Project Phoenix, AGL Energy's four-year revamp of its billing and computer systems, has produced $25 million worth of savings for the gas giant, with 1.6 million customers migrated to the company's new billing platform.
Commonwealth Bank CEO Ralph Norris today said the bank had cut its technology spend by 6 per cent on last year, and had claimed "first-mover advantage" in its decision to overhaul its core banking systems ahead of other major rivals.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) today said it would shortly go to market for technology suppliers for a $115 million IT core systems refresh project that had been in limbo since the federal election in November last year.
Today 38 Australian universities held their first joint meeting to tackle what some have described as a "catastrophic" drop in the numbers of Australian students enrolling in information and communications technology courses.
The Australian arm of IT services multinational Unisys has placed an advertisement for an evangelist to plug open source software locally, with a potential pay packet of AU$250,000 per year.
Writing a blog is an open invitation to correction, ridicule and abuse, and writing a blog entry about anything to do with Apple greatly magnifies all those possibilities.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) may have opted against a recent proposal to offshore, but it still seems the writing is on the wall following May's federal budget.
The ATO's decision not to offshore software development is a much-needed reminder that despite the technical wizardry of remote/teleworking and the costs benefits of India, simple face-to-face communication can never be bettered.
ZDNet.com.au takes you on a tour of Google's new Sydney Googleplex, which is currently under construction. Australian Googlers will work in an environmentally friendly building, next to glamorous Sydney Harbour, with views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney Tower, and the Star City Casino.
Keeping up with changing technologies means CIOs have to go through a mountain of information, and then decide which of it if any is useful to their company. ZDNet.com.au delves into how they do it.
Accenture researchers have been showing off a thin client system, which can recognise objects such as books, pictures and foodstuffs videoed on a mobile phone -- delivering relevant information straight to into your hand.
NAB may send around 400 jobs overseas in a bid to improve operational efficiencies.
Even though merger activity is intensifying in every sector, many deals still fail to take account of the IT issues. Andrew Morlet sets out five rules to help CIOs ensure acquisitions succeed.
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