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Cloudstore succeeds in easing bidding process for suppliers
The government announcement of the launch of its App Store equivalent, the slightly less catchy CloudStore, has been welcomed by suppliers that would have found it impossible to become a government...23 Feb 2012
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Civil service pension mutual expects private bids
The Cabinet Office is expecting the final bids from four companies hoping to run the administration for 1.5 million public sector pensions.31 Oct 2011
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Government invites bids for £60m G-Cloud contracts
The government has invited suppliers to bid for a £60m framework agreement to provide the G-Cloud - the public sector cloud computing infrastructure.20 Oct 2011
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Government CIO Suffolk tells Indian suppliers: ‘bid, bid, bid’
UK government chief information officer John Suffolk has encouraged Indian suppliers to compete for IT work in the public sector ahead of the massive spending cuts to be announced in the Comprehens...19 Oct 2010
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Lancaster City Council scraps broadband funding bid
Lancaster City Council has scrapped support for a "digital village pump" pilot project that would have provided at least seven remote Lancashire villages with fibre to the home (FTTH) for £92 a yea...04 Feb 2011
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Dutch bank ABN Amro cuts IT jobs in bid to streamline costs before privatisation
Dutch banking giant ABN Amro is cutting IT jobs to cut costs before the nationalised bank returns to private ownership. ABN Amro is cutting 2,350 jobs across the business. 1,500 jobs will be lost t...30 Aug 2011
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Technology retailers slash Touchpad tablet prices in bid to empty HP inventory
Best Buy in the US is reportedly selling the HP Touchpad for just $99 as the retailer gets rid of its inventory of the soon-to-be-defunct tablet. In Brisbane, the Sydney morning Herald reported tha...22 Aug 2011
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Philips cuts 4,500 jobs in bid to save £698m as profits tumble to 2-year low
Warwick Ashford is chief reporter at Computer Weekly. He joined the CW team in June 2007 and is focused on IT security, business continuity, IT law and issues relating to regulation, compliance and...17 Oct 2011
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European Commission clears Atos bid for Siemens IT
The European Commission has cleared the proposed €850m acquisition of Siemens' IT Solutions and Service (SIS) by French IT service provider Atos Origin. The commission found that the two companies,...28 Mar 2011
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HP battles to make its services business work
HP is planning major job cuts and consolidating datacentres in a bid to commoditise enterprise IT services21 May 2012
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Winklevoss twins fail in bid to up $65m Facebook settlement with Zuckerberg
A US appeals court has ruled that twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss will have to be satisfied with the settlement they reached with Mark Zuckerberg in 2008. Facebook agreed to the settlement to en...12 Apr 2011
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HP CEO Meg Whitman pushes hardware R&D strategy
HP CEO Meg Whitman has announced a three-year R&D programme in a bid to re-cast the company as a hardware business10 May 2012
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Western Digital bids $4.3 billion for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Western Digital has tabled a bid of $4.25m (£2.6bn) to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ending the Japanese HDD vendor's previous preparations for an IPO.07 Mar 2011
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Video: Cumbria bids to be rural broadband champion
Penrith and The Border MP Rory Stewart declares himself out of step with his party and government over various taxes that might slow the roll out of broadband, especially to rural communities such ...22 Sep 2010
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IET spends £500k in bid to woo STEM pupils
The UK's Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is to spend £500,000 on a campaign to attract more school-goers into science and maths classes. It is also calling on science and engineerin...07 Sep 2010
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Analysts predict HP victory in 3Par bidding war
Analysts and investors expect Dell to bow out of a bidding war with HP for data storage company 3Par.31 Aug 2010
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Directgov seeks ID authentication bids for public sector
The government has invited tenders for "identity verification and authentication services", in an attempt to assess the public sector's need for something that will confirm a user's identity. The c...03 Sep 2010
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HP trumps Dell again in bidding war for 3Par
HP has increased its proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of 3Par to $27 per share in cash, valuing the storage virtualisation company at $1.8bn. The proposal is $200m higher than Dell...27 Aug 2010
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Satyam bidding deadline arrives
The deadline for companies interested in buying Satyam to submit detailed expressions of interest and proof that they have enough money expired today. Bidders had to prove they have available funds...20 Mar 2009
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CTO joins ITV in a bid to address technology lag
ITV has appointed Paul Dale as its chief technology officer in a bid to catch up with rivals in its multimedia offerings30 Jul 2010
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