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• Sydney Water names acting CIO

  Sydney Water has named the program director of its customer experience platform roll out Sridhar Pydipati as acting CIO.

• Updated: Sydney Water’s George Hunt spreads wings into strategy role

  Sydney Water CIO George Hunt has taken on the role of acting general manager, customer, strategy and regulation, taking over from Sian Leydon, who has gone on maternity leave for 12 months.

• Sydney Water CIO: Risk and courage are my best friends

  ​Sydney Water’s chief information officer George Hunt has called on fellow CIOs to “be courageous” within their organisations in order to “do the right thing”.

• Capgemini ANZ appoints first chief operating officer

  Capgemini ANZ has appointed former Origin Energy CIO Olaf Pietschner to the new role of chief operating officer.

• CIO gives Sydney Water a new flow

  At the Sydney Easter Show last month, CIO George Hunt was at Sydney Water's booth, handing out merchandise and talking to visitors.

• Sydney Water selects Wipro led consortium for ERP, CRM overhaul

  ​Sydney Water has selected a consortium led by Wipro to design, build and run new ERP, billing and CRM systems in what has been dubbed a 'once in a generation investment'.

• Sydney Water selects shortlist for 'once in a generation' IT overhaul

  ​Sydney Water has shortlisted Wipro, Cap Gemini and Accenture as it seeks a technology partner to design, build and run new ERP, billing and CRM systems.

• Sydney Water's new CIO hits reset

  "We can reset the operating model in a way that we become a digital business rather than an analogue business with a digital veneer. That’s the vision."

• Sydney Water to 'rip and replace' core systems

  ​Sydney Water is seeking an implementation partner to design, build and run new ERP, billing and CRM systems in a 'once in a generation investment'.

• ​Sydney Water to replace 30-year-old billing system

  Sydney Water will soon replace a 30-year-old billing system that is currently responsible for processing 1.7 million customer bills every quarter.
  

• ​Sydney Water appoints George Hunt as CIO

  Sydney Water has appointed George Hunt as its new CIO, replacing Stephen Wilson who had been in the role since June 2012 and will soon be retiring.

• NSW traffic management systems vulnerable, audit finds

  A information security audit by NSW Auditor-General Grant Hehir tabled today found that traffic signal networks managed by Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) could have potentially been hijacked, leading to traffic disruptions.
  

• Sydney Water ramps up mobility

  Sydney Water is boosting its mobility credentials with the rollout of Apple iPads and Windows 8 smartphones across most of its workforce.

• In pictures: NICTA TechFest Canberra

  Parliament House in Canberra was buzzing this week as National ICT Australia (NICTA) exhibited the latest broadband, digital economy and technology innnovations. NICTA partnerships with Sydney Water and Infosys were launched on the day.

• Sydney Water and NICTA partner to predict water pipe breakages

  Sydney Water has teamed up with National ICT Australia (NICTA) to predict water pipe breakages before they happen using NICTA’s machine learning technology.