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April 16, 2014
16
Apr'14
Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy
Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology
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April 15, 2014
15
Apr'14
IT outsourcing increases at fastest rate since 2010
The number and value of IT outsourcing deals in Europe in the first three months of 2014 grew at the fastest rate for four years
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April 10, 2014
10
Apr'14
BT and Microsoft to offer secure fast lane to Azure cloud
Microsoft’s UK cloud chief hails service as critical step in supporting CEO Satya Nadella’s ambitious plans for global cloud dominance
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April 09, 2014
09
Apr'14
Caravan Club moves to cloud to support growth plan
The Caravan Club is in the process of moving to a private cloud after outsourcing parts of its IT to T-Systems to support growth plans
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April 08, 2014
08
Apr'14
UK cloud pioneer scores world first with true utility pricing
ElasticHosts steals a march on Google, Amazon and Microsoft by billing on the basis of actual consumption of resources
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April 08, 2014
08
Apr'14
Crown Hosting Service kicks off with £70m procurement project
The Cabinet Office has started procurement for the new Crown Hosting Service to centralise datacentre hosting across central government
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April 08, 2014
08
Apr'14
Steria and Sopra will merge to tap digital opportunities
French IT services companies Steria and Sopra will merge to compete in a sector that is being transformed by the digitalisation of business
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April 08, 2014
08
Apr'14
Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe
Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle
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April 07, 2014
07
Apr'14
The problem with regional clouds
The clamour to keep clouds closer to home could lead to internet restrictions, fragmentation and a slowdown in the movement of data
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April 03, 2014
03
Apr'14
Competition from FinTech startups keeps big suppliers on their toes
Big suppliers in the financial technology space are becoming more agile because of the competition from startup technology companies
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April 02, 2014
02
Apr'14
CIO interview: Andrew Marks, Tullow Oil
How speeding up seismic data transfer between African oil fields and a Dublin datacentre helps the London-based oil exploration company save millions
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April 02, 2014
02
Apr'14
Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate
HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist
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March 28, 2014
28
Mar'14
Google throws down cloud gauntlet with massive price cuts
Automatic discounts for sustained use bring true utility computing a step closer and could help Google close the gap on Amazon Web Services
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March 27, 2014
27
Mar'14
Atos pays “substantial financial settlement” for DWP contract release
Atos Healthcare paid a substantial amount of money to be released early from the controversial disability testing contract with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) 18 months before it was due to end
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March 27, 2014
27
Mar'14
Will Cisco’s $1bn Intercloud bridge the way for enterprise customers?
The networking giant’s bid to build an open, hybrid cloud ecosystem could be good news for buyers - but analysts say its vision needs more clarity
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March 26, 2014
26
Mar'14
Asia Pacific ranked badly by Gartner on privacy and security for offshore IT
Gartner research of nine countries in Asia Pacific for offshore IT delivery rated all of them either ‘poor’ or ‘fair’ on the data/IP security and privacy criterion
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March 26, 2014
26
Mar'14
TechUK criticises OFT's reporting of IT cartel accusations
TechUK criticises a report from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleging anti-competitive behaviour and collusion between public sector IT suppliers
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March 25, 2014
25
Mar'14
OFT tells government how to improve IT procurement
The public sector is changing the way it buys IT but there is scope for improvement, says findings of an investigation by Office of Fair Trading
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March 24, 2014
24
Mar'14
Lincolnshire County Council outsources to Serco
Lincolnshire County Council has agreed to outsource services including IT to Serco in five-year deal worth £70m and will next month embark on a 12-month transition from its existing supplier
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March 21, 2014
21
Mar'14
EU project aims to boost urban datacentre efficiency
GreenDataNet consortium will develop smart, open-source technologies to stop smart cities grinding to a halt amid rocketing energy demands
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March 21, 2014
21
Mar'14
Lack of social media archiving creates legal minefield
Through social media, businesses are creating vast amounts of uncontrolled content and risk legal action because of inadequate archiving and eDiscovery systems
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March 19, 2014
19
Mar'14
CIOs to rip up outsourcing rule book
Almost three-quarters of CIOs will change their IT outsourcing relationships in the next three years
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March 19, 2014
19
Mar'14
Interview: Francisco D’Souza. How do established IT suppliers keep growing?
The last few years has seen IT budgets decimated and as a result IT suppliers have been forced to change their business models. The emergence of the digital world and globalisation are just two trends shaping the future of IT services
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March 18, 2014
18
Mar'14
Case study: University of St Andrews squeezes green datacentre into squash court
University of St Andrews CIO Steve Watt tells how the 600-year-old institution squeezed an energy-efficient datacentre into a squash court
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March 18, 2014
18
Mar'14
Global taskforce agrees on green datacentre metric
DCeP hopes to win widespread support as a useful and meaningful standard for measuring datacentre efficiency
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March 14, 2014
14
Mar'14
Work service providers to gain greater analytics value
Organisations buying business process optimisation services are keen to make the most of data analytics.
