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IT services and outsourcing

• 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.

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• 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 ...

• August 19, 2009 19 Aug'09

  Gartner dispels concerns surrounding cloud computing services in India

  Diptarup Chakraborti, a principal research analyst at Gartner Inc., says fears related to cloud computing are overblown in India and shares his advice for IT departments that want to adopt cloud-based services.

• April 09, 2009 09 Apr'09

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• December 08, 2008 08 Dec'08

  Tens of thousands of IT jobs at risk in global finance sector

  The investment banking industry will see thousands of job cuts as mergers are completed and companies prepare for a slowdown in business.

• November 18, 2008 18 Nov'08

  Union calls for return of 4,000 offshored jobs

  Lloyds TSB Group Union will use the bank's extraordinary general meeting today to encourage shareholders to support the return of 4,000 jobs...

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  Midsized firms reach out to backup service providers

  Data growth and ever-tightening compliance rules are among the factors driving some organizations to turn to service providers for help with backups.

• May 03, 2006 03 May'06

  Shifting services back indoors

  Almost a quarter of blue chip firms in the UK are so disillusioned with outsourcing they are hauling their services back in-house.

• April 25, 2005 25 Apr'05

  Tight contract management vital, users told at SSRG debut

  The Strategic Supplier Relationships Group, which brings together 10 of the UK's most influential IT user groups, was formally...

• September 17, 2004 17 Sep'04

  Swansea strike battle to go to Acas

  Swansea Council and its striking IT staff are set to go to arbitration service Acas to settle a six-week dispute over a proposed...