EDITOR'S NOTE

The ANZ Bank is sending out some very mixed messages about offshoring today.

In a media statement rife with euphemisms (our favourite being the Bangalore "centre for technology excellence and operations"), the bank admitted "building its operations" in Bangalore, India, but was anxious not to be seen as reducing technology jobs at home.

The Finance Sector Union, for one, will be watching over the coming months to check that any Australian workers replaced will be provided another role within the bank as promised.

-- Brett Winterford

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Staff writers | March 16, 2009

ANZ has denied media reports it will send 500 new jobs overseas to join the 3,000 Indian staff it employs at its Bangalore "centre for technology excellence and operations."

By Staff writers | March 16, 2009

Westpac has been formally warned for breaching the Do Not Call register after it called customers that had asked not to be contacted about its products or services.

By Staff writers | March 16, 2009

The ABC has launched free applications for iPhone and Android handsets and a new smartphone-friendly ABC Mobile website.

By Staff writers | March 16, 2009

IBM is making a play to get Aussie university students onto the Lotus Symphony productivity suite in what appears to be a targeted campaign against competitors like Microsoft and Google.

By Rosalie Marshall | March 16, 2009

A US juror posted biased messages on micro-blogging site Twitter before making a US$12.6m verdict and now faces legal action from the company he ruled against.

By Staff Writers | March 16, 2009

The European Commission has extended a deadline for Microsoft to reply to charges that the U.S. software giant stymied rivals by bundling its Internet Explorer Web browser with Windows systems.

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