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Investigating Outsourcing
An insider\'s view on the issues, trends and controversies around outsourcing and IT services.
April 2010
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Steria CEO wants shared services to be introduced after general election
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Apr 2010 -
UK loses its position as Europe's leading outsourcer
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Apr 2010 -
Top IT executives are as bad as big bankers
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 29 Apr 2010
John Torrie, CEO of Steria UK, wants the use of shared services to be accelerated in the government after the election. He says:"The next government should look to mandate successful service ...
According to TPI's latest index of the European outsourcing market the UK is no longer the biggest spending.In fact it has not only been usurped by Germany, France and Sweden.France was boosted by ...
Peter Skyte, national officer of union Unite, has written a great opinion piece about the unfairness that exists in the IT sector in terms of pay, benefits and job security.The big US service ...
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Are IT suppliers ready to do investment banking development?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 28 Apr 2010 -
HP, Oracle, Microsoft and IBM too slow in cloud for big banks
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 28 Apr 2010 -
Infosys predicts return to double digit growth
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Apr 2010 -
IBM rubbishes plans to slash 299,000 permanent roles
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Apr 2010 -
IBM could reduce its workforce by 299,000 in seven years
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2010 -
Indian IT giants prosper as "business environment returns to normal"
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2010 -
Tier two IT service providers Morse and 2e2 look set join forces
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2010
Following the blog I wrote about investment banks losing their appetite for in-house development I have written a story with a bit more detail.But what I want to know is whether there are enough ...
There is a great article by Bob Evans at Information Week this morning. According to the article three big banks are frustrated with the pace of cloud development from big suppliers HP, IBM, Oracle ...
I met up with BG Srinivas, UK head at Indian IT supplier Infosys, today. We talked about the company's outlook for the next year, amongst other things.When he joined the company in 1999 it had an ...
Following my last blog about the massive news that IBM was considering cutting its permanent workforce from 399,000 today to 100,000 in 2017, IBM has come out fighting.A senior HR executive at IBM, ...
IBM has told Personnel Today that it could reduce its workforce from 399,000 today to 100,000 in 2017.2017 is the planned completion date of the completion of its its HR transformation ...
Wipro has posted its results and while doing so said the "business environment is returning to normal"Good news then?The positive finaNcials follow similarly upbeat announcements from Wipro's ...
Computer Weekly's sister publication Microscope has revealed that integrator 2e2 is set to buy Morse.The story in full is here. This is a good site if you want to find out more about some of the IT ...
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More clouds gather over CIOs as Steria and Fujitsu launch services
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2010 -
Is putting customers second a good business plan?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 Apr 2010 -
HP close to agreement with DWP IT workers
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 Apr 2010 -
Video of the coal miner that made it to the top
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Apr 2010 -
Finance firms rebuilding using IT from service providers
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 20 Apr 2010
The race to be the first choice for cloud computing services is hotting up.Steria and Fujitsu are the latest suppliers to announce their plans to offer customer services via the cloud.Steria is ...
By putting employees first and customers second HCL says it has improved customer satisfaction.This is as a result of an initiative known as Employee First. HCL president Rajeev Sawhney said this, ...
The ongoing industrial relations troubles at HP could be close to an end with workers in the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union made an offer that looks set to be accepted.Terry Harris/Rex ...
Back in March I did a blog about Bob Scott of Capgemini. I interviewed him about how the life changing experience of being transferred to a supplier (Capgemini in this case) from an employer ...
I met Mike Powell, global head of enterprise information, at Thomson Reuters this morning.We were discussing a big project the company is running to speed up its data services to its investment ...