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• Texas sets Vblock as 'preferred' tech

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 17 March, 2012 06:46

  The state of Texas has entered into new data center contracts, worth more than $1 billion, to run its massive consolidation project.

• 12 IT outsourcing predictions for 2012

  By Stephanie Overby | 23 December, 2011 06:07

  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.

• iAwards winners 2011

  By Computerworld Staff | 05 August, 2011 10:15

  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.

• Regional Australians left out of NBN education: NSW Farmers Federation

  By Hamish Barwick | 01 July, 2011 12:29

  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.

• CeBIT 2011: ACS praises Digital Economy strategy, calls for emphasis on education

  By Georgina Swan | 31 May, 2011 15:08

  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.

• State pays ACS US$7.25M to settle software project suit

  By Chris Kanaracus | 19 March, 2011 05:10

  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.

• SFIA adoption increases in Australia

  By Lisa Banks | 25 November, 2010 14:39

  Australian businesses are beginning to adopt the skills framework for the information age (SFIA) in an attempt to manage IT staff skills, a consulting company has claimed.

• ICT industry reacts to Labor win and NBN

  By Tim Lohman | 07 September, 2010 17:02

  The Australian ICT industry has been quick to react to the news that Labor will be able to form government following the support of Independent MPs, Rob Oakshott and Tony Windsor.

• Quigley slams Abbott's broadband policy

  By Renai LeMay | 18 August, 2010 14:21

  NBN Co chief executive, Mike Quigley, has delivered a stinging attack on the Coalition's broadband policy, publicly backing Labor's rival National Broadband Network project just days before the Federal Election.

• ACS weighs in on federal budget

  By Lisa Banks | 13 May, 2010 11:31

  The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has given a mixed review of Tuesday’s federal budget.

• ACS offers CIO mentorship to members

  By CIO Staff | 14 January, 2010 16:50

  The Australian Computer Society (ACS) NSW branch is offering five sponsorships for a mentoring program designed to give a business edge to techies.

• Xerox will buy business process outsourcer ACS for $US6.4bn

  By Peter Sayer | 28 September, 2009 23:41

  Xerox has agreed to buy business process outsourcer Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) for US$6.4 billion, in a move it hopes will allow it to expand beyond the field of document management.

• Full time IT jobs remain strong: 2009 ACS survey

  By Rodney Gedda | 03 September, 2009 10:49

  A reduction in the unemployment percentage among IT workers indicates the global financial slowdown has had little impact to date on the proportion of full time professionals, according the 2009 Australian Computer Society ICT employment survey.

• ACS scolds govt for lax investment

  By Darren Pauli | 26 May, 2009 10:59

  Federal and state governments have come under fire from the Australian Computer Society (ACS) for what it claims is insufficient support of the IT industry.