Storage strategy, architecture rate low on wish list
A new survey has found IT managers have missed the mark when it comes to the more important data storage management activities.
A new survey has found IT managers have missed the mark when it comes to the more important data storage management activities.
Melbourne-based Wesley College has transformed the helpdesk services it offers to 3500 students and 600 staff across three campuses.
When it comes to software and services, women are certainly holding their own in senior executive positions. But when it comes to Australia's hardware industry, female executives are still far and few between.
Vindaloo Systems has been awarded a multimillion dollar, five-year contract to provide remote management, maintenance support and development to Rexel Australia's internal information technology and database systems.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called for the widespread adoption of software quality assurance methodologies and professional standards to enhance Australia's status as a key offshoring destination and to ensure better risk management practices.
A third of all money spent on software is used to repair botched projects, says Atlantic Systems Guild principal and author James Robertson, with billions spent each year reworking software that doesn't fit requirements.
Woolworths is standardizing the platform for its corporate-wide business reporting and query analysis procedures.
BankWest has extended its business process outsourcing contract with Unisys Payment Services Limited (UPSL) by another five years.
Australian IT managers have joined the great debate about whether IT provides a competitive advantage to organizations or has simply become a commodity.
Australian organizations are ignoring a broad range of IT sourcing skills favouring the two extremes of either totally outsourcing or insourcing.
Catch-ridden contracts and leasing letdowns leave many disenchanted IT managers searching for good buys to overcome contract pitfalls such as penalties for late returns and damages.
The level of optimism in Australia's IT industry is at its highest since 2001, according to IDC's Market Sentiment Monitor survey released last week.
Sydney's largest private bus operator Westbus has just completed an implementation that has cut spam by 85 percent and blocked 95 percent of non-productive URLs.
IT contractors are missing out on huge amounts of unclaimed super, according to a warning issued by Australia's Unclaimed Superannuation Fund (AUSfund) last week.
Australian outsourcer Hostworks recently bought more than 20 switches from Avocent after realizing it would have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in new hardware to complete an upgrade with its incumbent supplier.