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IT services and outsourcing

June 17, 2011 17 Jun'11
Most enterprises plan cloud move but data location concerns the bottleneck, says Dell

Most large enterprises are still only considering the cloud and less than a third are currently using cloud services, according to Dell.
June 16, 2011 16 Jun'11
NHS pays £200m advance to CSC as contract renegotiation nears conclusion

The NHS has paid £200m to troubled supplier CSC as an advance while awaiting the conclusion of discussions on amendments to the controversial deal.
June 09, 2011 09 Jun'11
Plan International moves global systems to SAP

International child welfare charity Plan International is rolling out SAP globally and in doing so is embarking on its first ever major application outsourcing project.
June 08, 2011 08 Jun'11
Open Data Center Alliance publishes IT user requirements for cloud services

The Open Data Center Alliance has published its first set of IT user requirements for cloud computing in a bid to accelerate adoption.

June 06, 2011 06 Jun'11
Outsourcing in the Ukraine: benefits and drawbacks

The Ukraine offers highly skilled IT specialists at a low cost for companies looking to develop projects within Europe. But while the honesty of its people appears to be a key selling point, problems of corruption and the possibility of social ...
June 06, 2011 06 Jun'11
Service providers battle to reduce carbon footprint as datacentres expand

IT service providers are united in their attempt to reduce carbon footprints on paper, with corporate targets to support them, but despite putting a lot of energy into the cause, their power consumption is rising, according to a major benchmarking ...
June 06, 2011 06 Jun'11
HP plans to offshore 200 DWP jobs as PCS union considers industrial action

Up to 200 IT jobs at the Department of Work and Pensions could be moved to India later this year by IT service provider HP.
May 19, 2011 19 May'11
Microsoft attempts to cement Azure values at TechEd Atlanta

"Cloud Power Delivered" is the subtitle of this year's Microsoft TechEd conference, held in Atlanta and attended by around 10,000 IT professionals and developers. Tim Anderson reports from the event.
May 18, 2011 18 May'11
Cognizant steps up business consultancy push in Europe

Cognizant is searching for someone to run its business consultancy operation in Europe as it attempts to emulate the growth rates of its IT services business.
May 18, 2011 18 May'11
Dell posts 177% profit boost after increasing enterprise sales

Dell has boosted profits by 177% since last year after increasing sales to enterprise customers.

May 18, 2011 18 May'11
Future of NHS National Programme for IT in critical condition following NAO report

The remaining NHS National Programme for IT could be scrapped entirely, as the project's aim to deliver electronic records for every patient has fallen far below expectations, according to a National Audit Office report.
May 17, 2011 17 May'11
Multinationals show growing interest in cloud computing, survey reveals

Multinational corporations have significantly increased their take-up of cloud services over the past year, research by analyst firm Ovum reveals.
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Banks create roadmap for IT outsourcing

Stability is returning after the recent economic meltdown and banks are leading the way with a new approach to IT outsourcing which could become a roadmap for other sectors to follow.
May 10, 2011 10 May'11
MPs told of flawed Oracle iSupplier project at Department of Work and Pensions

A flawed implementation of Oracle iSupplier at the Department of Work and Pensions has been highlighted in written evidence to MPs.
May 10, 2011 10 May'11
BT to become a public sector network service provider

BT Wholesale is set to become a key supplier to Government Conveyance Network services which will interconnect the Cabinet Office's Public Sector Network services.
May 10, 2011 10 May'11
Outsourcing contracts cost businesses more than expected, finds Lieberman survey

Most IT outsourcing contracts turn out more expensive for businesses than were initially anticipated.
May 04, 2011 04 May'11
Capita integrates hospital IT for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Pembury site

Capita has installed an integrated IT system to support an NHS Trust's move from two to one hospital.
April 27, 2011 27 Apr'11
HSBC Insurance works with IBM to solve Solvency II

HSBC Insurance in the UK is using IBM Global Services to support its European Solvency...
April 26, 2011 26 Apr'11
Global cloud market to reach $240bn by 2020

The global cloud market is set to explode in the next 10 years, growing from $40.7bn in 2011 to more than $241bn in 2020, according to Forrester Research.
April 21, 2011 21 Apr'11
National Archives scoops Queen’s Award for Enterprise

The National Archives has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise - the first public sector body to receive the gong in more than ten years.
April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11
Dell set to unveil cloud plans

Dell is due to make a global announcement later today, where it is expected to unveil its plans for cloud computing.
April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11
CSC to acquire troubled NHS supplier iSoft

