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• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  AstraZeneca opts for co-operation after IBM falls out

  AstraZeneca has changed its approach to outsourcing to encourage co-operation with suppliers after its deal with IBM failed to deliver

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  Fifth of all IT services firms could disappear by 2014, says Gartner

  Up to 20 of the world’s top 100 IT service providers could disappear by 2014 because of the tough economic conditions, says Gartner

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  Universal Credit has the hallmarks of another IT failure

  Charities, housing associations and consultancies have warned that the Department for Work and Pensions’ £2.2bn Universal Credit programme has all the hallmarks of another public sector IT disaster.

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  IT contractors seek to fill skills gap left by public sector cuts

  IT contractors are increasingly confident about job opportunities in the public sector due to reductions in the civil service's head count, finds research

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2012

  Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some £38.7bn – was IT outsourcing

• November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12

  Government wants suppliers to reveal UK taxes

  Government officials are considering the viability of ordering suppliers bidding for contracts to disclose the tax they pay relative to UK sales

• November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12

  Capgemini reduces consultancy charges

  Capgemini has lowered pricing in its consulting and local professional services businesses, according to its latest quarter results.

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  UK public sector contracts keep Atos Origin Q3 results buoyant

  Large public sector contracts buoy IT services company Atos Origin, which has reported double-digit growth in the UK for its third quarter

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Meg Whitman unveils HP turnaround plan

  HP CEO Meg Whitman has unveiled a five-year plan for the troubled enterprise, admitting the turnaround would take longer than expected

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Cabinet Office blacklists Fujitsu from government IT contract tenders

  The Cabinet Office has banned Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for public sector IT contracts as they constitute too high a risk

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  How did EDS lose $8bn in value in four years?

  HP is writing off $8bn after the drop in value of EDS, which was acquired in 2008 - how did the outsourcing business fall so far so fast?

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  Interview: David Weymouth, operations director at RSA

  David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the key changes affecting finance technology, and why government intervention to force an overhaul of banks’ IT systems would not work

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

  Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science

• May 30, 2012 30 May'12

  Inadequate financial reporting holds firms back

  Businesses admit difficulties in controlling data quality when reporting financial results as finance executives complain of stress as a result

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  Information management: lessons from the public sector

  Freeform Dynamics identifies the lessons organisations can learn from the public sector's approach to information management

• March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12

  Systems integrators 'charge more in paperwork than SMEs do in delivery’

  A systems integrator asked for more money from the government for an IT product proposal than an SME was able to deliver the actual service for.

• February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12

  IT service buyers cautious but no panic

  Economic uncertainty has led to less demand for IT services but panic has not set in as Western IT services firms report modest growth.

• February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12

  More than half of government projects behind schedule

  More than half of major government projects are behind schedule, according to the head of Whitehall's Major Projects Authority.

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  Healthcare IT is a beneficial force, say doctors

  IT in the NHS has had a bad press in recent years as a result of the problems associated with the now defunct £12bn NHS National Programme for IT, but most doctors in England believe IT improves patient care.

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  Accenture bolsters public sector skills

  Services giant Accenture has recruited two former civil servants to its ranks to boost its UK and global public sector services capabilities.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  Shell moves SAP maintenance to Accenture

  Oil giant Shell has transferred the management of its HR and payroll applications to Accenture as part of a multi-year SAP managed service.

• December 15, 2011 15 Dec'11

  How HP played a key role in RAF air crew support in Libya

  The Ministry of Defence has praised HP over its Advanced Mission Planning Aid system, most recently used to support air crew in Libya.

• December 15, 2011 15 Dec'11

  Royal Mail posts IT services tender

  The Royal Mail Group has put out a tender for IT consulting services, which will be worth up to £50m over four years.

• November 21, 2011 21 Nov'11

  Government opens its procurement heart to IT suppliers

  The government has promised more openness with suppliers and published its first forward-looking pipeline of business, with £25.9bn of IT projects.