Finance

Beats the street.
Recommendations overlooked in 72 percent of cases.
Approving spending for productivity and process improvement.
NSW Auditor slams agency contract extensions 
By Liz Tay | Feb 1, 2012 | Comment Now 
Health, Police fail to get value for money.
 
Optus tops political donations list 
By James Hutchinson | Feb 1, 2012 | Comment Now 
ICT firms lower donations.
 
European Commission launches $12m cloud partnership 
By Liz Tay | Jan 31, 2012 | Comment Now 
To develop common requirements for government procurement.
 
Tax board eyes cloud for IT migration 
By John Hilvert | Jan 30, 2012 | Comment Now 
Partial shift off Tax Office infrastructure.
 
Twitter buys anti-malware firm 
By SC Staff | Jan 30, 2012 | Comment Now 
Makes second play in infosec market in as many months.
 
Revealed: Government IT Deals in 2011 
By John Hilvert | Jan 27, 2012 | Comment Now 
Top 25 buyers and IT suppliers of the year.
 
CommBank glitch delays Queensland Health pay 
By Liz Tay | Jan 25, 2012 | Comment Now 
Agency's bank account suffers processing error.
 
Time for full disclosure on Direct Sourcing 
By John Hilvert | Jan 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Comment: Agencies should have to publish their reasons for going direct.
 
Aussie banks spend up on online, mobile tech 
By Liz Tay | Jan 18, 2012 | Comment Now 
Analysts forecast $2.3b market for retail banking IT this year.
 
Apple CEO gets $US376m stock award 
By Alexei Oreskovic | Jan 11, 2012 | Comment Now 
Largest in a decade?
 
NAB arms branch with free wi-fi 
By Ry Crozier | Jan 10, 2012 | Comment Now 
Eyes IT systems to 'sweat' retail spaces.
 
Gartner lowers bar on IT spending 
Jan 6, 2012 | Comment Now 
Confluence of factors weighs on forecast.
 
CSG calls off acquisition talks 
By Allie Coyne | Dec 22, 2011 | Comment Now 
Secret offer too small.
 
Oracle's poor form spells trouble ahead 
By Jim Finkle | Dec 21, 2011 | Comment Now 
Plenty of concern among customers.
 
Kim Jong-il malware circulating 
By SC Staff | Dec 21, 2011 | Comment Now 
Spammers capitalise on leaders' death.
 
Police bust 55 in US cyber fraud, ID theft ring 
By Angela Moscaritolo | Dec 21, 2011 | Comment Now 
Bank insiders helped bypass anti-fraud technologies.
 
Defence ICT management under fire 
By John Hilvert | Dec 20, 2011 | Comment Now 
Audit recommends clarification of Defence ICT's role.
 
Anti-piracy bill could kill DNSSEC  
 
Young workers ignore IT policy  
By SC Staff | Dec 19, 2011 | Comment Now 
'Aren't responsible' for protecting data and kit.
 
ANZ takes down online statements 
By Darren Pauli | Dec 15, 2011 | Comment Now 
Update: SC investigation finds security flaw.
 
2012: Who holds the power in Government IT? 
By John Hilvert | Dec 14, 2011 | Comment Now 
Comment: Will AGIMO drive the agenda?
 
Australian Government wimps out on WISP 
By John Hilvert | Dec 12, 2011 | Comment Now 
Portfolio autonomy wins over the WISP agenda.
 
Ministers can't find steady footing on cloud 
By John Hilvert | Dec 12, 2011 | Comment Now 
Government in catch-up mode, says industry analyst.
 
Plea for Google competition inquiry fails 
By John Hilvert | Dec 12, 2011 | Comment Now 
Little love for Microsoft-sponsored lobby group in Productivity Report.
 
Codan wins national export award 
By John Hilvert | Dec 9, 2011 | Comment Now 
One of eight finalists.
 
Coles to enable contactless payments 
By Ry Crozier | Dec 6, 2011 | Comment Now 
Buys 10,000 pin pads.
 
CommBank asks customers for banking ideas 
Dec 5, 2011 | Comment Now 
Creates platform to draw out customer vision.
 
Westpac picks new CIO 
By James Hutchinson | Nov 30, 2011 | Comment Now 
Internal promotion.
 
Google seeks EU approval for Motorola Mobility deal 
Nov 29, 2011 | Comment Now 
Decision expected by January 10.
 
Former iSoft CTO claims $1.4m contract breach 
By James Hutchinson | Nov 28, 2011 | Comment Now 
Unpaid annual leave, long service pay.
 
New Zealand bank launches NFC trial 
By Juha Saarinen | Nov 25, 2011 | Comment Now 
Vodafone NZ partners for SIM-based payments
 
'High risk' issues left in ASX IT systems 
By James Hutchinson | Nov 24, 2011 | Comment Now 
ASIC finds shortcomings led to outages.
 
Westpac scraps CIO role 
By Liz Tay | Nov 24, 2011 | Comment Now 
McKinnon takes up part-time position.
 
Finance creates three-year ICT panel 
By John Hilvert | Nov 24, 2011 | Comment Now 
Updated: WISP panel announcement yet to come.
 
Microsoft signs Yahoo confidentiality pact 
 
Husic eyes government software pricing 
By James Hutchinson | Nov 23, 2011 | Comment Now 
US vendors silent on inquiry.
 
Agencies told to rule out public cloud 
By John Hilvert | Nov 23, 2011 | Comment Now 
Livingstone weighs in on AGIMO's cloud computing strategy.
 
CenITex ratifies change management policy 
By Ry Crozier | Nov 23, 2011 | Comment Now 
Rebuts auditor-general's criticisms.
 
AIIA: Vic eServices panel on the mend 
By John Hilvert | Nov 22, 2011 | Comment Now 
Complaints fall dramatically between refreshes.
 
Weekend upgrade downs teacher banking 
By James Hutchinson | Nov 22, 2011 | Comment Now 
As the hunt begins for a CIO.
 
SEC freezes fake $US50m Facebook fund 
By Liam Tung | Nov 18, 2011 | Comment Now 
Bubble scam nets $12.6 million for jets, mum and jewels.
 
Victorian eServices panel under fire again 
By John Hilvert | Nov 18, 2011 | Comment Now 
How some refresh 'winners' have still lost out.
 
Warren Buffett makes big IBM investment 
By Ben Berkowitz | Nov 15, 2011 | Comment Now 
Sheds distaste for IT companies.
 
Victoria launches $85m bid for IT industry 
By Liz Tay | Nov 11, 2011 | Comment Now 
Promises new jobs and 'plug and play' links with Silicon Valley.
 
Canberra ready for the cloud in 2012 
By John Hilvert | Nov 11, 2011 | Comment Now 
Cloud providers asked to pitch to agency committee.
 
Federal Government mulls virtual credit cards 
By John Hilvert | Nov 11, 2011 | Comment Now 
Analysis: Scope creep a likely concern under proposed model.
 
Cisco CEO must convince Street its woes are over 
By Nicola Leske | Nov 10, 2011 | Comment Now 
Analysis: Can it capitalise on distracted rivals?
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