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.
Too many organisations are relying on IT departments to protect company information, particularly sensitive data that is shared electronically and must meet compliance regulations.
AMD's antitrust case against Intel doesn't occupy the minds of CIOs, says Intel Australia/New Zealand managing director Philip Cronin.
The Australian Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says the Australian government is secretly planning to axe 14,000 jobs at Telstra.
Communications Minister Helen Coonan has told Telstra's new American executives to get on with the job and stop whinging about Australia's regulatory environment.
Prime Minister John Howard said today he cannot guarantee job security for Telstra workers once the telco is fully sold.
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.
Aussies prefer companies 'that don't do that kind of thing', says union
Australian government has the numbers
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.
Victoria is set to follow New South Wales (NSW) and introduce legislation to outlaw unauthorised snooping on workplace internet surfing and email communications.
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.
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.
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.
Telstra is sending 450 software jobs to India as part of its outsourcing agreement with IBM Global Services.