Stories by Sandra Rossi

Businesses addicted to gambling on IT investments

Business needs to take greater responsibility for technology investment as billions of dollars are wasted on ill-conceived IT projects each year, says John Thorp, head of Fujitsu’s global consulting centre for strategic leadership.

The art of keeping documents safe

Too many organisations are relying on IT departments to protect company information, particularly sensitive data that is shared electronically and must meet compliance regulations.

Telstra to axe 14,000 jobs: union

The Australian Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says the Australian government is secretly planning to axe 14,000 jobs at Telstra.

Analyst welcomes Telstra CEO appointment

Despite lobbying for a local internal appointment to take up the top job at Telstra, Telco analyst Paul Budde has welcomed the appointment of American Solomon Trujillo as the new CEO of Telstra.

Market confusion boosts second-tier ERP vendors

Second-tier ERP vendors are capitalizing on market uncertainty created by Oracle's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft with mid-sized players such as Technology One and Cincom enjoying a renaissance of sorts in the Australian market.

Gates and PM talk of Unlimited Potential

After a tightly contained and formally-staged tech briefing, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates launched the warm and fuzzy Unlimited Potential community initiative with the Prime Minister John Howard earlier today.

Gates touts licensing's economy, R&D

There are very few topics Microsoft chairman Bill Gates didn't address during his media briefing in Sydney this morning from the "low cost" of Microsoft licensing to the "poor value proposition" of open source, and Apple's "diminishing" market share.

IBM's deals highlight continued outsourcing growth

Big Blue's recent outsourcing wins at companies such as Morgan Stanley, Shell Oil and Qantas Airways reflect the growth in the outsourcing market as businesses look for ways to run their IT operations more efficiently, using both onshore and offshore resources.

[]