IT Management > Managed services

Oakton wins contract from AG's Department

06 March, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Melbourne-based Oakton has picked up a four-year deal to design and manage a new Document Verification Service (DVS) for the Attorney-General's Department.


Optus Business wins $30m deal with UGL

24 January, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Optus Business has picked up a five-year, $30m deal to manage engineering company UGL Limited's ICT systems and mobile fleet.


Defence drops distributed computing tender

14 January, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Defence has frozen a plan to bundle two IT outsourcing contracts into a "distributed computing" tender, and has instead extended an existing contract with Unisys in a $52m deal.


Overcoming the top five core network challenges

18 September, 2013

With enterprise networks under pressure to meet new demands and IT staff challenged to reduce costs, the need for a new approach is growing.
This paper describes how a new solution helps overcome the top five network challenges while reducing costs.  


ISPs challenging Telstra's business internet lead

30 August, 2013 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Telstra still has a commanding lead in the business fixed internet market, but its rivals are making inroads in segments such as the professional services sector.


How to choose backup for SMBs eBook

24 July, 2013

Today’s computing environment is complex. Data is kept locally on servers, computers, tablets and in the cloud. And, to paraphrase Spiderman, with great flexibility comes great complexity. That complexity means that the way we back up our distributed and virtualised environments has to change from the way we did it just a few years ago. 


Print savings impact bottom line

08 November, 2012 by Anthony Caruana

Anthony Caruana, editor of Technology Decisions magazine and IT manager at a Melbourne school, explains how he rejuvenated his company’s managed printer contracts, realising significant cost savings in the process.


How to integrate public cloud-based storage into your storage strategies

15 March, 2012

Both private and public cloud storage technologies can be powerful tools, helping IT to deal with dynamic demands and floods of data. But when employing public cloud services, organisations must carefully consider the potential pitfalls in order to mitigate risk. Gene Ruth, Research Director, Gartner, explains what to look out for.


TaxiEpay fares well with managed systems

18 October, 2011

Live TaxiEpay, a mobile EFTPOS solution provider for taxis, has adopted a managed systems environment to help it process POS transactions.


MicroStrategy Cloud business intelligence cloud service

15 August, 2011 by

MicroStrategy Cloud is a cloud-based platform-as-a-service.


Managed IT contract pays off before first bill is paid

17 May, 2011

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute was in an odd position: its servers were working perfectly, but had run out of warranty. The company was not in a financial position to replace the servers, however, so it instead engaged a third party to manage the equipment, supported by service level agreements (SLAs).


Centacare Ballarat halves reporting times with NAV

10 March, 2011 by

Centacare Ballarat has halved the time required to compile month-end reports since national ERP specialist Evolution Business Systems deployed the Microsoft Dynamics NAV accounting solution.


Mining company locks down managed network services

09 March, 2011

Australian-based rare earths mining company Lynas Corporation has deployed a global managed network from NTT Australia.


GlobalConnect Australia appoints new National Sales Manager

23 February, 2011

GlobalConnect Australia has appointed Rodel Fortunado as National Sales Manager.


HP Utility Services infrastructure and applications as a service

14 January, 2011 by

HP Utility Services is a subscription-based cloud service that provides technology as a utility - deploying what is needed as it is needed.


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