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  • How do enterprises track IT assets?

    Tighter budgets in many Australian organisations has led to an even greater need to keep track of IT assets. How are IT departments managing this process?

  • CSC wins more Western Power work

    Perth-based electricity utility Western Power has handed another parcel of IT services work to US outsourcing giant CSC, this time relating to desktop services.

  • Monash revamps IT support arm

    Melbourne's Monash University has revealed plans to overhaul and beef up its information technology support division, with the creation of an over-arching chief information officer position and the launch of a new shared services strategy.

  • Asset management systems

    With upcoming changes to accountancy laws, Asset Management Systems may soon become essential. While this may increase enterprise efficiency, it also heralds a downturn in staffing levels.

  • Dell spends US$340m on Asap Software

    PC maker Dell will spend around US$340 million, on a software asset-management company, in a bid to simplify dealings with its customers.

  • Private equity sharks circle MYOB

    A bargain-hunting investment consortium named Manhattan Software Bidco has offered around $443 million in a takeover bid for Australia's leading accounting software brand, MYOB.

  • Defence's tech big spenders lock in CEO

    The man in charge of the organisation undertaking one of the largest IT projects in Australia has had his contract extended by the Department of Defence.

  • Microsoft buys virtualisation player Kidaro

    Microsoft said on Wednesday that it has bought Kidaro, a company that helps businesses manage their collection of virtual machines.

  • War Memorial will never forget digital assets

    Just a week out from Remembrance Day, the Australian War Memorial has announced that Alphawest will overhaul its content management systems and is on the prowl for storage platforms to preserve 100 terabytes of data.

  • Microsoft, Icahn join forces for Yahoo takeover

    Investor activist Carl Icahn and Microsoft on Monday asked Yahoo investors to oust Yahoo's board and in its place elect Icahn's dissident slate, potentially paving the way for a purchase of the internet company in its entirety or just its search assets.

  • Green IT can cut costs by 20 percent

    Administrators can give their company an advantage over the competition by adopting green policies.

  • CSC consolidates AU$30m deal with Woodside

    Woodside has signed a three-year AU$30 million deal with IT services outsourcer CSC.

  • Quarter of all Aussie software is illegal

    Australia's software piracy rate is dropping, but not as aggressively as some in the industry would like.

  • Telstra rings up another AU$18m from ATO

    Telstra has reaped an AU$18 million bonus from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) after the agency exercised options on its current voice services contracts.

  • Unisys to spend more time at TAFE Qld

    TAFE Queensland has signed a two year extension to its outsourcing deal with Unisys for infrastructure and desktop management support.

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