The consolidation of the various consulting practices that listed services business UXC had acquired over the years has been completed, and seems to be paying dividends with the announcement that Gartner has judged UXC to be the second largest provider of consulting services in Asia Pacific behind only IBM, with a market share of 7 per cent.

SYDNEY – Mijura is pleased to announce that PriorityCentre, a web application that manages team meetings and tasks, is now available on the Google Apps for Business marketplace. Since launch, PriorityCentre has attracted users from around the world including the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The company also added new features to enable users to convert meeting minutes into tasks and generate reports on their tasks.

Low fares airline, Jetstar, has extended professional services contracts with IT project management company, the PM-Partners group.

Civil and mining contracting company, Alliance Contracting, has chosen IFS Applications to support rapid business growth, increased workload and growing complexity of the organisation.

Daptiv has announced integration between its project portfolio management software and Rally's application lifecycle management system.

Daptiv has been in the on-demand project portfolio management business since 1997. Its clients have primarily been in the IT sector (and in Australia include Virgin Blue, the University of Sydney, and Corrective Services NSW), but the company is now making a concerted push into a wider market with an offering tailored for professional services firms.

Melbourne-based project management consultancy Protegic has appointed five business development managers to work in Australia and Singapore.

The vast majority of business leaders across Australia lack confidence in their own ability to manage IT projects effectively according to a new survey. The shocking new finding was revealed despite the fact that the same survey showed that the respondents also overwhelmingly identified project management as critical to the future of their businesses.

The vast majority of business leaders across Australia lack confidence in their own ability to manage IT projects effectively according to a new survey. The shocking new finding was revealed despite the fact that the same survey showed that the respondents also overwhelmingly identified project management as critical to the future of their businesses.

Australian enterprises faced with the spectre of IT skills crises should revisit their professional development programmes in order to retain key employees longer, and reduce the costs associated with staff churn.