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IT services and outsourcing

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  Microsoft's Nano Server: What to expect from this leaner, meaner Windows Server

  With Microsoft reportedly set to announce a stripped-back version of Windows Server, what can IT leaders expect to see?

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  Women have a big part to play in the future of the fintech industry

  International Women’s Day sparks debate around the lack of females holding board-level positions in the fintech sector and elsewhere

• 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

  BIS sets out to assist development of digital sharing economy

  The government has set out a number of proposals to assist in the development of the £9bn trade body Sharing Economy UK

• 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 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Government creates Crown Hosting venture with Ark Data Centres

  Cabinet Office signs seven-year joint venture agreement with Ark Data Centres to create Crown Hosting Service

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Ford drives connected car journey with Microsoft Azure

  The Microsoft Azure cloud will be used to power Ford's new software delivery and vehicle monitoring service

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Red Nose Day 2015: How Comic Relief used cloud to bank a record £78m

  Comic Relief CTO Zenon Hannick explains how the charity used cloud to process a record number of donations during Red Nose Day 2015

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Satya Nadella: Every business will be a software business

  Digitisation may the buzzword business leaders are trying to grasp, but Microsoft has begun its journey to build a digitisation product portfolio

• 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 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  Lookout bets on big data analytics to secure enterprise mobiles

  Mobile security SaaS provider Lookout is betting on its cloud-based big data analytics capability to attract enterprise customers

• March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15

  Microsoft Azure brings success for McDonald's Sweden

  McDonald's Sweden's Microsoft Azure system is named best-in-class across the fast food organisation's global operation

• March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15

  Tieto’s Taneli Tikka brings startup drive to industrial internet business

  Taneli Tikka has an unusual job description as the head of industrial internet at Tieto Corporation

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  US cyber crime indictment prompts calls for zero tolerance

  A newly-revealed US indictment of three suspected cyber criminals has prompted a call for zero tolerance for cyber intrusions

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Sharing Economy UK launched to champion digital businesses

  New trade body brings together digital businesses that encourage consumer and business asset-sharing, such as Airbnb and ZipCar

• 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

  CIO interview: Connected cars set CIO agenda at Volvo

  IT has always tried to align with the business, but for Klas Bendrik, group CIO at Volvo Cars, it seems business has aligned with IT

• 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 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

  Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers

• February 20, 2015 20 Feb'15

  BlackBerry 10.3.1 review: Access Android apps and Blend

  BlackBerry has finally released version 10.3.1 of its mobile operating system, which gives access to the Amazon Android app store

• 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 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  WCIT mentors support tech entrepreneurialism

  WCIT members focus on mentoring tech startups and encouraging more entrepreneurialism

• 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 11, 2015 11 Feb'15

  General election 2015: Major parties focus on tech agenda

  With advancements around data protection and state surveillance of internet traffic, the UK is heading into its first tech-aware general election

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  UK tech firms confident of 11% growth in 2015

  Barclay’s Fast Growth Tech survey reveals tech firms predict growth four times higher than country’s GDP forecast

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Symantec continues cloud investment in spite of poor Q3 results

  Symantec has reported third quarter 2015 revenue of $1.64bn, a drop of 4% compared with $1.70bn over the same period in 2014

• 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 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  Newport to get resilient fibre ring for community safety projects

  As part of a wide-reaching regeneration plan, Newport City Council deploys resilient fibre optic network to support community safety

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  National Grid uses IBM to add predictive maintenance capabilities

  National Grid is using cloud-based analytics powered by IBM SoftLayer to provide preventative maintenance

• 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

  Gandalf to become the Speaking Clock

  BT reveals it has engaged the services of actor Ian McKellen to be the voice of the Speaking Clock for Comic Relief

• 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 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  IT sector outdoing rest of economy despite rise in IT supplier insolvencies

  Insolvencies among information and communication suppliers increase by a fifth as the economy continues to pull out of recession

• January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15

  Scotland sees startup growth, but Wales lags behind

  Scotland’s technology sector has seen a large growth in startup companies since 2009

• January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15

  Microsoft gets a step closer to Office everywhere with Office on Android

  Microsoft has released a preview version of Office for Android, almost 10 months after the iPad version was released

• 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 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

  IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship management

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Amatis Networks waves goodbye to LUN woes and deploys Tintri hybrid flash

  Managed service provider Amatis Networks deploys Tintri hybrid flash to slash latency and cut time-consuming LUN storage management overheads

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  John Lewis to trial location technology for click and collect

  John Lewis plans to trial a micro-location technology to improve its click and collect service