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• 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

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Investments in skills, infrastructure and SMEs needed to help UK data economy hit new heights

  The UK data economy may struggle to reach its full growth potential between now and 2025 unless action is taken, suggests research commissioned by datacentre operator Digital Realty

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  IR35 reforms: Calls for inquiry into pre-launch tests of HMRC IR35 assessment tool

  HM Revenue & Customs hits back at contractors who claim it failed to test its online IR35 status assessment tool rigorously enough in the run-up to its launch in March 2017, as calls for an inquiry into its dev and test procedures grow

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams

  Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Telefonica cuts HR running costs by 40% as it replaces hundreds of ageing IT systems

  Multinational telecoms group Telefonica is on the verge of completing a project to replace 175 incompatible HR IT systems with a cloud service covering more than 40 countries

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Croydon Council partners with Rainmaker to shake up its IT

  Croydon Council has employed digital transformation specialist Rainmaker to help it change the way it delivers IT over the next three years

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Infosys announces more US jobs

  Indian supplier Infosys continues to open hubs and recruit more IT professionals in the US

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Government ‘unlawfully delegated’ bulk data powers to GCHQ, court hears

  Privacy International urges Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, to rule that the government illegally collected surveillance data from internet and phone companies until at least September 2017

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Chances of success with SAP are only 50-50

  Companies can spend millions, but half of SAP projects fail because there is no connection between the implementation and the original business case

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Sweden’s Systembolaget picks Evry for cloud transformation

  Government-owned retailer signs major IT outsourcing agreement as part of its digital transformation programme

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  IT services giants face stiff challenge from niche players in IoT market

  Traditional broad and large IT services firms are facing competition from niche industry-focused companies in the IoT services market

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Infosys opens delivery and innovation centre in Finland

  Infosys is stepping up its Nordic presence with a new operation in Finland, with a design and innovation centre in Helsinki in spring 2018

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Global Services still problem child for BT

  Challenging market conditions and lost customers at its IT services unit weigh heavily on BT’s results in the third quarter

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Capita to offload non-core business units

  Capita reveals it might sell some of its non-core business units after issuing a profit warning, which the CEO partly blames on its business being too broad and complex

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Carillion not a like-for-like comparison with IT services firms, but an overt reminder

  Although Carillion’s problems are unlikely to hit major IT services suppliers, its collapse is a reminder of the need to ensure good governance

• January 21, 2018 21 Jan'18

  Cloud firm speeds customer analytics with Pure Storage arrays

  Cloudhelix replaces Pernix Data storage with Pure Storage FlashArray products to provide “brute force” performance approach for unpredictable customer workloads

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Telco outsources digital transformation to Infosys

  Belgium's biggest telco will cut legacy systems as part of a digital transformation project

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

  Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead

• December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17

  Tieto wins Stockholm’s multimillion IT outsourcing contract

  Swedish capital switches IT services provider after “administrative error” ruled original contractor out of agreement

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  Mayor of London opens Bangalore office to strengthen links with Indian businesses

  City of London’s office in India’s tech hub aims to promote Indian investment and IT jobs in UK capital

• December 05, 2017 05 Dec'17

  Third of Sweden's IT providers could be gone in two years

  The IT services sector in Sweden will be decimated as hundreds of local suppliers disappear

• November 27, 2017 27 Nov'17

  UK IT professionals could lose out in a free trade deal between UK and India

  There could be an increase in Indian IT professionals coming to work in the UK post-Brexit if a new trade deal is signed with India

• November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17

  IR35 reforms: Consultation on private sector roll-out confirmed in Autumn Budget 2017

  The government has confirmed it is preparing to consult on whether or not to roll out the controversial IR35 tax avoidance reforms to the private sector

• November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17

  IR35 reforms: Economic concerns raised over prospect of private sector roll-out

  With the government’s stance on rolling out the IR35 reforms to the private sector appearing to soften, IPSE and others air concerns over the threat this move could pose to the post-Brexit economy

• November 09, 2017 09 Nov'17

  Bangalore offers the best ecosystem for digital transformation, says Economist report

  Bangalore ranked as the number one location for businesses looking to access the right ecosystem to support digital transformation

• October 18, 2017 18 Oct'17

  Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing

  Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void

• October 12, 2017 12 Oct'17

  UK bank Standard Chartered opens IT service centre in Bangalore

  Bank is expanding its operation in India, which provides business services to its operations globally

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  HCL expands global network with Swedish delivery centre

  HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  McDonald’s selects Capgemini to help it drive digital customer services

  Fast-food chain decides to outsource its digital developments globally to French IT services giant

• August 21, 2017 21 Aug'17

  HSBC streamlines mortgages with Capita software

  Bank is using software to improve its mortgage application processes and subsequently increase business through brokers

• August 02, 2017 02 Aug'17

  IT outsourcing demand fuels record deal value in first half of 2017

  The IT outsourcing market delivered its strongest half-year performance between January and June 2017, fuelled by the activity of the financial services industry and growing demand for IT services

• July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17

  Apple's delayed Irish datacentre prompts calls to reform country's planning system

  The latest delays in Apple's bid to open a datacentre in Athenry, County Galway, has prompted calls for a revamp of how planning permission decisions in Ireland are handled

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  IR35 reforms: IT contractor fleshes out details of potential HMRC legal challenge

  Following the early-stage success of efforts to crowd-fund a legal challenge against the IR35 reforms, one of the IT contractors behind the campaign outlines details of what could happen next

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich

  Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Cognizant opens London lab to help customers with digitisation

  Cognizant has opened its latest digital development centre in London, where it will work with customers and partners on digital business challenges

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  The Barcode Warehouse deploys ServiceNow to streamline managed services

  Customisation of cloud-based tool has enabled ruggedised mobile devices company to streamline its business processes

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Singapore to pave the way for tech startup IPOs

  The agreement between the Singapore government and the local bourse will lower barriers to capital markets and make the city-state a more attractive destination for startup fundraising

• May 08, 2017 08 May'17

  HPE ramps up investments in Singapore

  Enterprise tech giant HPE will invest $140m over five years in its new regional headquarters and a startup incubator programme

• May 02, 2017 02 May'17

  IT outsourcing going strong in the Nordics

  IT outsourcing is popular among companies in the Nordic region, but the market is changing

• April 10, 2017 10 Apr'17

  Outsourcing service left Scottrade Bank customer data exposed

  Mistake by outsourcing service provider left the details of 20,000 Scottrade Bank customers vulnerable to theft

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  IR35 reforms: Stakeholders warn of risk to public sector IT projects as contractors walk

  With the IR35 reforms coming into force today, 6 April, contracting stakeholders warn of the widespread threat the changes pose to the delivery of public sector IT projects

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Sweden’s Bisnode consolidates outsourced IT

  Swedish firm Bisnode brings multiple IT services contracts under one roof

• April 04, 2017 04 Apr'17

  IR35 reforms: HMRC 'delays' blamed for last-minute public sector compliance panic

  Public sector stakeholders claim the late release of HMRC's online tax status assessment tool and its supporting IR35 legislation is causing contractors to leave projects in their droves

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  Portakabin’s biggest-ever IT investment unifies CRM

  Modular construction firm is moving to a single source of business information through cloud technology and services

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Centrica eliminates more than 20 IT systems after replacing SAP with cloud HR technology

  Energy and services company claims major savings in IT costs after moving its HR services to the cloud