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All IT Services and Outsourcing News - March 2009

Gartner predicts 3.8% fall in IT spending in 2009

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 31 March 2009

Global spending in IT will decrease by 3.8% from $3.4 trillion in 2008 to $3.2 trillion in 2009, according to analyst Gartner.

Executive interview: Pierre-Yves Cros, UK chairman, Capgemini

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Author: Stuart Lauchlan
Date: 30 March 2009

Getting stuck outside Waterloo train station isn't the best of omens en route to meeting Pierre-Yves Cros, the French-born chairman of the UK Country Board of Capgemini. Relations between the English and the French have been up and down over the centuries, so I was already wondering what it was to be the French man taking on the role of the voice of the customer for the UK.

Security concerns for cloud computing

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Author: Jessica Twentyman
Date: 27 March 2009

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,...

IBM confirms job cuts

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Author: Warwick Ashford
Date: 27 March 2009

IBM has confirmed that it is laying off staff but gave no details of the job cuts, after reports that the company plans to move up to 5,000 US jobs to India.

IBM shortlisted to buy Satyam

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Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 26 March 2009

IBM has made the shortlist of companies interested in buying troubled Indian IT supplier Satyam, according to reports in India and the US.

IBM to cut thousands more jobs, union says

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Author: Warwick Ashford
Date: 26 March 2009

IBM plans to cut up to 5,000 more US jobs as the company moves to maintain profit in the economic downturn by moving work to India.

Banco Santander hires Accenture for IT integration

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 25 March 2009

Banco Santander has signed a contract with Accenture to enable it to integrate IT systems from the various banks it has acquired, including Royal Bank of...

Further IT outsourcing price cuts expected

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Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 23 March 2009

The cost of IT outsourcing services will fall by up to 10% over the next two years as the recession continues.

Children’s Mutual has no regrets on reaching milestone

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Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 20 March 2009

Capita now manages one million child trust funds since it took over policy administration for financial services firm The Children's Mutual. Capita...

iGate backs out of Satyam bidding

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Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 20 March 2009

US IT services provider iGate has withdrawn from the bidding to...

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