Telstra enforces silence around CIO resignation

07.02.2007

He said Lamming has a history of rationalizing systems and Winn has pushed hard to consolidate IT systems from 1200 down to 300.

"Telstra has invested billions in these systems and they need to be rationalized; these IT systems are big animals to run," Johnson added.

Prior to joining Telstra, Balfour spent 14 years at Australian airline Qantas where she inked major outsourcing deals.

(Darren Pauli of Computerworld Australia contributed to the story.)