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Labour Hire Report 2009-10: Federal Government ICT Market

intermedium.com.au-admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:50:20 +0000

Labour hire forms a significant component of the overall Federal Government ICT market. Labour Hire is treated as a sub-category of IT Services. The Labour Hire Report conducts a detailed analysis of this sub-category, providing a 12 month analysis, with a focus on the size and composition of the market, the major suppliers and the top agencies as ranked by expenditure...

Supplier Overview Report 2008-09: Federal Government ICT Market

Helen — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:57:24 +0000

The 2008-09 Supplier Overview Report provides a deeper analysis of the size and nature of the Federal Government ICT market over the 12 month period from a supplier-centred perspective. It ranks and describes in detail the 25 top government suppliers, identifying their key contracting agencies and dominant categories of supply...

Agency Overview Report 2008-09: Federal Government ICT Market

max.pog — Fri, 28 May 2010 05:33:33 +0000

The 2008-09 Agency Overview Report provides a deeper analysis of the size and nature of the Federal Government ICT market over the 12 month period from an agency-centred perspective. It ranks and describes in detail the results for the 25 top procuring agencies, identifying their key suppliers and dominant categories of supply.

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IT Services Report 2008-09: Federal Government ICT Market

intermedium.com.au-admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:20:26 +0000

The IT Services Report provides an in-depth survey of the of the IT Services component of the overall Federal Government ICT Market in 2008-09, with a focus on the size and composition of the market, the major suppliers and the top agencies as ranked by expenditure...

Market Overview Report 2008-09: Federal Government ICT Market

intermedium.com.au-admin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:42:56 +0000

The ICT Market Overview provides a comprehensive summary of ICT procurement by the Federal Government, detailing the size and nature of the Federal Government ICT market over the 12 month period, ranking and describing the top procuring agencies, top suppliers and dominant categories of supply...

NSW Agencies told to step up policing of IT Services contracts

paris.cowan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:13:19 +0000

The NSW Auditor-General has publically admonished the Department of Health and the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) for a cavalier approach to managing major IT...

Queensland Education Department to rationalise applications

paris.cowan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:49:03 +0000

The Queensland Department of Education and Training (DET) plans to cut the number of applications in use across the 60,000 person organisation, in order to free up...

What ICT policies will Newman’s LNP take to the Queensland Election?

paris.cowan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:02:25 +0000

With 24 March 2012 locked in as the date of the next Queensland Parliamentary Election, the ICT industry will be paying extra attention to what the main parties...

In other public-sector ICT news this week...

paris.cowan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:40:19 +0000

Defence Chief Information Officer Greg Farr has received a Public Service Medal on Australia Day, in recognition of the comprehensive reforms he has introduced to the...

DIAC spends $20.4 million on border security technology

paris.cowan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:57:57 +0000

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has released details of a $20.4 million contract for the ongoing enhancement of the Indonesian-based...

Wipro boosts its business in Canberra thanks to DHS contracts

paris.cowan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:04:27 +0000

Indian IT services provider Wipro has joined the ranks of the multinationals making their mark on the Canberra ICT market, thanks to significant contracts signed...

QLD Department of Education moves towards an independent SAP system

David Shi — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:51:41 +0000

The Queensland Department of Education and Training (DET) will take a significant step to solidify the independence of its ICT infrastructure, approaching the...

In other public-sector ICT news this week...

paris.cowan — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:46:00 +0000

Special Minister for State, Gary Gray, has released a report showing that 47 per cent of Australians opted to access government services online in 2011, in instances...

Defence and Health hop on board Major Office Machines panel

David Shi — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:25:14 +0000

The Department of Defence has become the first Tier 1* agency to initiate a supply relationship through the whole-of-government Major Office Machines panels established by the Department of Finance and Deregulation...

IT Services in high demand at the Top End

David Shi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:26:59 +0000

The Northern Territory Government has commenced a procurement drive to get the ball rolling on a number of key projects underway across the region, with batch of IT services tenders providing a rare...

The 10 events that shaped government ICT in 2011

David Shi — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:46:43 +0000

Throughout the year, Intermedium sought to bring you the latest news and exclusive insights into the most significant announcements and policy changes that have affected the government ICT sector...

DHS ICT Contractor Panel Approach to Market

David Shi — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:05:01 +0000

The Department of Human Services (DHS) has taken the first steps to renew its ICT Contractor Panel by publishing Request for Tender (RFT) documents,...

In other recent public-sector ICT news…

David Shi — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:59:39 +0000

The Australian National Audit Office has released a report on the oversight and management of Defence ICT. The performance audit found Defence has made modest progress in implementing ICT reform, however...

Brisbane City Council outlines $77 million ICT agenda

David Shi — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:51:08 +0000

With an ICT project budget worth more than $77 million in 2011-12, the Brisbane City Council is looking to technology to help it meet its key objectives, such as...

In other public sector ICT news this week...

paris.cowan — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:07:57 +0000

Amy Adams has become New Zealand’s new Minister for Communications and Information Technology, replacing Steven Joyce who...

Queensland Health corporate services to be transformed...again

paris.cowan — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:07:09 +0000

Queensland Health’s corporate services functions could be forgiven for feeling a bit unwanted of late...

Mobile Government picks up speed

paris.cowan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:27:26 +0000

It has been a busy fortnight for smartphone app releases across the public sector, with the nation’s governments releasing products ranging from...

Guest Post: Positive Changes in ICT Procurement for SMEs

paris.cowan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:10:57 +0000

For some time, the IT Supplier Advocate has been representing Australian companies seeking changes to policy and procurement practices to increase the...

