Clarius will take time to show results

Recruiter and technology services firm Clarius Group says recent restructuring should start to show benefits during the first half of 2009.

Quarter of SLAs not met - survey

While most organisations have adopted formal service-level agreements (SLAs), they only meet these agreements 74 per cent of the time on average, according to new research by Forrester Consulting.

Suncorp opts for open source cost cuts

Suncorp will turn to open source software next year to drive down technology costs and improve efficiency in what is a proving to be a difficult financial climate for the insurance industry.

Big task for new Sky City CIO

Gaming group Sky City's recently appointed chief information officer Mike Clarke is under pressure to deliver improved IT performance at the casino operator.

PC Tools brings boost for Packer

James Packer's stable of private companies has trebled its money on an investment in a privately held Australian software company after the group was acquired last week by Symantec in what is believed to be a $300 million deal.

Runge on track to deliver 20pc growth

Mining technology and services company Runge has met the growth target it set on listing in late May, delivering investors a full-year net profit after tax of $8 million and forecasting more growth for the 2009 financial year.

Opes probe faults ANZ systems

A review of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's securities lending practices, sparked by the collapse of margin lender Opes Prime, has found deficiencies in computer systems linked to the bank's stock loans unit.

Qantas plans $120m for Marlin

Qantas has committed to spending $120 million on engineering and maintenance systems following a string of recent technical and engineering problems that have tarnished the company's safety image.

OZ Minerals gets it together

Newly-formed miner OZ Minerals will tip $10.8 million into new business systems that will unify the technology used to run the previously separate operations of Zinifex and Oxiana.

Mr McMeld starts on Westpac-St George

Westpac will begin locking down plans to integrate its IT systems with those of $18.6 billion acquisition target St George from today, as Bob McKinnon moves into its executive suite.

Telstra's Burgess heading home

Telstra's head of public policy and communications Phil Burgess is leaving the company and will return to the US, due to illness in his family.

Dollars and sense

Russell Jones, head of group technology at the Commonwealth Bank' New Zealand subsidiary ASB, talks about working in a new industry, and why ASB's first-mover advantage in internet banking is no excuse for complacency.

Norris reassures on cuts, offshoring

Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ralph Norris has talked down the chances of local job cuts or sending large chunks of the institution's technology work overseas.