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IT outsourcing

• 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 28, 2017 28 Nov'17

  Fintech is increasing operational risk to banks

  European Banking Association report reveals fear of greater operational risk because of increased take-up of fintech in financial services sector

• 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 15, 2017 15 Nov'17

  DWP insourced 400 staff from HPE into new IT services subsidiary

  New arrangement allows Department for Work and Pensions to pay higher base salaries to encourage staff expecting private sector wages

• 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 19, 2017 19 Oct'17

  Norway’s Trondheim embraces the cloud with Google G Suite

  Municipality is reaping the benefits of moving productivity software to the cloud

• 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

• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  Amazon launches Middle East region

  Amazon opens its latest delivery hub in Bahrain to serve customers in the Middle East

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Home Office agrees back-office transformation deal

  The Home Office is moving more of its back-office processes into the cloud

• 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 10, 2017 10 Aug'17

  New TalkTalk fine takes total for poor data protection to £500,000

  Information Commissioner’s Office fines TalkTalk for putting up to 21,000 customers’ details at risk of exposure prior to September 2014

• 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 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  Big data means big risk, Swedish Transport Agency leak shows

  The Swedish Transport Agency exposed sensitive information by transferring its databases to a third party cloud provider without following data protection procedures

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?

  Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud

• 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

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Verizon denies data loss but admits potentially huge breach

  Verizon has responded to reports of millions of customer records being exposed to the internet by saying no data was accessed by malicious third parties, but the incident raises thorny issues

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  British Airways to outsource contact centre work

  British Airways is evaluating technologies from an outsourcing company as an option to replace contact centre staff

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal

  About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement

• May 23, 2017 23 May'17

  Economic and political uncertainty drives organisations to rethink IT strategies

  CIO job satisfaction reaches a three-year high as organisations hire more IT staff and invest in innovative digital technology

• May 11, 2017 11 May'17

  BBC signs five-year enterprise ICT deal with Atos

  As part of the broadcaster’s Aurora programme, it has signed up to five years of Atos as its technology services provider

• 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 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut gets sweet on cloud

  Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Northern Ireland schools to continue with Capita IT services

  Two-year, £60m contract extension covers ICT services for 1,100 schools

• 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 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill

  International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year

• 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 13, 2017 13 Mar'17

  Nearly 2,000 Lloyds bank IT jobs set to move to IBM in £1.3bn outsourcing deal

  Around 2,000 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group are set to transfer to IBM as part of a seven-year IT outsourcing deal, says union

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Santander bank to work with IBM developing mobile apps for staff

  Santander bank wants to make its staff more productive through mobile apps, which it will create alongside IBM

• February 20, 2017 20 Feb'17

  Accenture to add thousands of US jobs as Trump effect spreads to IT

  Accenture has promised to create more jobs in the US and invest $1.4bn in skills development

• February 17, 2017 17 Feb'17

  HPE services and CSC to become DXC Technology

  The merger between HP's services division and CSC will launch in April 2017 and is expected to save the companies billions

• February 10, 2017 10 Feb'17

  Rubbish digital collection needs to be addressed

  Services like rubbish collection, that are usually outsourced, need greater digitisation to join up to council processes

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Case study: Australia’s Salmat to go cloud-only after getting a taste for the technology

  Australian marketing company Salmat plans to move everything it can into the cloud following a highly successful initial SaaS implementation

• February 03, 2017 03 Feb'17

  London Fire Brigade system crashes cause delays reacting to emergencies

  Control room system crashes have been causing delays in London Fire Brigade response times

• December 06, 2016 06 Dec'16

  London Stock Exchange opens tech services centre in Sri Lanka

  The London Stock Exchange increases its technology support services operation in Sri Lanka

• November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16

  HCL completes integration of Volvo Group IT services

  Deal sees 2,560 Volvo Group staff transferred to HCL, bringing mainframe expertise to Indian IT services firm

• November 17, 2016 17 Nov'16

  Telenor IoT strategy required core software change

  Norwegian telco is expanding its internet of things business, which packages all the components its customers require to offer IoT-based services

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  Hiring cyber security and big data experts named top priority for IT recruiters in 2017

  Research suggests IT professionals with expertise in cyber security and big data could find themselves in high demand in 2017

• November 09, 2016 09 Nov'16

  Australia’s IFC Logistics virtualises storage to prevent further outages

  Australian logistics firm moved to virtualised storage through a managed service after a serious outage

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff

  Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  How collaboration will feature in the future of digital supermarkets

  Morrisons’ new deal with Ocado has helped the supermarket chain expand its online capabilities, but will we see more collaboration between retailers and digital service providers in the future?