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Tag: Defence

Nortel assures little impact on Australian operations

A major supplier of telecommunications technology to key sectors of the Australian Federal Government, Nortel recently filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors in North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East...

Fujitsu/Kaz: A new force in government ICT markets

Following discussions that continued for more than 12 months, Telstra today announced it had finalized sale of its IT services arm, Kaz Group, to Fujitsu for $200 million.

Telstra acquired Kaz for $333 million in 2004, but since then has sold off several components of the business.

Kaz had been on the market for some time, with Fujitsu apparently the only serious bidder. Early in 2008, rumours were rife that Fujitsu was about to acquire Kaz, but the parties could not agree on price...

Half-year results show Federal Market down $1 billion

Market observers may be surprised to learn ICT spending in the Federal market increased in the first half of the 2008-09 financial year. 

Intermedium data shows the value of contracts reported in the July – December 2008 period was slightly higher than the same period the previous year.  However, this is somewhat misleading...

Invest to save, or save to invest?

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This week, the QLD Government became the latest to announce a new state ICT strategic plan, Toward Q2 through ICT...

Interim desktop purchasing arrangements announced

Last Thursday (8 October 2009), Defence released a tender for its ICT Desktop Panel. The panel addresses commitments announced on the same day by Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner...

IT Services top category in FY 2008-09; ATO top purchaser

In a market hit hard by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and still reeling from the Gershon Review, the IT Services category emerged as the leading category of financial year (FY) 2008-09, taking out 54 % of business in the Federal Government ICT Market, according to Intermedium’s Federal Government IT Services Report 2008-09....

Software market doubles to record high in FY 2008-09

The Software market demonstrated extremely strong growth in the 2008-09 financial year (FY), finishing at almost double the value of the previous year...

Desktop Q2 2009-10

The Federal Government Desktop market in Q2 2009-10 was up $17 million or 456% on the same period in 2008-09.  23 suppliers signed a total of 79 contracts with 20 agencies, with the top three suppliers accounting for 90% of the market in the quarter...

Defence to develop e-health systems

Improving and upgrading health information systems has been a central finding of the ANAO’s review of health care delivery to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel...

Annual Procurement Plans up from last year

Federal Government agencies have published their Annual Procurement Plans (APPs) in recent weeks, revealing an increase in both the number of agencies that have published an APP and the number of ICT procurements slated for the 2010-11 financial year.   ...


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