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IT services and outsourcing
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January 08, 2015
08
Jan'15
Forrester: IT maintenance saps budget as tech spending increases
Technology spending is set to rise modestly, but the majority of IT spending will still go on maintaining existing systems
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December 19, 2014
19
Dec'14
Price cuts and posturing in the public cloud war
The price battle among commodity cloud players is set to rage on, but how much impact is it really having for enterprise customers?
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December 19, 2014
19
Dec'14
Digital technology to open up core banking market
The challenges of digital banking will open core banking software market to more suppliers as banks attempt to keep up
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December 19, 2014
19
Dec'14
Accenture and BT to battle for NHS email contract
The NHS has shortlisted two suppliers for its email system, with BT and Accenture still in the mix
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December 17, 2014
17
Dec'14
Cabinet Office begins procurement for next stage of Gov.uk Verify
The Cabinet Office has submitted a tender notice for a £150m three-year framework for the provision of identity assurance services
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December 17, 2014
17
Dec'14
US interception in the EU faces new legal challenges
US government orders against Microsoft to hand over email data 'infringes privacy legislation' in other countries
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December 11, 2014
11
Dec'14
DECC publishes annual report on delayed smart meter scheme
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published its annual report on the roll-out of smart electricity and gas meters
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December 11, 2014
11
Dec'14
CIO interview: Sarah Leslie, CIO, Iglo Foods Group
Sarah Leslie, CIO at Birds Eye manufacturer Iglo Foods Group, is focused on delivering simplified and standardised IT systems
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December 02, 2014
02
Dec'14
HP is ‘coming back strong’, says CEO Meg Whitman
At the HP Discover event in Barcelona, CEO Meg Whitman addressed the future for customers following HP's split into two businesses
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December 02, 2014
02
Dec'14
Danske Bank latest to take offshore IT in-house
Danske Bank is the latest company to transform its offshore IT strategy by setting up a captive centre in India next year
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December 01, 2014
01
Dec'14
ABN Amro re-signs IBM for 10-year, multibillion-euro IT contract
ABN Amro has extended its multibillion-euro outsourcing deal with IBM by another 10 years
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December 01, 2014
01
Dec'14
CIO interview: Kevin Cunnington, director general of digital transformation, DWP
Kevin Cunnington is responsible for making the Universal Credit IT system work - while leading the DWP's digital transformation
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November 28, 2014
28
Nov'14
CGI secures communications between pilots and air traffic control
Satellite communications firm Inmarsat has outsourced the provision of security IT and services to CGI
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November 27, 2014
27
Nov'14
How resilient is the public cloud?
The recent downtime that affected some Azure services following an update illustrates the precarious balance CIOs face in the cloud era
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November 26, 2014
26
Nov'14
HP results disappoint ahead of split
HP has announced disappointing fourth-quarter earnings ahead of the company’s planned split aimed at reversing its recent decline
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November 24, 2014
24
Nov'14
Mature Indian offshore IT services firms take larger chunk of market as US giants collapse
Indian IT services firms increased their share of UK private sector IT and BPO contracts from 4% to 25% in a five-year period
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November 24, 2014
24
Nov'14
Finance regulators overlook offshoring in RBS IT failure statements
UK financial services regulators made no mention of the role of offshored IT in the problems that led to the ₤56m fine for RBS
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November 21, 2014
21
Nov'14
EDF extends IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini
Utilities company EDF Energy has extended its IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini by another two years
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November 19, 2014
19
Nov'14
UK government failing to break large service providers’ dominance
Large UK service providers are strengthening their grip on the public sector purse, despite efforts by the government to contract to more suppliers
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November 18, 2014
18
Nov'14
Lufthansa confirms €1bn mega-outsourcing deal with IBM
German airline Lufthansa confirms seven-year outsourcing contract with IBM worth €1.25bn
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November 17, 2014
17
Nov'14
Can Microsoft change its spots?
Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft, the company has become steadily more open and cross-platform
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November 17, 2014
17
Nov'14
Tech Mahindra backs Milton Keynes smart city project
Tech Mahindra’s telco services wing to support development and deployment of smart city solutions and IoT sensor networks
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November 17, 2014
17
Nov'14
CIO success is all about winning friends and influencing people
If Gartner’s predictions are true, CIO working practices have to change to keep IT relevant
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November 14, 2014
14
Nov'14
Johnson & Johnson turns to AWS for hybrid cloud and borderless datacentre
Johnson & Johnson adopted Amazon Web Services to develop its hybrid IT strategy, its CTO told the AWS re:Invent 2014 conference
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November 13, 2014
13
Nov'14
AWS launches Aurora cloud-based relational database engine
AWS launches an open-source relational database engine called Aurora at its re:Invent 2014 cloud conference
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November 11, 2014
11
Nov'14
What to expect from AWS re:Invent 2014
Amazon is all set to unveil new services and features at its AWS re:Invent 2014
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November 11, 2014
11
Nov'14
Drinks maker Edrington outsources SAP enterprise resource planning operation to Atos
Glasgow-based distiller Edrington outsources its ERP development, support and hosting to IT services firm Atos
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November 11, 2014
11
Nov'14
Qantas puts Oracle ERP in the cloud with Tata Consultancy Services
Airline Qantas signs IT outsourcing services firm TCS to upgrade its Oracle ERP platform and move it into the cloud
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November 07, 2014
07
Nov'14
Ofcom launches initiative to plug SMEs' lack of confidence in communications services
Regulator Ofcom launches online portal to help business owners exploit commercial communications services
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November 07, 2014
07
Nov'14
Police forces use private cloud to access Holmes database
Police forces across the UK will access the Holmes major investigation system via a private cloud service
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November 06, 2014
06
Nov'14
ITN deploys wireless transmission technology for breaking news
ITN introduces camera-mounted wireless transmission technology from BT to track breaking news stories around London
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November 06, 2014
06
Nov'14
Southampton university fuels research with IBM Watson analytics
The University of Southampton has begun a far-reaching initiative to redefine the future of research powered by IBM Watson analytics
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November 05, 2014
05
Nov'14
CIO interview: Glenn Murphy, London & Capital
Asset-management firm London & Capital shifts its focus to systems that add business value, says CIO Glenn Murphy
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November 05, 2014
05
Nov'14
Interview: The IT powering animated movie-making
Video special effects require similar processing to oil and gas, but lack the budget, says head of technology at Illumination Mac Guff, Bruno Mahe
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November 04, 2014
04
Nov'14
Google joins enterprise cloud battle with additions to its cloud platform
Google made a raft of announcements at its GCP Live event, including enhancements to its networking stack and storage price drops
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October 30, 2014
30
Oct'14
Firms at serious risk of data loss through file sharing, study shows
Businesses are at serious risk of data loss and compliance violations due to risky file-sharing practices, a study has shown
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October 29, 2014
29
Oct'14
Home Office appeals against $300m Raytheon payment in e-Borders dispute
The Home Office has appealed against a decision to award $300m to Raytheon over the cancellation of its e-Borders contract
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October 29, 2014
29
Oct'14
Tackling bloatware in the age of cloud-based apps
Microsoft Office general manager Julia White on Office 365 security and making cloud apps easier for users
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October 29, 2014
29
Oct'14
HMRC to save £200m per year by scrapping Aspire outsourcing deal
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) expects to save over £200m a year by moving away from its Aspire IT outsourcing contract in June 2017
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October 27, 2014
27
Oct'14
Cloud providers rush to build European datacentres over data sovereignty
Cloud providers IBM and Google build datacentres in the EU as enterprises insist on keeping their data in Europe
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October 27, 2014
27
Oct'14
CIO interview: David Johnstone of Martin Currie Investment Management
The head of solutions management at the asset management firm discusses IT projects and the changing role of IT leaders
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October 23, 2014
23
Oct'14
BBC takes iPlayer video production to AWS cloud to beat bottleneck and storage woes
Having run Video Factory on AWS for over a year, BBC's Robert Shield explains how he overcame iPlayer bottleneck and availability challenges
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October 22, 2014
22
Oct'14
De Beers transforms global IT infrastructure in outsourcing deal with HCL
South African diamond company De Beers transforms its global IT infrastructure in an outsourcing deal with HCL enabling industrialised services
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October 17, 2014
17
Oct'14
Local government outsourcing shrinks workforce 35%
The number of staff directly employed by a fifth of local authorities will reduce 35% by 2020 as a result of outsourcing
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October 17, 2014
17
Oct'14
Google shares down on mixed third quarter results
Google's share price dipped around 3% in response to mixed financial results for the third quarter
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October 15, 2014
15
Oct'14
CIOs fear poor cloud investment is making businesses uncompetitive
CIOs and CFOs fear their enterprises are missing revenue opportunities due to poor cloud strategies
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October 10, 2014
10
Oct'14
Azure CTO Mark Russinovich's top ten public cloud security risks
Microsoft Azure cloud CTO Mark Russinovich identified ten key security risks of public cloud services
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October 10, 2014
10
Oct'14
Starbucks uses cloud to manage innovation and disruptive technologies
Starbucks coffee chain innovates IT strategies to hone its competitive edge using cloud services, says IT director Robert Teagle
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October 08, 2014
08
Oct'14
The challenges facing HP as it splits in two
HP is splitting its business in two - but it is a reaction to the changing way that businesses and consumers buy IT
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October 07, 2014
07
Oct'14
Engineering company rolls out talent management software across 17 countries
Meggitt is deploying cloud-based HR technology as it seeks to integrate 60 diverse business units into a multinational operation