[LINK] IT can lead to big savings: Tanner

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
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> IMHO, economists should keep their hands off IT systems, they've done 
> enough damage already and they have been trying to save money since well 
> before 1995. They would be better off letting departments make their own 
> decisions within a framework of technology and data standards, rather 
> than diverting management attention away from real problems and towards 
> fighting off unnecessary interference.
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It would appear the feeling is mutual. From 2002:

> The biggest surprise of the conference was the tongue-lashing the industry received from the Commonwealth Bank chief executive David Murray.
> 
> The speech, which was peppered with popular swipes at Microsoft, culminated in him blaming the US IT community for "single-handedly wrecking the world economy through an over-hyped market which lead to unrealistic investments".
> His company outsources most of its computing systems to EDS and is a significant buyer of IT products and services. 

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