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IT outsourcing

December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12
Liam Maxwell named as first government chief technology officer

Liam Maxwell becomes the first Whitehall CTO, in the latest stage of a major shake-up of the government IT leadership organisation
December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12
Low-level tasks eat up 30% of IT departments' time, report reveals

IT departments spend 30% of their time carrying out basic tasks and are growing frustrated with the lack of time available to focus on transformational work
December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12
MPs call for wider promotion of mutuals beyond Whitehall

Mutuals need to be effectively promoted across the whole public sector, not just Whitehall, say MPs
November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12
Capita set to win £1.7bn Staffordshire outsourcing deal

Capita has been named preferred bidder in an educational support services joint venture with Staffordshire County Council, in a deal worth £1.7bn over 20 years.

November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12
Cloud computing IT outsourcing contracts triple

Global IT outsourcing deals with a cloud computing element have tripled in number since 2010, according to Information Services Group (ISG)
November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12
Government wants suppliers to reveal UK taxes

Government officials are considering the viability of ordering suppliers bidding for contracts to disclose the tax they pay relative to UK sales
November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12
London Stock Exchange technology sales up

The growth of the London Stock Exchange’s MillenniumIT software has outstripped the wider business, with a 19% increase in sales of its trading software
November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12
Capgemini reduces consultancy charges

Capgemini has lowered pricing in its consulting and local professional services businesses, according to its latest quarter results.
October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12
Cloud HR pivotal to Direct Line share offering

Cloud HR proved pivotal to insurance group Direct Line separating from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) before it launched on the stock market
October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12
UK public sector contracts keep Atos Origin Q3 results buoyant

Large public sector contracts buoy IT services company Atos Origin, which has reported double-digit growth in the UK for its third quarter

October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12
CSC struggling to make a profit from Royal Mail outsourcing deal

CSC has stemmed losses in its 10-year outsourcing deal with Royal Mail through job cuts, tax breaks and relief payments, according to accounts
October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12
CIO interview: Frank Modruson, Accenture

Accenture’s CIO Frank Modruson on providing IT to 250,000 people who think they could do your job and why video is the next big thing
October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12
Case study: Syngenta multi-sourcing key to business growth

Agri-business giant Syngenta has put multi-sourced IT at the heart of its ambitious plan to double its revenues in the next 8 years
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Edinburgh Airport outsources IT infrastructure

Edinburgh Airport’s new owner plans to grow the business, with a multi-million pound IT outsourcing deal the first of many investments
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Meg Whitman unveils HP turnaround plan

HP CEO Meg Whitman has unveiled a five-year plan for the troubled enterprise, admitting the turnaround would take longer than expected
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
Rolls-Royce signs outsourcing deal with HP

Rolls-Royce has awarded a five-year contract to HP to host its applications, as part of the company’s multi-vendor IT strategy.
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
How agile is Universal Credit?

The DWP claims the IT for its flagship Universal Credit project is developed using agile principles. But how agile is a seven-year £2.2bn project?
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
Fujitsu blacklisting part of tighter government policy

Government policy flags up suppliers that perform poorly but, with so few, how far can government practically address failed outsourcing contracts?
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
E.ON outsources applications to Capgemini

Utility giant E.ON has outsourced application services to Capgemini as part of a five-year restructure of its IT services in a deal worth about €50m
September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12
Cabinet Office blacklists Fujitsu from government IT contract tenders

The Cabinet Office has banned Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for public sector IT contracts as they constitute too high a risk
September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12
Bank of England hires 145 IT staff for Prudential Regulatory Authority

The Bank of England is to hire 145 IT staff for its new financial services regulatory body, the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA)
September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12
NHS claws back £1bn as CSC negotiations come to an end

The Department of Health claws back £1bn from CSC as negotiations with the troubled supplier come to an end.
August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12
How did EDS lose $8bn in value in four years?

