“Intense” competition impacts Telstra’s financials
Telstra’s chief, Andy Penn, has warned shareholders that “intense” competition on price-point in the local market has impacted the company’s financials.
Stories by Leon Spencer
Big business faces new data breach notification laws
Australian businesses with an annual turnover of $3 million or more will now be at the mercy of the Government's long-awaited mandatory data breach notification laws.
Govt introduces new “Google tax” laws
The government has introduced its so-called “Google tax” legislation, aimed at preventing large multinational companies from diverting Australian profits to lower-tax regions, into parliament.
HPE called out over service “failure” after ATO systems outage
Australia's Commissioner of Taxation has suggested that HPE has “failed” to reliably provide the ATO with its contracted services.
Aussie banks shoot down Apple’s fee fears
Aussie banks hit back at Apple in the latest round of the ongoing Apple Pay collective negotiation stoush.
Long weekend comes to an end for HPE and the ATO
The ATO is bringing services back online following a weekend-long marathon effort working with HPE engineers to replace failed hardware and restore systems.
HPE techs burn the midnight oil with ATO staff
HPE technicians have been burning the midnight oil with ATO staff to help the agency complete a major replacement of its failed hardware.
Telstra Health awarded $10M information system rollout in WA
Telstra Health has won a $10 million contract from the Western Australian government to roll out a community health information system across the state.
New suppliers named in Victoria’s telco contracts overhaul
The Victorian government has overhauled its long-running telecommunications services procurement scheme, establishing a new set of contracts, worth $126 million annually.
Defence calls on partners to join landmark IT services panel
Australia’s Department of Defence has officially opened its incoming IT services procurement panel to bids from the country’s IT providers.
PwC brought in to investigate "unprecedented" ATO hardware failure
Answers to lingering questions over how the ATO's systems went down following a hardware failure are set to be revealed in March.
Samsung’s rocky run continues
As Samsung prepares to share the findings of its probe into last year's Galaxy Note7 issues, the company looks set to face further challenges in 2017.
Inside the mop-up of a huge data “cock-up”
How AusCERT helped to tackle the Australian Red Cross Blood Service’s massive data breach.
Clean up continues after ATO's "unprecedented" hardware failure
Over a month after the hardware failure that took its systems offline, the ATO is still working to straighten out the kinks left by the “unprecedented” event.
Is a tech procurement revamp on the cards for the Australian Army?
An independent think-tank has called on the Australian Army to change its tech procurement model in a bid to better adapt to the pace of change in the IT landscape.