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• 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

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Atos continues to supply IT to disability tests

  Atos will continue to supply IT to the DWP’s disability testing despite paying compensation to step down as the main supplier

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Cyber insurance complements security controls, says Aon

  Cyber insurance is a good complement to a high level of information security controls, says Aon Risk Solutions

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  The SDN state of play: first steps for the enterprise

  Software-defined networking experts say telcos will be first to push SDN ahead of enterprises and suggest how CIOs can prepare

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  US government network hacked by Chinese cyber criminals

  Chinese hackers broke into a network of the US government agency that stores personal information on all federal employees

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK emergency surveillance legislation expected soon

  The government is expected to rush through emergency legislation to force UK communications providers to store customer data

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Cyber Essentials ensures SMEs protected, says Databarracks

  The government’s Cyber Essentials Scheme protects SMEs from cyber threats in a practical way, says IT services firm Databarracks

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Organisations fail to encrypt sensitive data, shows Infosecurity Europe survey

  More than a third of all organisations are failing to encrypt sensitive data sent outside their own systems, reveals a survey at Infosecurity Europe

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Why using voice biometrics is a good idea

  Banks and other organisations are turning to voice biometrics, but why do they believe the technology is good idea?

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Prominent muslim US citizens targeted by NSA spying, Snowden files show

  The NSA Prism surveillance programme targeted prominent muslim US citizens, shows a document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Enisa gears up to focus on economic benefits of cyber security

  Enisa, plans to re-focus its efforts with a new strategy to put economic benefits at the forefront of all its activities

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Dunnhumby heads to Oracle cloud for back-office standardisation

  Data science company Dunnhumby has launched a project to globalise its back-office business processes using Oracle Fusion cloud

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Top hardware firms join forces on IoT standards

  Top hardware firms join forces to establish secure and reliable connectivity standards for the internet of things

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Smart light bulbs get security update

  Smart light bulb maker LIFX has issued a firmware update after security researchers exposed a security weakness

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Vodafone cuts roaming costs with WorldTraveller

  Vodafone moves to combat high roaming costs outside the EU, launching £5 a day WorldTraveller service in countries including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the US

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Most NSA spy data relates to innocent internet users, report shows

  Study shows NSA's internet surveillance collects more data from ordinary internet users than legitimate targets

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Five arrested in crackdown on bogus UK government websites

  The National Trading Standards eCrime Team arrests five people in a crackdown on bogus government websites

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Flat mobile batteries banned from US-bound flights

  UK Department for Transport has announced that mobile devices with flat batteries will not be permitted on flights to the US amid new terrorism fears

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Crest welcomes Barclays CES certification

  Security certification body Crest has welcomed the first certification by a major organisation under the government’s new Cyber Essentials Scheme

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Contact centre value-add services on the up

  The global contact centre outsourcing market was worth almost $75bn in 2013 after growing 7% since 2011, according to research

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Security Think Tank: The dos and don’ts of a good incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Google accused of censorship as it struggles with takedown requests

  Google has come under fire over some of the search links it is removing in Europe as it struggles to cope with the high volume of takedown requests