HP is writing off $8bn after the drop in value of EDS, which was acquired in 2008 - how did the outsourcing business fall so far so fast?
August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12
SCC becomes first supplier to win G-Cloud security accreditation

IT infrastructure company SCC has become the first supplier on the government’s CloudStore to win pan-government security accreditation.
August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12
Interview: David Weymouth, operations director at RSA

David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the key changes affecting finance technology, and why government intervention to force an overhaul of banks’ IT systems would not work
August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12
The Olympics in technology stats

Computer Weekly takes a look at how we experienced “the most connected Games ever” with our round-up of key technology stats
August 09, 2012 09 Aug'12
NHS sees £100m reduction in exposure to CSC contracts

The Department for Health’s financial exposure to its contracts with troubled supplier CSC have decreased by £100m in just three months.
August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12
Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate
August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12
Atos and Capita win £540m in controversial DWP disabilities testing contract

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed by disabled charities for awarding £540m in contracts to Atos and Capita to test the eligibility of disabled people receiving benefits.
July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Interview: Denise McDonagh, government G-cloud director

Denise McDonagh talks about the challenges of the G-cloud programme and how the government is reducing dependence on large outsourcers.
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
UK public sector sales drive Steria growth

French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales.
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
CGI sees profits fall 30% amid Logica takeover

CGI, the Canadian IT firm that is acquiring UK outsourcer Logica, has announced a fall in net income of 30% following the takeover announcement.
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Customers urged to boycott CSC over CIA 'torture flights'

CSC customers are being urged to boycott the supplier over allegations that it took part in illegal CIA rendition flights in the US "war on terror"
July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12
Eurozone crisis hits IT outsourcing

IT outsourcing contract values hit their lowest in five years as fears over the stability of the Euro restrain European business spending
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Businesses outsource IT for reasons other than cost

Cost-cutting is diminishing in importance as a reason to outsource IT, according to research of 630 contracts worth £14bn carried out by KPMG
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
London 2012 Olympic Games IT enters final test

The Atos team controlling the IT for the London 2012 Olympic Games are recreating the environment for a final test before systems go live
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Indian IT services firm Infosys opens UK apprenticeship scheme

Indian IT services firm Infosys is to offer UK apprenticeship places with the National Apprenticeship Scheme (NAS) over the next five years
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
How global recruitment company runs IT with one in-house worker

Recruitment services company Alexander Mann Solutions is harnessing cloud computing and expanding nearshore IT services to support a one-man internal IT department.
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
G-Cloud cost £4.93m to set up, says Maude

The government’s G-Cloud programme and CloudStore cost £4.93m to set up, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said in response to a parliamentary question.
April 30, 2012 30 Apr'12
Government launches MyCSP mutual project

The government has launched the first of a planned series of mutuals which take public services and split the ownership between government, staff and private sector.
April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12
Outsourcing in the UK slows down in early 2012

Outsourcing in the UK has slowed considerably in the first three months of 2012 with the value of contracts signed falling well below last year.
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
HP losing grip of EDS’s Ministry of Defence contract

HP’s grip on a flagship Ministry of Defence contract could be weakening after CSC took over a key outsourcing deal.
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
Atos completes first live software rehearsal for London 2012 Olympics

Atos has completed the first live rehearsal of IT, communications, media, sports and security systems for the London 2012 Olympics
April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12
How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes
April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12
UK business fears impact of new EU data protection framework

More than half of senior UK IT managers in large enterprises believe the proposed new EU data protection framework will cost their business more money, a survey has revealed
March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12
Retail and insurance lead two-speed IT spending

More IT-based businesses are starting with greater investment in IT after the slowdown, but with lopsided demand as businesses increase spending at different rates
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
Department for Work and Pensions outsources IT for universal credit welfare to India

The government is outsourcing IT development for the universal credit welfare programme to India despite promises to keep data projects in the UK
March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12
EDF signs £100m datacentre deal with Atos

Energy company EDF has signed a £100m 10-year deal with outsourcing provider Atos for datacentre services
March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12
Capgemini takes on Rolls Royce service integration role

Rolls Royce has awarded Capgemini a contract to manage its new multi-sourced strategy as it moves away from sourcing everything from HP.