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• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Government outsourcing at a crossroads, says PAC report

  The government needs to change the market that supplies it with services through better contracting practices if it is to achieve anything beyond lowest price, according to a PAC report

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Interview: Pippa Thomas, regional IT director, Freeman Clarke

  Freeman Clarke’s regional IT director, Pippa Thomas, on the role of interim CIOs and why organisations use them

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  ITPS expands datacentre to support Azure Stack and HPC

  Datacentre company ITPS expands its County Durham facility to meet client needs for high performance computing and security

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Brexit proposal calls for standards alignment and data sharing

  Although the government’s Brexit whitepaper focuses on curbing immigration, collaboration on cyber crime, data sharing and services are among the bargaining chips

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Analysts question Australia government’s IBM deal

  Industry analysts and experts have called the wisdom of the A$1bn IBM IT deal into question, with one claiming that the federal government should have used a range of suppliers instead

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Government needs to improve its outsourcing approach

  Parliamentary committee advises government to improve its outsourcing methods in the wake of the collapse of Carillion

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Schneider Electric CTO tips liquid cooling for take-off as machine learning takes over datacentre

  Witn machine learning fuelling demand for graphics processing units in the datacentre, Schneider Electric CTO claims this will require a drastic rethink of how operators manage their sites, paving the way for liquid cooling to hit mainstream adoption

• June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18

  BT’s Gavin Patterson quits under shareholder pressure

  Patterson’s resignation comes just weeks after he announced 13,000 redundancies across BT

• May 23, 2018 23 May'18

  Marks and Spencer speeds up digital transformation plans as profits plunge

  Retailer announces plans to accelerate its business transformation and close 100 stores by 2022 after continued shifts in consumer behaviour

• May 21, 2018 21 May'18

  IT hub shadowed by Everest gives opportunities to homegrown IT professionals

  Katmandu is the choice for offshore delivery for increasing numbers of multinational companies and is becoming more attractive to local IT professionals as a result

• May 18, 2018 18 May'18

  IR35 reforms: Government invites feedback on plans to extend tax avoidance rules to private sector

  The government is pushing ahead with its plans to explore the possibility of extending the controversial IR35 tax avoidance reforms to the private sector, much to the chagrin of stakeholders

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  CenturyLink takes aim at APAC market post-Level 3 merger

  The US telecoms giant is expanding its footprint in Asia through its merger with Level 3, and hopes to bring its offerings on par with that of rivals in the region

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Capita’s £500m loss raises more questions for outsourcing

  The latest loss announced by Capita adds uncertainty to an outsourcing sector already tarnished by the collapse of Carillion

• April 22, 2018 22 Apr'18

  Thales to open ‘digital factory’ in Asia

  India and Australia are potential candidates for Thales’s new coding centre that will support digital transformation efforts

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  UK and Indian governments agree tech partnership

  Agreement aims to identify organisations in the two countries that can work together and open up opportunities for tech entrepreneurs