EDITOR'S NOTE
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Good morning,
Today the chief executive of Amadeus, a developer of software used in just about every airline and travel company in the world, tells iTnews that the best decision the company ever made was to resist offers from the likes of IBM and EDS to outsource its IT. Liz Tay explains why in today's lead story.
We also have some interesting pieces from the UK and Hong Kong about IT gone wrong - with the Royal Bank of Scotland fined for poor IT governance and the chief executive of a Hong Kong smartcard firm forced to resign after sharing customer data with third parties.
-- Brett Winterford
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TODAY ON ITNEWS
Strategy
Amadeus reaps benefits of in-house IT
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Liz Tay
| August 04, 2010
Outgoing CEO explains why its data centre could not be outsourced.
Software
Bank fined $9.7m over poor IT governance
By
Liam Tung
| August 05, 2010
RBS' IT systems could have let fraud go unmonitored.
Storage
One in eight companies keep files 'indefinitely': Symantec
By
Liz Tay
| August 05, 2010
Large companies surveyed on data retention policies.
Storage
Emerson builds showcase data centre
By
Brett Winterford
| August 05, 2010
Pulls out of co-lo facility; demos switching on and off the grid.
Finance
Australia's retail growth figures neglect online sales
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Victoria Thieberger
| August 05, 2010
Concerns the ABS skips spending on foreign and small e-tailers.
Security
Smartcard boss resigns over data sharing
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Liam Tung
| August 05, 2010
Too many hands on customer data.
Hardware
Intel agrees to end chip war with rivals
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Alex Dobuzinskis
| August 05, 2010
Promises to play nice.
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