ANZ was able to establish a 100 % as-aservice model for the company . “ That gives us the flexibility to ramp up and ramp down as the business demands , and that is the beauty of system where we simply consume all of our services , bar none .”

The model means that the business is flexible both in systems and in people . He doesn ’ t need a big team to manage the projects , but can bring creative specialists and highly skilled data analysts as they are required . “ It ’ s the workforce of the future ; a contingent workforce . We have embedded skilled people in the functional teams too .” This results in a collaborative relationship between IT and business units like finance , operations and HR : it also fits more easily than might be expected with a business whose core skills are engineering , planning and construction . In this business they ’ re well used to being part of a ‘ contingent workforce ’, Rosser says . They like people to come in , get their feet on the ground quickly , deliver the goods .

It ’ s also easier for the people in SMC and its contractors to access

— Shaune Rosser CIO

data and documents in a cloud or ‘ Technology One ’ environment . Microsoft tools play a big part in delivering this through Enterprise Mobility Security and Office 365 in a solution developed in partnership with local IT systems experts . This , along with other tools from the Azure suite and SharePoint , manages mobile apps and devices while safeguarding corporate data , allowing secure collaboration . It also enables virtualisation programs .

Centrally managing access

and security has also ensured the

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