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IT services and outsourcing

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  CGI sees profits fall 30% amid Logica takeover

  CGI, the Canadian IT firm that is acquiring UK outsourcer Logica, has announced a fall in net income of 30% following the takeover announcement.

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Facebook share price falls after Q2 results announcement

  Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trading on the NYSE to a record low of $23.94 after announcing second quarter financial results

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Customers urged to boycott CSC over CIA 'torture flights'

  CSC customers are being urged to boycott the supplier over allegations that it took part in illegal CIA rendition flights in the US "war on terror"

• July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12

  Eurozone crisis hits IT outsourcing

  IT outsourcing contract values hit their lowest in five years as fears over the stability of the Euro restrain European business spending

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Businesses outsource IT for reasons other than cost

  Cost-cutting is diminishing in importance as a reason to outsource IT, according to research of 630 contracts worth £14bn carried out by KPMG

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Skype works to fix privacy bug as instant messages leak

  Internet telephony service Skype has confirmed that a bug in its software has been sending copies of instant messages to unintended recipients

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Olympics media centre set to become datacentre

  The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the London 2012 Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Facebook and Yahoo end patent battle with advertising partnership deal

  Yahoo announces end to four-month Facebook patent battle with advertising partnership after Ross Levinsohn takes Yahoo CEO job

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Microsoft Office 365 for Education free for teachers

  Microsoft launches Office 365 for Education, as Scottish Government commits to using the free cloud productivity suite.

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

  Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science

• June 15, 2012 15 Jun'12

  IT pros offer up their own cloud computing definitions

  IT pros’ definition of cloud computing ranges from “a multi-tenant IT solution” to “virtualisation of virtualisation”. Here are a few from the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012.

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

  Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Shop Direct deploys software to automate business processes

  Online shopping giant Shop Direct has deployed software to automate business processes without eating into the IT department’s busy timetable

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Cloud a game-changer for SMEs, says the Open Group

  Cloud computing has huge potential for SMEs, but they need to look before they leap, says IT consortium the Open Group

• June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12

  2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

  Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security?

• June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12

  UK technology sector gets financial support

  A US hi-tech investment bank with $20bn in assets has opened its first UK branch offering banking and loan services to the technology industry

• June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12

  eHarmony, Last.fm join LinkedIn with password leaks

  Online dating site eHarmony and Last.fm have joined LinkedIn with password leaks, as hackers focus on social networks

• June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12

  Apple faces £1.43m fine in Australian 4G iPad case

  Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog

• June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12

  Microsoft launches support for Linux on Windows Azure

  Microsoft’s cloud platform Windows Azure now supports Linux-based operating systems and languages such as Python and PHP. It includes IaaS capabilities to build hybrid cloud.

• June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12

  Nasdaq offers $40m compensation for Facebook confusion

  The Nasdaq stock exchange in New York is to pay $40m compensation for technical problems that caused confusion on Facebook's first day of share trading

• May 30, 2012 30 May'12

  Inadequate financial reporting holds firms back

  Businesses admit difficulties in controlling data quality when reporting financial results as finance executives complain of stress as a result

• May 22, 2012 22 May'12

  Facebook shares drop over 10% in second day of trade

  Facebook shares have fallen below the initial public offering price of $38 in their second day of trading in New York

• May 17, 2012 17 May'12

  VMware updates vFabric Suite for cloud automation: News roundup

  VMware ‘s launch of vFabric Suite 5.1 for cloud automation, Equinix’s acquisition of a colo service provider and UK SMEs’ cloud adoption are this week’s highlights.

• May 16, 2012 16 May'12

  London 2012 Olympic Games IT enters final test

  The Atos team controlling the IT for the London 2012 Olympic Games are recreating the environment for a final test before systems go live

• May 14, 2012 14 May'12

  Huawei wins managed services contract for O2 network

  Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is hired by O2 parent Telefónica to plan and maintain its mobile network in the UK

• May 09, 2012 09 May'12

  Indian IT services firm Infosys opens UK apprenticeship scheme

  Indian IT services firm Infosys is to offer UK apprenticeship places with the National Apprenticeship Scheme (NAS) over the next five years

• May 01, 2012 01 May'12

  How global recruitment company runs IT with one in-house worker

  Recruitment services company Alexander Mann Solutions is harnessing cloud computing and expanding nearshore IT services to support a one-man internal IT department.

