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Information Technology News Deakin's post-Satyam Geelong prospects bright
Information Technology News Deakin's post-Satyam Geelong prospects bright | Deakin's post-Satyam Geelong prospects bright |
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| by James Riley | |
| Friday, 02 October 2009 | |
  
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Mahindra Satyam announced it would pull out of a $75 million software development project at Deakin that was set to create as many as 2,000 jobs for Geelong. The deal fell flat as the company restructures in the wake of financial accounting scandals that have rocked the IT outsourcer this year. Deakin administrators have said they continue to work with the Geelong community to identify strong strategic partnerships that would drive employment and opportunities at its two Geelong campuses. Mr Marles, whose electorate of Corio takes in much of Geelong and borders the Deakin campuses, said the IT sector was well suited to the Geelong commercial and educational environment. "The conditions that allowed that deal to get up still exist," Mr Marles told iTWire. "You have a very good university, the campus itself is well situated and that type of industry (IT) is very well suited to Geelong." "Locally there is understandably great disappointment about what has happened … that events beyond anyone’s control in Australia ended up scuttling this venture," he said. "But there is optimism I think that something similar may be able to be done in future." "Is it possible for another IT company to enter a similar kind of arrangement with Deakin? Deakin are certainly keen to explore what possibilities there are to do that, and both Geelong and Deakin remain a great place to get up venture of that kind." "Were that to happen, it would be a really important thing for the development of Geelong," Mr Marles said. |
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