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Western Australian Treasurer Troy Buswell has given the state's troubled shared services program a new lease of life on the condition that budget targets and implementation milestones be met.
The quiet launch of the NSW State Government's ServiceFirst agency was an attempt to avoid the woes of similar 'big bang' shared services programs in Western Australia and Queensland, according to one analyst.
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CS Energy's ERP upgrade -- which was rolled out early this year -- has enabled it to develop a more efficient internal system for staff training and knowledge transfer.
It was around nine years since strong-armed government departments began to realise willy-nilly outsourcing wasn't, perhaps, the best idea. However, with contracts signed and staff already migrated, there was little to do but ride out the storm. In this special report, we look at the Victoria Police and the South West Alliance of Rural Hospitals' approach to managed services.
Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives.
A new version of Microsoft Office for Mac is due in a couple of weeks. Here are our impressions after testing the release candidate for a month or so.
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