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IT services and outsourcing

  • January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

    Healthcare IT is a beneficial force, say doctors

    IT in the NHS has had a bad press in recent years as a result of the problems associated with the now defunct £12bn NHS National Programme for IT, but most doctors in England believe IT improves patient care.

  • January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

    Accenture bolsters public sector skills

    Services giant Accenture has recruited two former civil servants to its ranks to boost its UK and global public sector services capabilities.

  • January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

    Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

    A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.

  • January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

    Shell moves SAP maintenance to Accenture

    Oil giant Shell has transferred the management of its HR and payroll applications to Accenture as part of a multi-year SAP managed service.

  • January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12

    British Waterways Scotland signs £2.3m ICT deal

    British Waterways Scotland has signed a £2.3m deal with business technology company Amor Group to develop its ICT systems.

  • December 19, 2011 19 Dec'11

    Virtualisation technologies: hits and misses of 2011

    Amid a slew of virtualisation products and management suites that emerged in 2011, some products such as Spring platform impressed users, while others such as VMware MVP didn’t.