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NSW Govt vendors face uncapped liability 
Finance
NSW Govt vendors face uncapped liability
By Liz Tay | Dec 5, 2012 | Comment Now 
Hundreds of contracts struck without formal risk assessments.
 
Telcos riddled with security holes: researcher 
Security
Telcos riddled with security holes: researcher
By Darren Pauli | Oct 15, 2012 | Comment Now 
Operators 'shielded from reality' by equipment vendors.
 
Negotiating data centre partnerships 
Strategy
Negotiating data centre partnerships
By Brett Winterford | Jul 16, 2012 | Comment Now 
An in-depth guide to due diligence, contracts and risk management.
 
What vendors want 
Strategy
What vendors want
By Bob Hayward | Jul 12, 2012 | Comment Now 
Comment: Why IT suppliers want customers to keep them in check.
 
The concise guide to choosing a data centre partner 
Strategy
The concise guide to choosing a data centre partner
By Brett Winterford | Jun 26, 2012 | Comment Now 
Part one: price, availability and power.
 
Ebay rebuilds Indian outsourcing relationship 
Strategy
Ebay rebuilds Indian outsourcing relationship
By David Braue | Jun 1, 2012 | Comment Now 
Developers quit over project stress.
 
The rise of the vendor management office 
Strategy
The rise of the vendor management office
By Sarv Girn | May 17, 2012 | Comment Now 
Comment: How businesses are keeping outsourcers in check.
 
Ericsson CTO to lead Australia 
Networking
Ericsson CTO to lead Australia
By Liam Tung | Dec 13, 2011 | Comment Now 
Swaps Silicon Valley for Australia.
 
CIOs and vendors: How close is too close? 
Strategy
CIOs and vendors: How close is too close?
By Ry Crozier | Aug 18, 2011 | Comment Now 
What to do when you need breathing space.
 
Taking the fall 
Strategy
Taking the fall
By Ry Crozier | Aug 11, 2011 | Comment Now 
Why you should keep your vendor out of the public firing line.
 
Westpac hires soft skills for shorter outsourcing deals 
Strategy
Westpac hires soft skills for shorter outsourcing deals
By Liz Tay | Jul 29, 2011 | Comment Now 
Commerce, legal and finance experts to assess and 'sweat' contracts.
 
Polaris blames vendor partner for short outage 
Networking
Polaris blames vendor partner for short outage
Mar 1, 2011 | 2 Comments 
Tier III facility soured by 24 minutes of downtime.
 
NBN Co to limit spending in limbo period 
Telco/ISP
NBN Co to limit spending in limbo period
By Ry Crozier | Aug 24, 2010 | Comment Now 
Affected vendors to be notified.
 
Defence open source sold by commerce, not ideals 
Software
Defence open source sold by commerce, not ideals
By Liz Tay | Apr 16, 2010 | 2 Comments 
Fanaticism doing the industry no favours.
 
NSW turns the screws on software suppliers 
Software
NSW turns the screws on software suppliers
By Brett Winterford | Apr 12, 2010 | 1 Comment 
Some 99 vendors willing to offer more flexible licensing.
 
Network vendors line up LTE resources for Telstra 
Telco/ISP
Network vendors line up LTE resources for Telstra
By Ry Crozier | Mar 19, 2010 | Comment Now 
Ericsson, NSN and Huawei win place in coveted trial.
 
Telstra claims world-first HSPA+ dual-carrier test 
Networking
Telstra claims world-first HSPA+ dual-carrier test
Dec 18, 2009 | 3 Comments 
Outside of the vendor labs.
 
EMC Inform: Data centres must remain local, not just in the cloud 
Storage
EMC Inform: Data centres must remain local, not just in the cloud
By Sholto Macpherson | Jun 2, 2009 | Comment Now 
Cloud computing is here, but don't say goodbye to locally run data centres just yet, was the message at EMC's Inform event.
 
Thumbs-down for vendor trips and smartphone upgrades 
Hardware
Thumbs-down for vendor trips and smartphone upgrades
Jan 7, 2009 | Comment Now 
CIOs should turn the tables on vendors in 2009 by ‘politely declining’ vendor courtesy trips and instead inviting them to a free lunch at a chain restaurant to discuss cost ...
 
Enterprise networking: are your decisions your own? 
Networking
Enterprise networking: are your decisions your own?
By Liz Tay | Jul 28, 2008 | Comment Now 
Enterprise network managers should regain control of their purchasing decisions, analysts say.
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