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IT outsourcing

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  MoD shells out £1.5bn on two IT contracts

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signs two IT contracts costing more than £1bn, which it hopes will save money over the next 10 years

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills

  Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns

• July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15

  How Deutsche Telekom plans to challenge AWS and Google in the cloud

  German telco Deutsche Telekom wants to evolve into the public cloud and plans to beat sector giants such as Amazon and Google at their own game

• July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15

  TNT continues outsourcing push

  TNT continues to outsource as it strives to free up resources to focus on its core competency, signing a five-year BPO deal with Accenture

• July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15

  Metropolitan Police picks Innopsis to lead network procurement

  London’s Metropolitan Police Service signs public-sector networking association Innopsis to lead engagement on network procurement

• July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15

  NHS IT system for GP data upload slammed for delays and overspend

  National Audit Office report highlights problems that led to four-year delay and a system that did not work when completed

• July 02, 2015 02 Jul'15

  Accenture uses Avanade cloud for NHSmail

  Accenture to deploy a cloud-based email system for NHS staff using a combination of Microsoft software and Avanade cloud technology

• July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15

  Post Office signs IBM for IT overhaul

  MP James Bridgen reveals the Post Office intends to outsource an IT transformation to IBM as part of its drive to serve customers using modern technology

• 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 25, 2015 25 Jun'15

  Case study: Model railway company Hornby overhauls payments with Braintree

  Hornby’s head of digital strategy explains how the firm chose Braintree as its online payments platform following its website migration last year

• June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15

  CIO interview: Rovio Entertainment's Kalle Alppi believes IT staff should be embedded in business

  The CIO at the company behind Angry Birds talks about running global IT with only five permanent staff

• June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15

  Wipro contemplates £1bn acquisition of UK outsourcer Equiniti

  Wipro is reported to be considering the acquisition of UK business process outsourcing company Equiniti

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  HMRC looks for transformation partner ahead of Aspire end

  HMRC is seeking transformational help ahead of the demise of its Aspire contract in 2017.

• 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 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Manila breaks India top six in outsourcing index

  The Philippines challenges India as a destination for outsourcing in Tholons Top 100 report

• April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15

  Captive IT centre boosts competitiveness at Danske Bank in Denmark

  In 2014, Denmark's Danske Bank announced plans for its own captive centre in Bangalore and is now finalising the move to in-house IT delivery

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Changing IT trends power banking in Norway

  Norway's banking system is undergoing a seismic shift in technology as the country aims for a fully digitised society

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  ISG blames UK general election for fall in outsourcing value

  A lull in UK outsourcing activity in the run-up to the election caused a 25% drop in spending across the Emea region in Q1 2015, claims ISG

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Rio Tinto to put IT systems in the cloud

  Mining giant Rio Tinto is moving IT systems into the public cloud as part of a transformation agreement with Accenture

• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  Indian outsourcing is booming in the Nordic countries

  Headlines about Indian IT service providers securing high-profile outsourcing deals in the Nordics have become commonplace

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live

  The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  NHS announces £78m technology fund for health and social care providers

  The NHS will give £78m integrated digital care funding to health and social care providers in 2015 to help them invest in technology

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  National Police ICT Company operational after four years of wrangling

  The national Police ICT Company is operational and aims to save £465m a year – nearly four years after Theresa May proposed its creation

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  UK government pays £150m to Raytheon to settle e-Borders dispute

  UK government agrees to pay Raytheon £150m to settle dispute over the cancellation of e-Borders contract

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  MPs slam Defra for making rural payments 'digital by default'

  MPs have slammed the government’s decision to make rural payment claims from farmers a 'digital by default' service

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  IT priorities 2015 – IT budgets on the rise as economy recovers

  Almost three-quarters of IT managers in the UK expect their IT budgets to increase or stay the same in 2015

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  What went wrong with Defra's rural payments system?

  A £154m system to process payments to farmers has been forced to resort to paper forms. What went wrong – and is this a digital disaster?

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Information Commissioner's Office calls for transparent public sector outsourcing

  For greater transparency, public sector buyers and suppliers should be open about their dealings before signing contracts, says ICO

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Holland & Barrett outsources data handling to ITC Infotech

  IT services firm ITC Infotech manages customer data for health food business to help it glean business value from the information

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  TNT outsources IT infrastructure to HP cloud

  International logistics firm TNT has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Hewlett Packard (HP) in a six-year deal that will see it move to the cloud

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Finland leads Europe in cloud service take-up

  Europe is catching up with the US for cloud adoption - and the Nordic countries lead the way, with Sweden and Denmark close behind Finland

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Procurement guidelines saved government £91m in 2014, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

  The government made £91m savings in 2014 with “militant” guidelines around procurement, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Strong future for enterprise IT in Nordic countries

  From attracting the world to its ice-cool datacentres to the digitisation of the public sector, there is plenty going on in the Nordic region

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv revealed as top tech cities

  Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv have been ranked as top cities for tech companies, Savills report reveals

• 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 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  Security fears stop small firms using cloud computing

  Although 60% of small businesses are using cloud computing services, the remaining 40% are put off by security fears

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  Home Office wins appeal against £224m Raytheon payment over e-Borders cancellation

  The Home Office has won an appeal against a tribunal decision to award £224m to supplier Raytheon over the cancellation of its e-Borders contract

• 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 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Kellogg's outsources digital marketing to Indian supplier

  Food giant Kellogg's outsources the management of its digital marketing platform to Indian IT services firm Mindtree

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Offshoring data is biggest barrier to government in the cloud

  Offshoring data is the biggest obstacle to putting government services in the cloud, according to a survey of MPs and peers

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  Health trust proposed offshoring mental care through Skype

  Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust considered cutting costs by using Skype and low-cost staff to treat patients with depression

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  Universal Credit costs will not be revealed until after general election

  The government will not reveal the full cost of its troubled Universal Credit system until after the general election in May 2015

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  HMRC’s move away from Aspire unachievable by deadline, say MPs

  MPs claim Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs will be unable to move away from Aspire outsourcing contract by 2017 deadline

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Case study: Park Resorts engages customers through responsive website

  Holiday resort management firm Park Resorts' recently launched responsive website delivers new features and improves the user experience

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  IBM revenue declines as company shifts to higher value deals

  IBM has reported a 12% decline in profits for the fourth quarter of 2014 following the sale of its System x business to Lenovo

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Virgin Atlantic Airways outsources digital transformation to Tata Consultancy Services

  Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) outsources IT to Indian services giant Tata Consultancy Services as the airline creates digital services for customers

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals

  Microsoft Azure suffered more downtime than its main rivals in 2014, according to detailed analysis

• 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 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  IBM still a bellwether despite industry departure from traditional IT services

  Reports that IBM is reducing its offshore workforce are the result of cloud computing, automation and artificial intelligence