News (1830)

  • NAB plans for unified data warehouse

    The National Australia Bank has unveiled details of a plan to unify its current fragmented data warehousing system onto a single platform as it fights to remain competitive with new online banking rivals.

  • Roach leaves NICTA

    The founding chairman of National ICT Australia, Neville Roach, has stepped down after two years heading the government-backed ICT laboratory.

  • NAB pins turnaround on improved CRM

    About a year after being appointed chief executive of the National Australia Bank, Ahmed Fahour's campaign of cultural change is being boosted by improved use of the bank's Teradata customer relationship management (CRM) software package.

  • Tech drives NAB's $2 billion turnaround

    The National Australia Bank has laid down a new, three-year information technology strategic plan to underpin an AU$1.8 billion investment designed to revitalise the troubled institution.

  • NICTA boss quits

    National ICT Australia (NICTA) boss Dr Mel Slater has tendered his resignation from the research institute, effective 31 May, after about two years in the role.

  • Microsoft appoints National Technology Officer

    Microsoft Australia has moved to beef up its strategic support for commercial and public sector customers, announcing the appointment of one of its highest-profile executives, Greg Stone, to the post of National Technology Officer.

  • NAB takes AU$200 million writedown on failed ERP project

    The National Australia Bank has taken a pre-tax writedown of AU$409 million on its software assets for the year as botched initiatives such as its notorious global enterprise resource planning project take their toll on the financial institution's full-year bottom line.

  • Aust open source community launches national body

    Australia's open source community has established a new body to boost the uptake of free and open source software in the country's corporate, government and education markets.

  • Banking IT ignores credit crisis

    Australia's major banks will continue to pursue huge technology projects that will fuel local IT spending for the next few years despite the global financial crisis, according to a leading local analyst.

  • Qld cybersquatter causes mayhem

    A cybersquatter who set up a fake website in the name of Queensland's new political party has taunted staffers trying to shut it down.

  • G9 appoints Michael Egan as FTTN bid chairman

    The G9 consortium announced the appointment of former NSW state Treasurer Michael Egan as its national broadband network (NBN) bid chairman, amid mounting concern over the July deadline for proposals.

  • Liberals misfire in FTTN funding attack

    Opposition Communications spokesperson, Bruce Billson, has misfired in an attack on the Federal government over the use of the AU$2.4 billion Communications Fund to back the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network.

  • Telstra pleads for end to separation gossip

    Telstra has called on the Federal government to end the speculation around whether the telecommunications giant will be broken up.

  • Auditor: Labor in the clear over FTTN tender process

    The Commonwealth Auditor-General has responded to accusations by Opposition communications spokesperson Bruce Billson that the tender process for the national fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) network has so far been unfair and anti-competitive.

  • G9 pesters public for Telstra break-up

    The G9 consortium has launched an online petition to compel the Federal government to include a structural separation component as part of the incumbent's contract should it win the bid for the national broadband network.

Create an e-mail alert for "australia"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
australia


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue NBN needs workers on board
    Without consensus on labour issues, the eventual winner of the NBN may end up as little more than a lame duck and a cashed-up symbol of the conflict between the desire for progress and the lack of mechanisms to deliver it.
  • Array D'Ascenzo: Read p23 of security review
    Following yesterday's admission by the Australian Taxation Office that its courier had lost a CD containing the details of 3,000 self-managed super funds, it wants to review how it handles information. My suggestion: go back to the review completed in April.
  • Array Opening the floodgates on missing drives
    News headlines about portable storage devices going missing are as common as muck, but the problem could be even more widespread than you suspect.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured