Clean up continues after ATO's "unprecedented" hardware failure
Over a month after the hardware failure that took its systems offline, the ATO is still working to straighten out the kinks left by the “unprecedented” event.
View ArticleOpinion: Are the ATO and Census failures just the tip of the iceberg?
There is no point putting “lipstick on a pig” by implementing online transactional systems using tired backend infrastructure, says Ian Brightwell.
View ArticlePwC brought in to investigate "unprecedented" ATO hardware failure
Answers to lingering questions over how the ATO's systems went down following a hardware failure are set to be revealed in March.
View ArticleHPE techs burn the midnight oil with ATO staff
HPE technicians have been burning the midnight oil with ATO staff to help the agency complete a major replacement of its failed hardware.
View ArticleLong weekend comes to an end for HPE and the ATO
The ATO is bringing services back online following a weekend-long marathon effort working with HPE engineers to replace failed hardware and restore systems.
View ArticleHPE called out over service “failure” after ATO systems outage
Australia's Commissioner of Taxation has suggested that HPE has “failed” to reliably provide the ATO with its contracted services.
View ArticleTreasury picks finance gateway reviewer Eamonn Rooney to lead IT
Commonwealth Treasury has tapped Eamonn Rooney as its new CIO, a former gateway review team leader for the Department of Finance who provided recommendations to agency heads and Deputy Secretaries...
View Article“High-risk” ATO scam email hits Aussie inboxes
Huge run of fake ATO emails putting computers at risk across the country.
View ArticleATO will send outage HPE drives for testing in the US
The storage drives responsible for the series of outages at The Australian Tax Office (ATO) website will be sent back to Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) headquarters to determine the cause of the...
View ArticleATO and Department of Immigration under fire for IT supplier contracts
Federal Government agencies have come under scrutiny from the national auditor for failing to properly manage contracts with IT suppliers.
View Article‘Worst unplanned system outage in recent memory’: Commissioner of taxation
The Australian Tax Office will set up an independent review to determine why the agency suffered what commissioner of taxation, Chris Jordan, has described as its ‘worst unplanned system outage in...
View ArticleHPE embarks on internal investigation after ATO outage
HPE has launched an internal investigation into the cause of the hardware failure behind the unprecedented system outage which hit the ATO on 12 December.
View ArticleClean up continues after ATO's "unprecedented" hardware failure
Over a month after the hardware failure that took its systems offline, the ATO is still working to straighten out the kinks left by the “unprecedented” event.
View ArticleOpinion: Are the ATO and Census failures just the tip of the iceberg?
There is no point putting “lipstick on a pig” by implementing online transactional systems using tired backend infrastructure, says Ian Brightwell.
View ArticlePwC brought in to investigate "unprecedented" ATO hardware failure
Answers to lingering questions over how the ATO's systems went down following a hardware failure are set to be revealed in March.
View ArticleHPE techs burn the midnight oil with ATO staff
HPE technicians have been burning the midnight oil with ATO staff to help the agency complete a major replacement of its failed hardware.
View ArticleLong weekend comes to an end for HPE and the ATO
The ATO is bringing services back online following a weekend-long marathon effort working with HPE engineers to replace failed hardware and restore systems.
View ArticleHPE called out over service “failure” after ATO systems outage
Australia's Commissioner of Taxation has suggested that HPE has “failed” to reliably provide the ATO with its contracted services.
View ArticleTreasury picks finance gateway reviewer Eamonn Rooney to lead IT
Commonwealth Treasury has tapped Eamonn Rooney as its new CIO, a former gateway review team leader for the Department of Finance who provided recommendations to agency heads and Deputy Secretaries...
View Article“High-risk” ATO scam email hits Aussie inboxes
Huge run of fake ATO emails putting computers at risk across the country.
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