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• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Two thirds of UK businesses never meet important customers

  British businesses don't always meet their best customers or the people they do most business with, because of trends in modern technology

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Singapore general election reveals growing importance of social media

  Organisations in all sectors in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries are recognising the influence of social networking

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  Companies House investigates large firms' reluctance to provide open financial data

  The public registrar Companies House wants to understand why FTSE100 organisations have resisted its call to file accounts as open data

• August 19, 2015 19 Aug'15

  Finnish insurer LähiTapiola reveals outsourcing secrets behind €180m deal

  Outsourcing played a critical role in the merger of two Finnish insurers and will transform the IT at the newly created organisation

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  Australian Cyber Security Centre sets baseline for businesses

  The ACSC wants more organisations to take responsibility for protecting their information resources and computer systems

• August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15

  Case study: How Finnish Saas provider LeadDesk cut its testing time in half

  Finland-based call centre software maker LeadDesk has cut software development times and improved processes through automation software

• August 04, 2015 04 Aug'15

  Outsourcing hits record levels in Europe

  Outsourcing activity in Europe recovers after a lull in the lead up to the UK general election, with more contracts than ever before

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Grexit threatens to cut Greek IT spending by $3.7bn

  Greek IT spending set to fall steeply if the country leaves the Euro, following the "no" vote in the referendum

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  Non-EU IT workers in the UK increase by 13% in a year

  The number of non-EU IT professionals in the UK keeps growing as the economy recovers

• July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15

  Finland's Tieto buys Norwegian enterprise software company

  Tieto acqures Software Innovation to boost its business in Norway

• June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15

  Top suppliers as UK software and services market approaches £50bn

  The top five software and IT services firms in the UK are Capita, HP, IBM, Capgemini and Accenture, according to the latest figures from TechMarketView

• June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15

  Is the UK government serious about tackling IT suppliers' abuse of intra company transfers?

  The UK government is making noises about reducing the number of non-EU workers in the UK – and the IT industry could be the focal point for this

• June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15

  Indian suppliers investigated by US authorities over potential visa abuse

  US government investigates potential breaches of immigration rules by IT suppliers

• June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15

  Byte Night founder among tech community recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours List

  Several leading individuals in the UK tech community received awards in the latest honours list

• June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15

  Growing cyber threats challenging cost reduction as reason to use managed services

  Mid-sized companies plan to use more managed services and many see it as improving security

• June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15

  Iomart builds out hybrid cloud play with £12.5m SystemsUp acquisition

  Hosting company buys public cloud consultancy to capitalise on enterprise appetites for hybrid IT models

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

  Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics

  The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation

• May 20, 2015 20 May'15

  CSC prepares itself for sale to Indian supplier

  CSC is splitting itself in two to make its sale easier, say sources, with Indian supplier Wipro touted as a potential buyer

• May 19, 2015 19 May'15

  Colt deploys 100GbE European Supercore network

  Colt enhances connectivity into key European commercial trading centres, including London and Frankfurt, with its Supercore network

• May 18, 2015 18 May'15

  Socitm to launch women in IT network

  Society of Information Technology Management on the hunt for partners to help launch women in IT network

• May 15, 2015 15 May'15

  IT service providers are pushing too hard to sell extra services

  IT services firms are not prioritising the services they are contracted to provide because they are too busy trying to sell additional services on top

• May 15, 2015 15 May'15

  Rentokil opens up core IT systems to business

  The IT department at Rentokil Initial has delivered coding interfaces to its back-end ERP system to enable the business to create new applications

• April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15

  Accenture and Oracle embark on enterprise cloud adoption push

  Accenture and Oracle are embarking on a joint push to make it easier for public sector and financial services firms to move to cloud

• April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15

  Capgemini to acquire iGate for $4bn

  Capgemini is bolstering its US business and global delivery capabilities with the acquisition of iGate

• April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15

  BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice

  BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted

• April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15

  Huawei calls for global consensus on the future network

  At its Global Analyst Summit, Huawei calls on the networking industry to collaborate to optimise the network for future demands

• April 10, 2015 10 Apr'15

  Cabinet Office embarks on £2.7bn replacement process for sourcing temporary staff

  The Cabinet Office has kicked off a review to replace its controversial contract for sourcing temporary staff across government departments

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst

  Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas

• April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15

  Alsbridge makes its first UK acquisition with Source

  Sourcing consultancy Alsbridge has kicked off its UK expansion with the acquisition of boutique sourcing advisory Source

• March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15

  KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption

  Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

  Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Capita accused of breaching government contract for temporary staff

  Services giant Capita may have breached the terms of its government-approved contract for providing temporary workers to the public sector

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Government seeks new £2bn consultancy deal despite concerns from SMEs

  Cabinet Office setting up £2bn agreement for the purchase of consultancy services across government, despite SME concerns

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Alsbridge commits to surging UK demand for IT sourcing services

  Sourcing advisory Alsbridge launches outsourcing advisory business in the UK after years of operating a franchise model

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Poll finds public demand for consultation on public-sector outsourcing

