Stories by Sandra Rossi

The official recycling program of Australia's mobile phone industry, MobileMuster, has launched a new environmental campaign in partnership with Landcare Australia.

While some Australian CIOs today expressed alarm at the closure of Gartner's consulting services, others said it may have something to do with the analyst firm's "expensive pricing".

The Australian Teleservices Association (ATA) has called on the federal government to outline a clear enforcement strategy for the Do Not Call Register (DNCR).

While there was plenty of cash handouts for everyone from the elderly to apprentices in the federal budget, there was very little in the way of new money for ICT.

Research firm Gartner has released a 'hit list' which identifies six time-wasting practices that CIOs should avoid to maintain a focus on key priorities that maximize value to the business.

Australians use 18 million printer consumables each year with the bulk of these inkjet cartridges and toners ending up as hazardous landfill. But an innovative Melbourne-based organization is turning this waste into viable products, transforming an environmental program into a serious business proposition.

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has called on the federal government to set targets for Australia to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Despite perceptions that IT projects today are "ROI'd to death", organizations are still struggling to control demand for IT services and allocate scarce resources to where they are of most value.

EMC CEO Joe Tucci Friday said he pleads guilty to "some overpayment" in the company's US$2.1 billion acquisition of RSA Security last year. Responding to analysts claims the acquisition was over-priced, Tucci said he is confident these same market analysts will change their tune in the future.

Unisys has signed a four-year, $A140 million contract with the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) to provide a range of outsourced desktop services. The announcement comes a day after the Australian Department of Defence began negotiations with Unisys for a five year contract to provide IT support services to 460 defence bases across Australia.

To make the journey from the back room to the boardroom, Commonwealth Bank CEO Ralph Norris yesterday said he had to become a salesman, one that not only sold the benefits of technology but enabled successful implementations.

The federal government has launched an $837 million program to ease the skills crisis.

Melton Shire Council has inked a three-year, $750,000 software deal to overcome bottlenecks in the local government authority's document handling processes.

Despite all the hype surrounding service oriented architecture (SOA), Australian IT executives are still grappling with this new concept and struggling to understand how it fits within their enterprise.

Suppliers will have a tough time meeting the federal government's ICT needs in the 2006-07 financial year, because not all agencies are forthcoming with procurement plans, according to market researcher Intermedium.