IT services giant CSC has agreed to acquire troubled healthcare software firm iSoft after the latter suspended shares and put itself up for sale last week.
April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11
Exclusive interview: Deputy government CIO Bill McCluggage on the new government IT strategy

Bill McCluggage, deputy government CIO, talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about the changes in the government's new IT strategy.
March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11
Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better.
March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11
Marks & Spencer extends Cognizant outsourcing deal

UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has expanded its outsourcing relationship with offshore IT service provider Cognizant, which extends a deal signed in 2009.
March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11
MoJ signs £22m shared services deal with Accenture

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has signed a £22m contract with Accenture to implement shared services across its human resources, payroll, finance and procurement operations for the next five years.
March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11
European Commission clears Atos bid for Siemens IT

The European Commission has cleared the proposed €850m acquisition of Siemens' IT Solutions and Service (SIS) by French IT service provider Atos Origin.
March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11
DWP cancelled £300m Fujitsu deal over transition deadline failures

The decision by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to cancel a £300m desktop support deal with Fujitsu before it even began will lead many in the public sector to question some IT suppliers' ability to deliver on their sales pitch.
March 15, 2011 15 Mar'11
Department for Work and Pensions cancels £300m Fujitsu contract

The DWP cancelled its desktop support contract with Fujitsu before it passed to the supplier from incumbent HP.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud

The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it"
March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11
Government publishes first contract in transparency drive

The first contract to be published under the government's new transparency drive has been posted on BusinessLink's Contract Finder website.
March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11
Government losing billions by not moving to the cloud

The public sector could be making unnecessary redundancies due to a reluctance to innovate in IT and shift to the cloud, says former CIO John Suffolk
March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11
Government spends £9.4bn on top 10 most expensive ICT contracts

The government's top 10 most expensive IT contracts are worth a combined value of £9.44bn, Computer Weekly has found.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
IT services contracts spiked in final quarter of 2010

The total value of worldwide IT services contracts signed in the final three months of 2010 was 66% higher than the previous three months, according to research from Ovum.
February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11
Barclays offshores back-office and call centre jobs to India

Barclays is cutting almost three hundred UK back-office jobs and sending the roles to India.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
Interxion hits colocation sweet spot and sees market shares soar

Colocation provider Interxion recently made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange and saw its shares soar 18%; plus more news in brief.
January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11
Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company.
January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11
HP to offer enterprise cloud on demand

HP has unveiled its enterprise cloud service compute strategy, which will offer UK users computing on demand from its Wynyard datacentre.
January 20, 2011 20 Jan'11
Eli Lilly signs Cognizant deal

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has signed a multiyear deal with Cognizant to provide a range of business services
January 20, 2011 20 Jan'11
Carlsberg agrees probably its best outsourcing deal

Carlsberg has signed a five-year contract with Accenture for application services for its European brewery operations.
January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11
iGate acquires outsourcer Patni in deal worth $1.22bn

American IT services firm iGate has acquired Indian outsource company Patni in a deal worth $1.22 billion.

iGate said it would pay $921m to buy a 63%...
January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11
$21m acquisition of Immunet takes Sourcefire to the cloud

Snort creator Sourcefire has announced the $21m (£13.5m) acquisition of cloud-based anti-malware technologies firm Immunet.
January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11
TPI and Compass come together

The US owner of sourcing consultancy TPI has acquired Compass Management Consulting, to increase the transformational services it can offer.
January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11
BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.
December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10
Government shelves FiReControl

The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m.
December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10
FireControl project could be axed before Christmas

The government's controversial FireControl project could be flagged for review today. The Fire Brigade's Union (FBU) said it was expecting an announcement from fire minister Bob Neil later today, in which it hopes the project designed to reduce the ...
August 11, 2010 11 Aug'10
The six roles that drive successful business process transformation

CIOs must change how they approach BPM
July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10
NHS National Programme for IT set for major changes

The controversial £12bn NHS IT project looks set for an overhaul as a result of a major reorganisation of the health service
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Israel carves a niche in IT security

IT security, risk, governance, continuity and compliance technologies are fast becoming some of Israel's top exports.

Analysing and...
September 08, 2009 08 Sep'09
EDS v Sky: the most significant judgement in an IT case ever?

It is now about a year since the trial in the dispute between BSkyB and EDS drew to a close. At the time, judgment was expected within a couple of months. The absence of a judgment becomes more conspicuous by the day. We can surely expect a verdict ...