Managed services are gaining in popularity by allowing companies to focus on what they do best, but safeguards must be in place to ensure adequate performance levels.
ING Australia has selected David Connaughton, a former IBM business process specialist, as its head of strategy and project management.
The IT support functions of several large federal and state government agencies face an uncertain future in coming weeks as Commander Communications' receivers attempt to find buyers for the IT services company.
CSC has been awarded an outsourcing contract worth up to AU$21 million by West Australian electricity provider Western Power.
NAB yesterday told its employees which of its IT jobs will be offshored, after the bank took the decision to outsource some of its tech staff last year.
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The actual administration of e-mail -- getting it into your company, filtering it, distributing it, providing mobile access to it, archiving it, backing it up, undeleting it -- can be an extremely time-consuming, bothersome process.
ZDNet Australia meets with Michael Harte, CIO of the Commonwealth Bank to find out his views on security and sourcing (both out- and open-).
One in 10 IT departments will disappear over the next five years as outsourcing and the commoditisation of technology continues to increase, according to Gartner.
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