NSW ICT panels worth more than $670 million in 2010-11

paris.cowan — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:45:40 +0000

NSW Government agencies procured well over $670 million worth of ICT goods and services through whole-of-government panels in 2010-11...

Will-o’-the-WISP: Commonwealth abandons Whole-of-Government Panel

paris.cowan — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:28:30 +0000

The Australian Government will not go ahead with a proposal to establish a Whole-of-Government IT Services Panel (WISP)...

In other public-sector ICT news this week…

paris.cowan — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 05:43:39 +0000

EMC Australia has won a $6.4 million contract to design and deliver a Tier-1 Storage Environment for the Department of Defence’s new Sydney data centre...

IBM signs $342 million IT Head Agreement with Defence

paris.cowan — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:06:36 +0000

IBM has won its largest contract with the Department of Defence to date, a $342 million Head Agreement covering both hardware and software...

RailCorp ICT projects $14.8 million over budget

paris.cowan — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:32:49 +0000

RailCorp’s ten largest ICT projects are now collectively $14.8 million over budget, with a total projected cost of $105 million, according to a recent report released...

Queensland to establish whole-of-government IT services panel

paris.cowan — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:06:46 +0000

The Queensland Government Chief Procurement Office (QGCPO) hopes to go to the market to establish a whole-of-government eServices Panel for the State as early as...

Finance appoints a new CIO

David Shi — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:28:04 +0000

The Department of Finance and Deregulation has appointed Rozanne Frost, currently the General Manager of IT at the telecommunications provider...

Six agencies likely to enter the market for Data Centre Facilities in 2012

paris.cowan — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:39:56 +0000

Now more than nine months since its commencement, there has yet to be a single contract signed through the Federal Government’s whole-of-government Data Centre...

What will the MYEFO cuts mean for the ICT market?

paris.cowan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:00:44 +0000

One question will invariably be preoccupying public sector Secretaries and Chief Executives in Canberra this week: how will we find a four per cent saving from the...

In other public-sector ICT news this week…

David Shi — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:10:59 +0000

The recently re-named Transport for NSW has caught up with its Victorian counterpart by releasing a real-time transport information app for smartphones and...

Six months on, reshuffled shared services arrangements still face trouble in Queensland

paris.cowan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:21:16 +0000

Nearly six months after the Queensland Government’s centralised shared services arrangement was split into three, the State’s outgoing Auditor-General says that...

In other public-sector ICT news this week…

paris.cowan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:26:14 +0000

The Secretaries Information Governance Board (SIGB) has endorsed the draft ICT Strategic Vision released by AGIMO earlier this year, which means it will move on to...

Opportunities to arise from nation-wide database integration

paris.cowan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:22:27 +0000

A national scheme aimed at creating single database of registered Australian business names could create public sector business opportunities for systems integrators...

What the Draft ICT Strategy really means for NSW

paris.cowan — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:55:19 +0000

The O’Farrell Government has released its first comprehensive ICT strategy document since it assumed office in April 2011, a wish-list of the administration’s most...

Troubled ICT projects finally reach completion in NSW

paris.cowan — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:42:33 +0000

Some of the NSW Government’s most troubled ICT projects have finally drawn to a close, but not before leaving the State’s public sector significantly out of pocket and...

Finance spends $60 million on Central Budget Management System redevelopment

paris.cowan — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:41:12 +0000

The Department of Finance and Deregulation has signed a second major contract for the redevelopment of the Australian Government’s Central Budget Management...

Victorian Government releases list of new eServices panellists

David Shi — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:19:07 +0000

The Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF) has published the latest list of suppliers on its whole-of-government eServices Panel, following the addition of an extra...

Defence to begin second stage of data centre consolidation

David Shi — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:38:01 +0000

The Department of Defence is in the process of selecting a preferred supplier for what is likely to emerge as one of the biggest...

In other public-sector ICT news this week…

paris.cowan — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:27:01 +0000

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has withdrawn plans to upgrade its PeopleSoft software suite in Quarter Three of 2011-12, according...

AGIMO discusses next steps for whole-of-government ICT procurement

paris.cowan — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:27:08 +0000

Industry representatives have been asked to put their data centre and cloud-based wares on the table, as the Australian Government...

Dell added to whole-of-government data centre panel

paris.cowan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:48:43 +0000

The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has added Dell to the whole-of-government Data Centre Facilities Panel, after a period of...

In other public-sector ICT news this week…

paris.cowan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:18:33 +0000

Data #3 has said that in its first year as the Federal Government’s Microsoft Large Account Reseller, the contract generated around...

Auditor-General says 88 per cent of Victorian public hospitals need to improve IT security

paris.cowan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:42:32 +0000

Almost nine in every ten Victorian public hospitals don’t have information classification procedures in place that are adequate to protect the sensitive data they hold, the...

DIAC renews Enterprise Licence Agreement for $46 million

paris.cowan — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:02:03 +0000

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has signed up for another four year supply of IBM software, through an Enterprise Licence Agreement...

Queensland Department of Communities describes its ideal ICT supplier

paris.cowan — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:12:14 +0000

The Queensland Department of Communities says that its ideal ICT supplier is experienced in the human services sector, is aligned with the current enterprise...

Options remain open as AGIMO approaches market for Microsoft reseller

paris.cowan — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:10:40 +0000

The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) will soon be considering its options when it comes to the supply of Microsoft licences...

In other public sector ICT news this week

paris.cowan — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:18:16 +0000

The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) says that it will turn to the whole-of-government Data Centre Facilities Panel to contract...