  Poll finds 68% of the UK public want to be consulted on public-sector outsourcing, with Labour and UKIP supporters most in favour

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Shared business services help productivity and costs, says Deloitte

  Global shared business services are on the rise and delivering an 8% average increase in productivity, according to research firm Deloitte

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  CGI to assess digital learning for Ministry of Defence

  MoD signs outsourcing agreement with CGI as part of a programme to increase digital-based learning

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress 2015: Evolution but no revolution

  Mobile World Congress 2015 reflected less the handset innovation of recent years, and more the evolution of mobility

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Williams Martini Racing signs multi-year BT network services deal

  Williams F1 teams forms long-term strategic partnership with BT for fixed and mobile communications and network services

• March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15

  Tata Consultancy Services named UK’s top employer

  Three IT companies feature in the latest top 10 UK employers list, with Indian IT services firm TCS in top spot

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  Could IBM really function with tens of thousands fewer staff?

  Could IBM, or any of the large IT and BPO service providers, still function with tens or even hundreds of thousands fewer staff?

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  SMEs seek legal advice over controversial Capita contracts with government

  SMEs that claim to have lost significant revenue through two government contracts are seeking legal advice over alleged breaches of competition law

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  NHS Trafford chooses CSC to deliver healthcare co-ordination centre

  NHS Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is opening an IT-driven centre to co-ordinate healthcare in the region

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  NAO to review Capita's government training deal – but not bigger contract for temporary staff

  The NAO is to review a controversial government training deal with Capita – but not the larger contract for supply of temporary staff

• February 18, 2015 18 Feb'15

  IT SMEs losing tens of millions of pounds from government in row over £2.45bn Capita deal

  IT SMEs have lost tens of millions of pounds after refusing to sign up to a controversial £2.45bn Cabinet Office agreement with services giant Capita

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  Infosys acquires Panaya for automation

  Infosys continues its move to non-linear business models through the acquisition of US automation software maker Panaya for $200m

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  NHS names suppliers for £1.25bn IT framework

  An IT procurement framework developed by the NHS and its shared services partnership with IT services firm Steria has gone live

• February 10, 2015 10 Feb'15

  UK IT and business processing outsourcing deals hit £6.65bn in 2014

  The UK's IT and business process outsourcing spend reached £6.65bn last year. IT outsourcing accounted for £3.44bn of that

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  Atos UK & Ireland bids farewell to desk phones

  The UK and Ireland arm of services consultancy Atos removes desktop telephones from its London HQ in favour of a Microsoft Lync unified comms system

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Property business enhances efficiency with Vodafone mobile… in 1985

  Property boom spurs a small business to enhance its workforce productivity with a mobile communications deployment – 30 years ago

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  TCS and Capgemini prove there's still life in the offshore IT model

  The offshore IT delivery model is far from dead, despite moves to non-linear business models among IT services providers

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Police back-office outsourcing criticised by union

  The leader of the union representing police back-office workers has criticised a Met Police plan to outsource back-office functions

• January 16, 2015 16 Jan'15

  Blackburn with Darwen Council renegotiates Capita outsourcing deal

  Blackburn with Darwen Council is renegotiating its £200m 15-year outsourcing deal with Capita as it tries to save millions of pounds in its budget

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  Services provider Tech Mahindra adds banking IT expertise to its portfolio

  Indian IT services supplier Tech Mahindra adds consultancy skills and gains finance customers after buying banking services firm Sofgen

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  National roaming SIM to hit the market in weeks

  MVNO 24 Seven trials national roaming SIM in bid to pick up rural business customers

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Accenture and BT to battle for NHS email contract

  The NHS has shortlisted two suppliers for its email system, with BT and Accenture still in the mix

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Accenture to hire 1,600 people in the UK

  IT services giant Accenture is recruiting 1,600 people in the UK next year in a wide range of roles spread across the country

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  China targets offshore IT service industry for growth

  The government in China is attempting to develop an IT services industry through tax cuts, financial support and reducing bureaucracy

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Mature Indian offshore IT services firms take larger chunk of market as US giants collapse

  Indian IT services firms increased their share of UK private sector IT and BPO contracts from 4% to 25% in a five-year period

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  Firms save more by cutting supplier costs than by laying off staff, says research

  CIOs reluctant to challenge IT service providers to cut costs because multi-sourced IT ecosystems are too delicate to tamper with

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Interview: Building links between marketing and IT for the greater good

  Firms that forge relations between marketing and IT departments yield benefits in growing the range of their digital products

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Digital Scotland passes 150,000 premises with superfast broadband

  Scottish government celebrates milestone in £410m Digital Scotland superfast broadband roll-out

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Atos launches security apprentice academy

  IT services company Atos has launched a Cyber Security Academy to give apprentices cyber defence skills

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Price hikes on comms and internet services loom under changing EU VAT rules

  Businesses unaware of effect of radical changes to EU VAT rules on supply of telecoms, broadcasting and electronic services

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  Landmark quarter for IT outsourcing as spending increases

  Global businesses are spending on IT again after three quarters of reduced IT outsourcing investments

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  CIOs have erratic IT services pricing on their side

  The IT services sector is seeing erratic pricing as western suppliers face competition from offshore suppliers

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  2014 one of strongest years for UK IT outsourcing

  The amount spent on outsourcing contracts this year in Europe is expected to be one of the highest figures ever

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  Home Office to waste £1bn on immigration system IT

  Immigration system IT failures will cost tax payers £1bn and are causing a continued backlog of cases

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Firms lack technology for workforce of the future

  European businesses will rely increasingly on freelance, geographically dispersed employees as they vie to attract the top skills to their organisations over the next 5 years.

