Stories about: Australian Financial Review

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iiNet confirms Netspace takeover talks 11 March, 2010 13:08

Internet service provider iiNet Ltd says it is in discussions with rival Netspace about a takeover but no decision has been made to proceed with the acquisition.
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iiNet goes into trading halt 11 March, 2010 11:40

iiNet Ltd shares have gone into a trading halt as Australia's third biggest internet service provider prepares a response to a newspaper report saying the company is to buy a rival.
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AFACT v iiNet: Malone would prefer illegal downloaders to go elsewhere 04 November, 2009 15:03

iiNet chief executive officer, Michael Malone, has said he would prefer users to go elsewhere if they were going to use the Internet for illegal downloading. Malone took the stand for his third successive day of cross examination in the civil case between the internet service provider (ISP) and the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in the Federal Court of Australia.
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Coles CIO: The Greatest Challenges Aren't Technical 04 July, 2007 14:38

The relationship is much more sophisticated these days, throughout the corporate world. In Coles, technology requirements are defined by the business and IT working together, based on the business's strategic objectives.
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Beneath the Coles Kimono: The Spotlight on IT Transformation 04 July, 2007 14:33

By the time the board of retailing giant Coles Group recommended Wesfarmers' $21.9 billion takeover bid this week, the company had been in play for over a year. During that time its executives had to steer a steady course; maintaining shareholder value and positioning the business for future growth - setting to one side the knowledge that everything being done today could be unravelled tomorrow by a new owner.
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Coles CEO Defends CIO and IT Team 04 July, 2007 14:00

In June, Coles Chief Executive John Fletcher went to bat for his CIO and the company's IT team via a letter to the editor after a comment piece appeared in The Australian Financial Review, which mooted that due diligence briefings had revealed "allegations of IT cost overruns and implementation delays which are said to be threatening the transformation of Coles' supply chain . . ." In a timely interview, Fletcher talks with CIO magazine's Beverley Head about the company's IT and his take on the controversy that arose during the takeover.
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CEO Fletcher and CIO Mahler: Two Takes on Coles IT 04 July, 2007 13:50

CIO magazine's Beverly Head asked Coles CEO John Fletcher and CIO Peter Mahler about the company's IT and the controversy that arose during the takeover. Here are their answers:
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The interpersonal key to survival in Australian IT 29 June, 2007 10:00

A steady stream of IT work being outsourced to offshore developers may be a rising concern for some professionals, but according to SAP executive John Lombard, the Australian workforce has nothing to fear.
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CeBIT's Taranto douses anti-Government flames 20 April, 2007 16:47

CeBIT Australia organizer, Jackie Taranto, has poured cold water on reports of a falling out between the trade show and the Australian Government, following NSW Premier Morris Iemma's refusal to open this year's show.
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Takeover gives Telecom NZ services strength in Oz 18 June, 2004 08:00

Telecom New Zealand claims its $58 million ($NZ62.5million) buy-out of Gen-i should give the Kiwis more credibility in the Australian IT services and outsourcing market.
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Your 'emotional intelligence'? 25 February, 2002 17:13

Intelligent as they are, IT departments ought to work on building their emotional intelligence (EQ).