ING Direct appoints COO for operations and IT
With the bank's former CIO receiving a promotion, the new COO will look after operations and IT.
With the bank's former CIO receiving a promotion, the new COO will look after operations and IT.
After ridding itself of the CIO role and then renaming its CTO title back to the position, NAB has lost its CIO to other opportunities.
The Asia-Pacific region is being hit hard by an IT skills shortage, but Australia may have escaped the full force of the epidemic, thanks to its sunny beaches and carefree lifestyle.
The System Administrators Guild of Australia will not immediately look for a new executive officer to replace Burke Scheld, instead deciding to use the opportunity to re-evaluate its own performance and direction.
Businesses are doing themselves a disservice by only seeking IT staff who have previous experience; they could be getting much better return on investment by hiring someone fresh out of university.
Oceanic firms are having to fight off more security breaches than others, with not enough staff and having them spread across slow projects.
Whether it's due to pride or prejudice, some businesses have different opinions about the universities that graduates come from. But where do Australian tertiary institutes sit when it comes to computer science?
Mahindra Satyam has picked Ted Pretty to provide strategic direction for the company and its sister outsourcing firm, Tech Mahindra.
Avaya managing director for Australia and New Zealand Rob Wells has resigned.
The downgrade of the United States' credit rating has led to fears of a double-dip recession, but even if Australia falls victim to one, the experience of the last recession, combined with the need for companies to streamline their IT systems, may result in the ICT industry coming out on top.