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  EMC buys out Cisco’s stakes in VCE as year-on-year revenue jumps 9%

  Storage giant EMC has reported a 9% increase year on year for the third quarter of 2014, thanks to revenue rises across its divisions

• October 09, 2014 09 Oct'14

  HP should use split to make up lost ground in IT services

  When HP acquired EDS for $13.9bn in 2008 the scene was set for the IT giant to challenge IBM in the IT services sector

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  European firms far from ready for new data rules, study shows

  As European authorities aim to ratify revised data protection rules by 2015, many firms have a lot to do to comply

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  IBM and Lenovo complete content migration

  T-Systems has migrated essential content from IBM x86 Lenovo’s systems

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  UK falling behind in cyber intrusion detection, study shows

  UK firms are suffering more cyber security incidents than their global counterparts

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  How YouGov deployed Veeam Backup & Replication

  YouGov has deployed Veeam Backup & Replication to switch suppliers following the breakdown of a managed services contract

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Almost three-quarters of big companies to increase outsourcing

  Investments in outsourced services will increase at almost three-quarters of global businesses

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  Public shared service cuts costs and improves operations

  Kent's Fire and Rescue and police force's shared command and control system saves costs and improves operations

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  AstraZeneca takes in-house transformation offshore

  The opening of an IT service centre in Chennai last week launched Astrazeneca’s bold insourcing strategy

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  UKtech50 2014 - help us choose the 50 most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is launching the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT - tell us your nominations

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  KPMG and Oracle target FTSE 350

  KPMG is targeting the 350 biggest businesses by providing services through software giant Oracle’s cloud offering

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Asia dominates as outsourcing location and India remains unrivalled

  India is still the best place for businesses to outsource services and is unrivalled in its scale and availability of skills

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Big data security analytics still immature, say security experts

  The big data security analytics concept and the tools are still immature, according to a panel of security experts

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Interview: Wood Mackenzie CTO John Linwood on life after the BBC

  John Linwood, former chief technology officer at the BBC, talks about winning a high-profile employment tribunal and his new job at Wood Mackenzie

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  IT pros lack confidence in preventing cyber attacks, report shows

  Organisations still to struggle to manage data securely, prepare for crisis scenarios, and defend against cyber threats, a report shows

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Digital business key for IT security, says Gartner

  Digital business will impact security challenges as much if not more than the emergence of the internet, says Gartner

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  NOA launches outsourcing qualification

  The National Outsourcing Association (NOA) has launched a course that will be the equivalent of a GCSE grade A* to C

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Stewart Room to join PwC’s cyber practice

  Stewart Room, former data privacy and security partner at Field Fisher Waterhouse, to join PwC's cyber security practice

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  IT services firm achieves non-linear growth through automation

  Scandinavian IT services firm Cygate has expanded its business without adding human resources by using automation software from IPSoft

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  Can IT change the course of history? The story of Graham Tottle, the IT guy trapped in Iraq

  Rarely does an IT worker affect history, but in 1990 Graham Tottle was in Saddam Hussein’s HQ at the start of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  Microsoft withdraws problematic Windows update

  Microsoft has withdrawn one of its August security updates after reported problems, pending investigation

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  GCHQ certifies six cyber-security masters degrees

  GCHQ has certified six masters degrees focused on cyber-security as the government attempts develop the expertise required to make the UK as part of the National Cyber Security Programme.

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Tackle IAM with a risk-based approach, says KPMG

  A risk-based approach is the best way to tackle identity and access management, says KPMG

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  IT outsourcing spending growth continues

  IT outsourcing contracts signed in Europe in the first three months of 2014 see high growth

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Business Secretary calls for TSB’s funding to be doubled

  Business Secretary Vince Cable has urged the government to double the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) funding

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Privacy key to UK business opportunity, says KPMG

  Finding the right balance between privacy and business insight could help UK firms take the lead in innovative online services, says KPMG

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  UK man with leaked Tata staff database in alleged blackmail attempt

  A UK man and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) are embroiled in a case alleging that he tried to blackmail the IT services firm.

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Total internet failure: are you prepared?

  A total internet failure could stop any business in its tracks, yet few are preparing for this possibility, KPMG has warned

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Brazil's World Cup humiliation softened by Twitter success

  Despite not winning the World Cup, host nation Brazil can take solace in the fact its team was the most Tweeted about

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  HP staff refuse to cooperate in knowledge transfer

  HP staff working on contracts with the Department of Work and Pensions and the Ministry of justice will refuse to cooperate in move