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IT services and outsourcing

• 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

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  IT fails to get a grip on shadow applications

  IT managers are unaware how much shadow IT is used by their business, the Cloud Security Alliance has warned

• 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

• 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

• 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?

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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