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IT services and outsourcing

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection

  British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Volvo Group sells Swedish external IT to Indian supplier HCL Technologies

  Vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group is selling some of its IT operation in Sweden to Indian supplier HCL

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Outsourcing renewals: Where do I source services?

  With thousands of IT services contracts coming up for renewal, CIOs should take a careful look at where they source services from

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Kent signs £23m digital services contract with Agilisys

  Agilisys to manage Kent County Council's digital services and customer contact in a six-year contract

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Nationwide Building Society outsources IT infrastructure

  Nationwide has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Capgemini for the next five years to bring it up to date for the digital age

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Google offers free cloud apps to encourage Office 365 users to ditch Microsoft

  Google ups ante in ongoing war to dethrone Microsoft as the enterprise's preferred provider of cloud-based productivity tools

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Philips uses AWS and IoT to deliver healthcare in the home

  Philips plans to make it easier for patients to self-monitor their health using Amazon web services (AWS) cloud and the internet of things (IoT) technologies

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  HMRC VAT rules cut cloud costs by 20% for NHS and government departments

  An HMRC ruling on reclaiming tax on cloud services could drive up the use of off-premise technologies in the public sector

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud

  Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  ServiceNow powers Royal Mail multi-sourcing

  As part of its £500m IT transformation, Royal Mail has deployed ServiceNow to manage new suppliers

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Olivier Smith, head of IT at Sweden's Hi3G Access

  The IT department at Swedish telco Hi3G is on a mission to a utopian planet, with Olivier Smith at the controls

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  GDS payments platform Gov.uk Pay to start taking real payments

  GDS launches beta version of payment system that aims to provide standardised electronic payments for public services

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  TfL appoints 12 companies for IT systems framework

  Capita, CSC, Atos and CGI are among the firms on TfL’s IT systems framework contract, which is worth between £80m and £95m

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  VMware reacts to the cloud and containerisation

  At VMworld Europe, VMware restates products and roadmap visions that see it react to the perceived inevitability of the cloud, while also getting a grip on containers

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Finnair selects IBM for cloud transformation

  Finnish airline outsources IT transformation to IBM as it moves to introduce digital services to customers

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Gloucester City Council extends Civica IT outsourcing deal

  The council’s outsourcing deal with Civica will not end until October 2021, as it signs a three-year extension contract

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Ford uses space robot communications to serve connected cars

  Ford collaborates with St Petersburg State Polytechnic University in Russia to develop car communications using technology designed for space robotics

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Hundreds of Evry staff in the Nordics to move to IBM in billion-dollar IT outsourcing deal

  Around 600 Evry staff in the Nordics are to move to IBM in $1bn IT outsourcing deal that sees the firm hand over its IT infrastructure for the next 10 years

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Workday seeks growth, not profit, as it expands in Europe

  Cloud services company Workday is setting its sights on growth as it expands from cloud HR, to finance, learning and analytics

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  DVLA brings IT back in-house after decades of outsourcing

  After the DVLA's two-year project to bring its IT back in-house, its outsourcing strategy – set up during the Thatcher years – came to an end in September 2015

• October 03, 2015 03 Oct'15

  What to consider when IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal

  Outsourcing contracts worth billions of pounds come up for renewal over the next few years – but unprecedented industry change complicates the CIO's decision

• October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15

  IT added to list of essential services to protect insolvent companies

  Changes to legislation mean IT suppliers can no longer switch off services when a customer in financial trouble is unable to pay

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  JLab’s 2015 startups explain how the accelerator has helped them

  Finalists of the John Lewis JLab accelerator explain what experience they have gained on the programme

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Free energy from radio waves could power the internet of things

  A pocket-sized pollution monitor is one of the first applications to use free energy from Wi-Fi and mobile phone signals

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Accenture spends €25m on European centre in Dublin

  Accenture will open a European technology hub in Dublin that will recruit 200 people and focus on modern technologies

