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Westpac Banking Corporation (ASX WBC) has created a dedicated technology division, the company announced Thursday.

Westpac Banking Corporation subsidiary, BT Insurance, is automating its claims process from home and content insurance through to consumer credit and credit card payment protection.

EDS has appointed Michael Coomer as both executive vice president for the Asia Pacific region and leader of the company's global financial services industry organization.

The Westpac Banking Corporation is creating a Virtual Enterprise Resource Directory to manage and automate access control while ensuring information is made available on a "need to know" basis.

Former chief architect at the Westpac Banking Corporation, Stephen Smith, has joined a consulting firm as NSW state director.

An independent advisory body to the European Union has confirmed Swift (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) has violated both European and Belgium law through sharing personal information with US authorities.

A formal complaint has been lodged with the federal privacy commissioner to determine whether Australia's banking industry is breaching local privacy laws by using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications (Swift) network.

The University of New South Wales Faculty of Commerce & Economics has launched a Master of Information Systems degree for established information systems and technology professionals who aspire to management roles in the industry.

Iain Blacklaw has been appointed to the position of vice president of service delivery for information technology services provider EDS. Blacklaw replaces Louis Ivey, who is returning to the US for an executive role within EDS.

In the late 90s the Australian IT industry saw an influx of obscurely named companies with niche applications. These companies usually originated in the UK or US, were often housed in fancy, serviced offices and had an aura of being well-accomplished. Certainly some were. Others didn’t get a chance as they were gobbled up by larger IT companies or retreated from the region. So where are these vendors now; are their customers in need of someone to pick up the pieces from the overnight sensation that some of these companies tapped into?

BT Financial Group's CIO Tony Forward shares his IT experiences with Computerworld's Helen Han.