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Mambo Foundation president changes jobs
By: Stan Beer

Ric Shreves, former Mambo Foundation president, has left his role as the managing director of international open source CMS consultant, Water & Stone, to work as an independent open source web applications consultant.


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100s of contractors lose out: Telstra gives $2.4b of work to just three
By: Stuart Corner

100s of engineering service firms will lose significant business following Telstra's decision to rationalise the outsourcing of fault repairs, installations, civil works and construction work in its access network to just three players who between them will share $2.4 billion worth of business over the next four years.


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Skills shortage prompts Aussie company to build Bali offshoring HQ
By: Stan Beer

Australian owned software development company Mitrais has announced plans to build a new headquarters in Bali to cater for what it says is significant growth in projects outsourced by Australian companies because of a growing skills shortage.


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Demand for ICT staff up 13.75% amid growing skills shortage
By: Stan Beer

As a nationwide technology skills shortage continues to bite deeper, a new report reveals that demand for ICT workers skyrocketed by 13.75% in May. The news follows on the heels of another report released yesterday by recruiter Ambition Technology showing ICT salaries shot up 10% for the same month.


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HP wins NASA contract to supply high-tech devices and services
By: William Atkins

On Wednesday, May 23, 2007, the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) won a $5.6 billion seven-year contract with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide the agency and its contractors with technology devices and services.


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IT employers have 'retention deficit disorder', and telcos are even worse
By: Stuart Corner

Employment retention consultancy, BSI People, says that employers need to do more to empower their staff and create environments that are more likely to deter them from seeking alternative employment.


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iTWire’s JobsWire launches new services with innovative technology
By: press-release

Australia’s fastest growing online technology news and information service, iTWire, has announced a significant expansion of its jobs and recruitment business, JobsWire, with the integration of innovative technology in the company’s new jobs board.


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Telecoms industry employer confidence at record high
By: Stuart Corner

Employer confidence in the telecommunications sector is at record high levels, according to the latest quarterly employment expectations survey from recruitment company Hudson.


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Staff shortages loom as IT contractor demand overtakes permanent
By: Stan Beer

Recruiter Best International’s monthly IT Talent Index reveals that the increase in demand for IT contract positions in Australia has overtaken the increase in demand for permanent roles.


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BT outsources support to India
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

BT will transfer the support for some of its largest multinational customers to India, in what is believed to be the first billion-dollar outsourcing contract to be awarded to a single Indian company.
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HP: Open source can be more profitable than proprietary
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

The company claims it is starting to see higher returns from open source contracts.
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HP and Orange to build secure EU network
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

A large contract has been awarded for a major rehaul of the European Union's secure IT and telecommunications network, including systems for transferring biometric data.
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BT wants to run your IT
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

Telco is addressing small firms with a completely outsourced offering that could replace IT managers, but critics urge caution.
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IT&T employment sentiment slightly softer
By: Stan Beer

IT&T industry employment sentiment was down 1.7% for the December 2006 quarter according to new survey. However, the recruitment outlook remains strong.


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Sun ships 52,000 Opteron cores to Texas
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

Sun Microsystems continues its march toward supercomputing respectability. The company has won a deal to supply the University of Texas with a system that should easily be one of the fastest on the planet when completed in 2007.


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IT suppliers shortlisted for 2012 Olympics
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

Accenture, BT, IBM and LogicaCMG are all in the frame, and the preferred partner will be selected next month.
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SMEs embrace hybrid outsourcing
By: Posted by Peter Dinham

Survey: The Institute of Directors has found that most small firms see technology as critical to their future success.
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