• May 01, 2012 01 May'12

  G-Cloud cost £4.93m to set up, says Maude

  The government’s G-Cloud programme and CloudStore cost £4.93m to set up, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said in response to a parliamentary question.

• April 30, 2012 30 Apr'12

  Government launches MyCSP mutual project

  The government has launched the first of a planned series of mutuals which take public services and split the ownership between government, staff and private sector.

• April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12

  Amazon results demonstrate commitment to cloud

  Amazon's AWS cloud business made $500m in sales in the first quarter of 2012, comprising 3.79% of Amazon's Q1 business

• April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12

  Infosec 2012: Cloud enables security expertise for SME

  Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) typically face the same threats as bigger organisations, but lack the same level of expertise and other security resources.

• April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12

  Outsourcing in the UK slows down in early 2012

  Outsourcing in the UK has slowed considerably in the first three months of 2012 with the value of contracts signed falling well below last year.

• April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12

  HP losing grip of EDS’s Ministry of Defence contract

  HP’s grip on a flagship Ministry of Defence contract could be weakening after CSC took over a key outsourcing deal.

• April 10, 2012 10 Apr'12

  Free tool measures how 'green' your data centre is: News roundup

  A free tool to measure data centre energy efficiency; Citrix’s open cloud strategy with its CloudStack platform and Dell’s acquisition of Wyse are this week’s news highlights.

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Atos completes first live software rehearsal for London 2012 Olympics

  Atos has completed the first live rehearsal of IT, communications, media, sports and security systems for the London 2012 Olympics

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war

  Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

  The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes

• April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12

  UK business fears impact of new EU data protection framework

  More than half of senior UK IT managers in large enterprises believe the proposed new EU data protection framework will cost their business more money, a survey has revealed

• March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12

  Retail and insurance lead two-speed IT spending

  More IT-based businesses are starting with greater investment in IT after the slowdown, but with lopsided demand as businesses increase spending at different rates

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  Yahoo investors still unhappy despite board appointments

  Yahoo has appointed three directors to its board in a bid to turn the struggling internet company around and increase shareholder value

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  Department for Work and Pensions outsources IT for universal credit welfare to India

  The government is outsourcing IT development for the universal credit welfare programme to India despite promises to keep data projects in the UK

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  Information management: lessons from the public sector

  Freeform Dynamics identifies the lessons organisations can learn from the public sector's approach to information management

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  Google Chrome more popular than Microsoft Internet Explorer

  Google Chrome use overtook Microsoft Internet Explorer last weekend, according to figures from web analytics company StatCounter

• March 22, 2012 22 Mar'12

  O2 automation cuts offshore dependence and saves millions

  O2 is automating business processes to reduce the cost of back office operations and cut its reliance on offshore recruitment

• March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12

  EDF signs £100m datacentre deal with Atos

  Energy company EDF has signed a £100m 10-year deal with outsourcing provider Atos for datacentre services

• March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12

  Capgemini takes on Rolls Royce service integration role

  Rolls Royce has awarded Capgemini a contract to manage its new multi-sourced strategy as it moves away from sourcing everything from HP.

• March 12, 2012 12 Mar'12

  Cloud and big data to drive BPO benefits

  Cloud computing and business analytics are set to inject new life into the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.

• March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12

  Systems integrators 'charge more in paperwork than SMEs do in delivery’

  A systems integrator asked for more money from the government for an IT product proposal than an SME was able to deliver the actual service for.

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  SAP boosts ByDesign ecosystem to support small business customisation

  SAP is rolling out a partner programme for its ByDesign cloud-based product, to simplify implementation in SMEs

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  Yahoo plans another round of job cuts

  Yahoo is planning another round of redundancies as it continues to struggle with competition from rivals Google and Facebook