Forgetting the last 9-months of economic crisis, the last 18 months have been a challenging time for the ICT industry as it has come under increasing scrutiny to return savings to the business on the back of the promise of virtualisation, software-as-a-service and more.  Pressure has mounted to deliver on technology consolidation across all sectors but especially in government. Mega-infrastructure technology investments, such as the National Broadband Network (NBN) have appropriated the mind-share and investments of technology influencers, several elections have been run and won, and Gershon-style reviews have brought renewed and razor-like focus to contractor and consultant revisions at both the State and Federal level. As we outlined in our 2009/10 technology budget overview report the net result of all this activity, and considerably more, is that new technology investments have shrunk 7% in just 12-months from 8% in 2008 to a mere 1% this year. But as is always the case, someone’s losses usually indicate someone else’s gains. In the case of global ICT Longhaus believe that one of the underlying changes taking hold of the industry is the return (though onslaught may be a better term) of Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), and KPMG to the ranks of the technology advisory Big 4 which also includes stalwarts Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte), and Ernst and Young. And it is doubtful that timing is coincidental. Two significant milestones standout as testament to the possibility that the return of these powerhouses could in fact be the most perfectly timed strategy executions in the last 10-years.