The IT outsourcing industry in 2011 was largely marked by smaller deals, hesitant customers, profit-squeezed providers and a whole lot of talk—but not as much action—on the cloud computing front.

The iAwards have announced the 2011 State and Territory winners and merit recipients in their company categories, at a series of events held around Australia.

Despite the announcement overnight of the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) interim satellite services, the NSW Farmers Federation has cast doubt over the extent to which these will be adopted by regional and rural Australians.

The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has called for increased emphasis on education and skills and the development of more pilot programs in response to the Federal Government’s release of its Digital Economy strategy.

Minnesota's Department of Human Services has agreed to pay ACS US$7.25 million to settle a lawsuit the systems integrator brought against it in connection with the development of HealthMatch, a system for determining a person's eligibility for health care.

Australian Computer Society (ACS) has scolded the NSW government, criticising its recent budget for a lack of incentives to attract ICT investment in NSW as a means of creating jobs and improving the economic prosperity for the state.

Salaries of ICT professionals have slowed on average over the twelve months to May 2009 a new survey from the Australian Computer Society (ACS) finds.

The National ICT Careers Week will again be held this year in an effort to increase the uptake of IT education and training.

The federal government’s budget has drawn a mixed response from industry analysts and organisations