all businesses admit to IT project cancellations 
Strategy
Half of all businesses admit to IT project cancellations
May 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
New research has suggested that nearly half of firms have recently canned IT related projects before completion.
 
HP extends mobile thin client range 
Networking
HP extends mobile thin client range
May 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
HP has introduced a smaller and lighter version of its mobile thin client device as it ramps up its desktop virtualisation offerings.
 
SAP struggles with hosted ERP 
Software
SAP struggles with hosted ERP
May 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
Business software giant SAP is slowing down the rollout of its new hosted applications, as it struggles to reign-in the operating costs of the service.
 
Amazon beefs up cloud computing storage 
Storage
Amazon beefs up cloud computing storage
Apr 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
Online retailer Amazon is to add persistent storage features to its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) hosted service, making it more reliable.
 
Security lessons from San Francisco 
Security
Security lessons from San Francisco
Apr 14, 2008 | Comment Now 
Aligning IT security projects with business objectives and the huge growth in web threats were the key topics at this week’s RSA security show in San Francisco.
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Bankwest builds continuous delivery capability
Bankwest builds continuous delivery capability
To automatically deploy test/dev sandboxes by mid-year.
Veterans' Affairs sets sights on modernisation
Veterans' Affairs sets sights on modernisation
Data safe with Human Services, CIO says.
Citi Australia drops platform customisations
Citi Australia drops platform customisations
Technology chief shifts focus from building to leveraging systems.
VicRoads restructures IT team
VicRoads restructures IT team
Department moves to align with industry benchmarks.
Zurich Australia extends IT team offshore
Zurich Australia extends IT team offshore
Malaysian staff served from Australian data centres.
Leigh Berrell - Utilities CIO of the Year
Leigh Berrell - Utilities CIO of the Year
Yarra Valley Water CIO Leigh Berrell accepts his Benchmark Award for Utilities CIO of the Year.
Wayne McMahon - Retail CIO of the Year
Wayne McMahon - Retail CIO of the Year
Domino's Pizza CIO Wayne McMahon accepts his Benchmark Award for Retail CIO of the Year.
Inside Perpetual's ongoing IT transformation
Inside Perpetual's ongoing IT transformation
CIO Jenny Levy discusses how outsourcing will help the firm "simplify, refocus and grow".
Managing Complexity - Defence's Daniel McCabe
Managing Complexity - Defence's Daniel McCabe
Daniel McCabe, Assistant Secretary of Australia's Department of Defence, provides the audience at the iTnews Data Centre Strategy Summit with a deep dive into the organisation's data centre consolidation program.
How Facebook designed the data centre from scratch - Marco Magarelli
How Facebook designed the data centre from scratch - Marco Magarelli
The full keynote by Facebook data centre architect Marco Magarelli at the Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit. Magarelli details the design considerations behind the social network's Prineville, Oregon; North Carolina and Luleå, Sweden data centres.
Modernising Legacy Data Centres - Telstra's Jon Curry
Modernising Legacy Data Centres - Telstra's Jon Curry
Telstra general manager of managed data centres Jon Curry guides the audience at the iTnews Australian Data Centre Summit through the build of the telco's Clayton, Victoria data centre.
NSW Government launches NABERS data centre rating tools
NSW Government launches NABERS data centre rating tools
Matthew Clark from the NSW Department of Environment guides facilties managers through the details of the new NABERS data centre energy rating tool at the Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit.
NABERS launch panel: Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit
NABERS launch panel: Australian Data Centre Strategy Summit
Matthew Clark (NSW Dept of Environment), Greg Boorer (Canberra Data Centres), Glenn Allan (National Australia Bank), Mike Andrea (Strategic Directions) and Bob Sharon (Green Global Consulting) discuss the impact of the NABERS data centre rating.
Judges notes: Fortescue Metals [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Fortescue Metals [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Fortescue Metals 'New World of Work" project, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Industrials category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Retail [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Retail [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss the shortlisted finalists for the Retail category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Pacific Aluminium [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Pacific Aluminium [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Pacific Aluminium's lightning fast service desk refresh, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Industrials category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Domino's Pizza [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Domino's Pizza [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Domino's Pizza's shift to hosted services, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Retail category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: McDonald's Australia [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: McDonald's Australia [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss McDonald's Australia's new self-service portal for employees, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Retail category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: ING Direct [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: ING Direct [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss ING Direct's 'Bank in a Box', one of three shortlisted finalists for the banking and finance category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
Judges notes: Yarra Valley Water [The Benchmark Awards]
Judges notes: Yarra Valley Water [The Benchmark Awards]
iTnews' panel of judges discuss Yarra Valley Water's insourcing project, one of three shortlisted finalists for the Utilities category of the CIO Benchmark Awards.
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