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Glitz, Glamour and Geeks

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Susan Tsang and Paul Smith

Gaming centres are betting on technology to keep up with the industry's high rollers. Susan Tsang and Paul Smith explore how these players expect to cash in.

The private lives of us

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Julian Bajkowski

The launch of a legal document rarely causes much of a media crush, but this day was different.

Time to act

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Ben Woodhead

The arrival of emissions trading isn't way over the horizon any more, it's right around the corner.

Eye of the storm

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Chris Morris.

Sustainability touches every aspect of an organisation's business as we move towards measuring our carbon footprints. Chris Morris says CIOs are in the box seat.

Play by the rules

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Damian Ward

Navigating the laws of duty of care, copyright infringement and data security is complex, so make the right moves from the outset, Damian Ward writes.

Lord of the journeys

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Simon Sharwood

Charged with achieving the ultimate State of SOA, Good Knight CIO and his trusted men embark on a vital crusade. Simon Sharwood follows their heroic deeds.

Insider

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Edited by Paul Smith

Movers & shakers

Companies keep up technology investment

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Ben Woodhead

Corporate Australia has shown few signs of cutting technology spending, as businesses from various sectors announce new projects and reconfirm spending commitments.

Accenture strikes $250m agreement with BHP

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Ben Woodhead

Mining behemoth BHP Billiton has finalised a five-year software outsourcing contract with Accenture, an agreement that could deliver the systems integrator as much as $250 million in revenue over its life.

Infosys set to trumpet Rio deal in India

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Ben Woodhead

Rio Tinto is set to sign a $50 million software outsourcing contract with Infosys Technologies as the miner prepares to move support for a number of its business applications to India, to lower costs.

Tickets to go the distance

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Julian Bajkowski

The fare calculation system at the centre of litigation for up to $200 million in damages over Sydney's bungled integrated public transport ticket, Tcard, has been scrapped as the NSW government tries a rerun of the aborted smartcard project.

Heat on Suncorp to achieve cost targets

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Paul Smith

There is renewed pressure on Suncorp's information technology section to hit its cost-saving targets in 2008-09, as the company copes with shaky financial markets and increased claims for storm damage, chief information officer Jeff Smith says.

IT shake-up looms for Federal public servants

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Ben Woodhead

A British efficiency expert who has reviewed the federal government's $6 billion annual information and communication technology budget warns public servants face sweeping changes to their work practices if administrators accept the reforms he proposes.

Chrome plates up for browser competition

26 Sep 2008 | MIS | Chris Jenkins

The fact that the likes of Microsoft and Mozilla have a new competitor kicking them along can only be a good thing, say the companies whose systems, customers and staff will potentially work with Google's new Chrome web browser.

Spending the nation's wealth

29 Aug 2008 | MIS | Ben Woodhead

As private-sector information chiefs feel the pinch of a tightening economy, their government peers continue to splash the cash, Ben Woodhead writes.

Rio Tinto plans $50m outsourcing move

29 Aug 2008 | MIS | Emma Connors

Mining giant Rio Tinto is set to make a $50 million move from Australia to a lower cost computing centre offshore, shifting a crucial portion of its application support work to India.

Solution to job shortfall 'imperative'

29 Aug 2008 | MIS | Paul Smith

The shortfall of Australian skilled technology workers will increase by 29 per cent in the two years to 2010, to reach more than 14,000 unfilled positions - unless the government changes its policy on IT employment, an Australian Computer Society-funded study argues.