Liz Tay

Liz Tay is a journalist from Sydney, Australia. With a background in physics, she is most interested in stories about scientific or technological R&D.

A long-time technology enthusiast, Tay joined the IT journalism industry in June 2006. She has been writing for iTnews in various roles since late 2007, and currently reports on all things business IT for iTnews, CRN, and SC Magazine.

Besides shiny gadgets and reporting, she is a fan of loud music and harbours an insatiable love for travel.

Recent articles by Liz Tay

Westpac renews IBM outsourcing contract

Westpac renews IBM outsourcing contract

Adds five more years to US$2.3 billion deal.
Liz Tay Nov 22 2010 10:50AM Strategy
ATO hired extra staff for Change Program complaints

ATO hired extra staff for Change Program complaints

Public dissatisfied with results of technology overhaul.
Liz Tay Nov 22 2010 6:50AM Strategy
St Vincent's Hospital flushes out Conficker worm

St Vincent's Hospital flushes out Conficker worm

"Massive" IT project discovers 300 unpatched PCs.
Liz Tay Nov 19 2010 11:55AM Security
Lessons from Australia Post’s IT "transformation"

Lessons from Australia Post’s IT "transformation"

Case study: How to overhaul IT with immoveable staff.
Liz Tay Nov 18 2010 2:10PM Strategy
Calls for new metrics to gauge success of IT projects

Calls for new metrics to gauge success of IT projects

Strategist criticises “over time, over budget” assessments.
Liz Tay Nov 18 2010 6:07AM Strategy
Shared services level AFL playing field

Shared services level AFL playing field

Seven IT staff keep $330m football league connected.
Liz Tay Nov 17 2010 1:21PM Strategy
Gartner warns against cheap outsourcing deals

Gartner warns against cheap outsourcing deals

Bad terms blamed for outsourcing failures.
Liz Tay Nov 17 2010 11:32AM Strategy
Simplicity pushes iPads from execs to enterprise

Simplicity pushes iPads from execs to enterprise

Top-down push blows analysts away.
Liz Tay Nov 17 2010 6:36AM Strategy
Robots learn from rats' brains

Robots learn from rats' brains

Navigational improvements from rodent ‘grid cells’.
Liz Tay Nov 16 2010 9:29AM Oddware
Scientists raise quantum error threshold

Scientists raise quantum error threshold

New design allows up to a quarter of qubits to be lost.
Liz Tay Nov 15 2010 6:35AM Oddware
Change Program cited in one in eight ATO complaints

Change Program cited in one in eight ATO complaints

Ombudsman discusses tax return delays.
Liz Tay Nov 12 2010 12:37PM Software
Intel sole advisor to customer cloud alliance

Intel sole advisor to customer cloud alliance

Alliance strives for vendor-neutral cloud computing standards.
Liz Tay Nov 12 2010 6:12AM Strategy
Backhaul providers lobby against NBN POI proposal

Backhaul providers lobby against NBN POI proposal

Industry polarised over centralised approach.
Liz Tay Nov 11 2010 3:59PM Telco/ISP
Scrapped Tas-NBN joint venture deemed unnecessary

Scrapped Tas-NBN joint venture deemed unnecessary

Joint ownership model falls to contractor arrangements.
Liz Tay Nov 10 2010 2:44PM Telco/ISP
Intel backs cloud alliance for economies of scale

Intel backs cloud alliance for economies of scale

But call for standards raises 'Wintel' fears.
Liz Tay Nov 10 2010 1:55PM Software
ANU seeks private cloud contractor

ANU seeks private cloud contractor

Plans to consolidate resources in “internal data cloud”.
Liz Tay Nov 9 2010 12:05PM Storage
McDonalds contactless card rollout to lower skimming risk

McDonalds contactless card rollout to lower skimming risk

EMV technology deployed in 816 more outlets.
Liz Tay Nov 9 2010 6:03AM Hardware
Telstra questioned over GPL compliance

Telstra questioned over GPL compliance

T-Hub device may violate open source license.
Liz Tay Nov 8 2010 3:22PM Software
Anonymous wage vendetta on copyright laws

Anonymous wage vendetta on copyright laws

Proud pirates protest on Guy Fawkes Day.
Liz Tay Nov 5 2010 4:38PM Security
Pivotel to upgrade Aussie satellite facilities

Pivotel to upgrade Aussie satellite facilities

Plans $20m upgrade following partner's satellite launch.
Liz Tay Nov 5 2010 1:05PM Telco/ISP

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