Stories about: Amcor

More than 1000 companies in Australia have adopted the Software as a Service (SaaS) business model ditching installed software for a subscription service via a Web browser.

After nearly 12 months of bumps and lumps, the side may be smoothing out for online purchasing site corProcure.

Siemens Business Services has struck a $200 million deal with Amcor to provide IT services for its Australian operations. Under the terms of the five-year outsourcing contract, Siemens will manage the IT infrastructure, maintain and support existing software applications, and provide IT project management services. Amcor said it expects savings of around 15 to 20 per cent over the life of the contract during which it expects to imprive capabilities and use its wide range of applications more efficiently.

Three-year-old Auckland wireless technology company Jungle Drum Systems is finalising plans to sell a controlling stake to a US-Australian telecommunications joint venture.

Yet another Australian distributor has bitten the dust as Netsys Australia winds up its operations following a court judgement against its Swedish parent company.

The board of corProcure, the procurement hub touted as Australia's largest horizontal e-market place, has appointed Len Ward as chief executive officer.

After announcing PricewaterhouseCoopers as its sourcing and procurement provider last week, joint e-marketplace initiative corProcure has closed its ranks and will say no more.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been selected as the partner of choice for CorProcure, the new cross-industry business-to-business portal.

Quantifying 'reasonable personal use' of office e-mail was easy for local IT managers who spoke to Computerworld this week. They believe it should be used by employees strictly for business purposes.