PRESS RELEASES
14th December 1999 : Outsourcing roasted
The debate 'Outsourcing is a complete waste of money' held in Melbourne on 1st December 1999 was reviewed by Dan Tebbutt in the Australian IT.
"Organised by the Melbourne chapter of the Women are IT (WIT) networking group, the humorous debate pitted the (female) chief information officers of Australia Post, Faulding (Adelaide-based pharmaceutical and health care company), and Telstra Superannuation against the (male) representatives of outsourcing heavyweights CSC, Compaq and Andersen Consulting."
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14th October 1997 : IT women network their way to the top
This article was written following the launch of WIT in Sydney. The speaker was Macquarie Bank's IT director, Gail Burke.
11th March 1997 : Women get the good word from Cisco
Gary Jackson, MD of Cisco Systems, was Women are I.T.'s first speaker. His speech on the topic of "How to Get Ahead Through Self Promotion" is outlined in this article.
4th February 1997 : The name of the game is networking
This article outlines the events that inspired Women are I.T. - a new women's network. Set up by Jenny Barbour, Madeleine Sanders and Susan Coleman, the full story, as seen by Madeleine , has been put down in writing. More details can be found in WIT's mission statement.