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Universal Credit digital service moves into the cloud

  New system under trial in south London has been migrated to an IaaS platform ready for further roll-out

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement

  European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  CIO interview: Daniel Marion, head of ICT at Uefa

  Football might be Uefa's core business, but without IT and the cloud that underpins it, the company's commercial activities would not function

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  Apple's Irish datacentre build hit by possible planning permission appeal delay

  A "valid appeal" has reportedly been raised in response to Galway County Council's decision to grant conditional planning permission for Apple's Irish datacentre build

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Government Digital Service readies for change as its chief Mike Bracken prepares to leave

  GDS is setting up executive training for senior civil servants and looking to work closely with departments to continue the digital transformation of Whitehall

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  BT platforms streamline UCC deployments for Microsoft and Cisco users

  BT introduces new cloud unified comms and collaboration clouds to support Microsoft and Cisco environments

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Telcos could help drive cloud services into SMEs, says report

  A study commissioned by cloud services marketplaces provider BCSG says telcos are a natural route to market for SME cloud services

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Worldwide Skype outage finally fixed

  Microsoft-owned messaging service's technical difficulties have now been resolved, after users flooded social networking sites with downtime reports

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  DVLA looking for new CIO after completing major insourcing project

  The DVLA is looking for a new CIO as incumbent Iain Patterson completes major insourcing projects and moves back to Cabinet Office

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  MPs launch inquiry into the UK's digital economy

  Business, Innovation and Skills Committee investigation will examine the challenges facing digital industries

• September 16, 2015 16 Sep'15

  Defence minister Michael Fallon promises increased MOD spending with SMEs

  Opening up the Ministry of Defence (MOD) supply chain to access SME innovation is vital to meet its technology needs, says secretary for defence Michael Fallon

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  Organisations in Asean countries adopt hybrid cloud approach

  While developed economies such as Singapore are emulating the rapid take-up of other Asian nations, many other Asean organsiations are taking longer

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  Tennis governing body ATP outsources digital development

  The men's world tennis governing body, the ATP, signs Infosys to help it use digital technology to better engage fans and players

• September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15

  UK CIOs lament lack of IT support for cloud services

  Research from ElasticHosts suggests most cloud users are unhappy with the level of tech support they receive from their providers

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Many firms not getting to grips with third-party data security risk

  Supply chain data security risk is pervasive, but being unable to deal with it is down to basic failings, says a cyber risk expert

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  Cloud storage service Wuala to close in November

  Seagate-owned cloud storage player confirms its closure and gives users three months' notice to remove their data from its servers

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  IaaS providers pin hopes on spending cut reprieve for G-Cloud 7

  G-Cloud suppliers are calling on the government to step up, rather than scale back, investment in the framework as spending cuts loom

• August 17, 2015 17 Aug'15

  Netflix shuts down final datacentre to go all-in on public cloud

  Netflix is gearing up for the closure of its final datacentre, as it makes good on its earlier pledge to move more of its IT infrastructure to the public cloud

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Hootsuite moves social media management toolkit to IBM Softlayer cloud

  Social media management dashboard maker shifts App Directory to IBM cloud

• August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15

  Autoglass moves to cloud-based IT infrastructure

  Autoglass has signed a 10-year outsourcing deal with US supplier CSC that will see its IT infrastructure move into the cloud

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  HMRC to transfer 250 Capgemini staff in-house ready for Aspire contract end

  HMRC’s Aspire outsourcing contract will be replaced by slowly bringing staff in-house to give the department more control over IT

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  Court rules Tata Consultancy Services did not discriminate against UK man

  After a year of legal wranglings, a UK tribunal has ruled that Indian IT service provider TCS did not discriminate against a UK man seeking employment with it

• 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

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  HMRC explains plans for moving tax systems to the cloud

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) reveals more details of its plan to move tax systems into the cloud on its digital blog

• 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