NAB mulls IBM outsourcing deal
Summary: The National Australia Bank (NAB) is considering outsourcing some of its IT infrastructure to technology giant IBM.
in brief National Australia Bank (NAB) is considering outsourcing some of its IT infrastructure to technology giant IBM.
NAB spokesman George Wright told ZDNet Australia today that the bank had been on the market for IT outsourcers, however a final announcement regarding selection had not yet been made.
Wright didn't provide any details on the potential outsourcing arrangement, however, the AustralianIT (which ran the report first) said that NAB's recent IT catastrophe delayed announcement of the deal.
Earlier this year, IBM re-signed a massive deal with Westpac worth approximately $2.3 billion.
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Slowly mistakes, misunderstandings, design blunders, and shortcuts creep in.
A case in point - the South Australian Department of Transport: before outsourcing SA had probably the best roads in Australia, now 20 years later, it has the worst.
Another example - Australian electricity providers: before outsourcing & privatisation reliable and cheap, now unreliable and expensive due to profit taking and lack of maintenance.