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Accenture to add 8,000 more workers in India

Accenture is planning to increase its workforce in India by 8,000, in another sign that India will continue to be the leading offshore destination for...

Kcom offers managed comms for mid-sized firms

Kcom Group is to offer managed communication services to mid-sized companies following a restructuring exercise. The communication services...

Congestion charge suffers technical glitch as IBM takes over contract

The London congestion charge system went down yesterday after IBM took over the contract from Capita.

Rentokil deploys Google Apps to 35,000

Rentokil Initial has become one of the largest user of Google...

'Naive' BT Global Services split into three

BT is restructuring its struggling Global Services business to focus on three separate areas after its "unacceptable...

British Gas applications maintenance outsourced to Fujitsu

Earnings for entry-level IT jobs have declined in real terms in the past five years, while salaries for IT professionals in management roles have continued to beat inflation, research has shown.

Indian outsourcers bring thousands of foreign IT workers into UK

Six Indian IT services firms recruited a total of 11,644 immigrants to work for them in the UK in 2006 alone, according to government figures...

Cloud computing could frustrate and irritate finance sector

Cloud computing take up in the financial services sector is by no means a done deal, because business users still do not understand its relevance, according...

Rackspace installs cloud services for UK customers

Rackspace is installing a cloud computing capability on its UK servers to provide British customers...

Until cloud computing is secure, encrypt, says storage supplier

Developers face a huge challenge in finding a transparent security system for use in cloud computing, says storage supplier Origin Storage. Security...

CSC seeks new $2.bn deal with Zurich Financial Services

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 06 October 2009
Zurich Financial Services Group has entered exclusive negotiations with IT outsourcer CSC 10-year...

British Gas sues Accenture over problems with billing system

British Gas is suing Accenture for £182m over problems with a customer billing system it says has severely impacted on customer service operations.

Royal Mail seeks bids for new SAP-based HR system

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 10 December 2008
Royal Mail is planning a three-year revamp of its SAP-based human resources system

Security concerns for cloud computing

The trouble with the term cloud computing is that it encompasses such a huge range of technology offerings: software-as-a-service (SaaS), storage on-demand,...

Union slams Fujitsu's redundancy plans

The Unite union has condemned Fujitsu's plans to cut 1,200 jobs in the UK.

Dell buys Perot Systems for $3.9bn

Dell has spent $3.9bn (£2.4bn) on Texan-based systems integrator Perot Systems. Founded in 1988 by failed US presidential candidate Ross...

NAO urges DEFRA agency to replace £350m system that's only 4 years old

The Rural Payments Agency should replace a £350 million IT system, which has been in operation for only four years, the government's public spending watchdog said today.

Video: Spending on private cloud to take off, says Gartner

Businesses will begin investing in their own secure private cloud networks over the next three to five years while they wait for the public cloud to mature,...

Councils get a bad deal from outsourcing, says Deloitte

Local authorities have got a bad deal from kitchen sink outsourcing deals with private industry and should take their most important IT functions back...

Telegraph dumps Microsoft Office suite for Google Apps

Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is migrating away from Microsoft apps to use Google's cheaper online applications among its journalists.
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