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March 14, 2014
14
Mar'14
Government failing to manage contractors, say MPs
The government is failing to manage its outsourcers, who must be more ethical in their practices, according to the Public Accounts Committee
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March 13, 2014
13
Mar'14
CIO Interview: Ian Turfrey, City & Guilds
The IT chief of vocational training body City & Guilds is generally positive about cloud computing – with some key qualifications
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March 13, 2014
13
Mar'14
How to slash the cost of big data analytics
Darren Robertson, digital communications officer at Action for Children, believes hunger for knowledge and insight could revolutionise charities
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March 13, 2014
13
Mar'14
Why HR departments need to hire IT specialists
Technology will fundamentally change the way people work, says psychology professor
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March 11, 2014
11
Mar'14
London South Bank University: modelling tomorrow's cleaner, greener datacentres
How London South Bank University (LSBU) meets the IT industry's rising demand for research into building more energy-efficient datacentres
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March 11, 2014
11
Mar'14
Bank of Ireland outsources technology
The Bank of Ireland is outsourcing its IT operation to Accenture in a move that will affect 200 staff
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March 10, 2014
10
Mar'14
Hammersmith & Fulham Council updates desktops to support flexible working
Hammersmith & Fulham council is using Colt's Workspace as a Service to support more than 2,000 virtual desktop users based on VMware’s Horizon Suite.
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March 05, 2014
05
Mar'14
Many greenfield sites available for IT outsourcing
IT outsourcing is a mature industry, but there are still a lot of first-time outsourcers coming to the party during a period of significant change
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March 04, 2014
04
Mar'14
Netflix shows how to get cloud rolling
Streaming movie giant’s former cloud architect reveals how to dramatically speed up processes and shorten product development cycles
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March 03, 2014
03
Mar'14
BASF sells IT services arm to Tech Mahindra
European chemicals giant BASF has sold its IT services business to Tech Mahindra, with 60 employees to transfer to the Indian services firm
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March 03, 2014
03
Mar'14
Why cloud's not reigning in the enterprise
Lack of business-focused offerings from suppliers and misguided private cloud projects are stifling progress, say Cloud Expo speakers
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February 26, 2014
26
Feb'14
Dragon tells cloud businesses to focus on service
Outsourcery boss Piers Linney warns cloud providers that collaboration and investment are key to the industry’s future success
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February 25, 2014
25
Feb'14
Carillion outsources BPO and IT in ten-year deal
Construction giant Carillion has signed an integrated IT and BPO agreement with Indian IT services firm Wipro for the next decade
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February 25, 2014
25
Feb'14
RSA announces Managed Security Partner programme
RSA has announced a programme designed to enable a new generation of managed security services
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February 24, 2014
24
Feb'14
Case study: Virtualised storage adds value to Denmark's tunnel vision
State construction firm Femern selects DataCore system to help speed up Fehmarnbelt undersea odyssey and keep the sharks at bay
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February 24, 2014
24
Feb'14
Atos to distance itself from controversial DWP contract
Atos is trying to exit its disability testing contract with the Department for Work and Pensions early as the controversial contract enters its final 18 months
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February 21, 2014
21
Feb'14
Datacentres must tackle local challenges for global growth
Diverse range of opportunities and obstacles shows there’s no ‘one size fits all’ strategy for the datacentre industry
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February 20, 2014
20
Feb'14
Gloucestershire County Council replaces Capita with Steria to transform IT delivery
Gloucestershire County Council has signed a five-year ICT managed service deal with Steria to support a major change to IT delivery
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February 20, 2014
20
Feb'14
Lufthansa pens outsourcing deal with Dell Services
German airline Lufthansa has contracted Dell Services to provide maintenance and support for core front-end systems
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February 20, 2014
20
Feb'14
UK organisations lead the world in IT multi-sourcing
UK organisations are the most mature multi-sourced IT users in the world, with 44% of all outsourced services split between five suppliers
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February 17, 2014
17
Feb'14
SABMiller upgrades IP network
Drinks manufacturer SABMiller has selected T-Systems to supply its global backbone and European network as it integrates its business globally
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February 14, 2014
14
Feb'14
Interview: The systems supremo helping Sochi run smoothly
Marta Sanfeliu, chief integration officer for Winter Olympics IT supplier Atos, helps ensure it's all smooth running for the IT at Sochi
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February 14, 2014
14
Feb'14
BBC starts search for suppliers to replace £2bn Atos outsourcing deal
The BBC is moving away from its single-supplier outsourcing deal to a multi-sourced 'tower' approach for its technology services
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February 11, 2014
11
Feb'14
Schneider accreditation aims to boost green datacentre skills
Datacentre supplier offers free vendor-neutral courses and certification through its online Energy University
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February 11, 2014
11
Feb'14
Why IT outsourcing is increasingly blamed for IT failures at banks
Are the IT problems at UK banks caused by outsourcing or the use of decades-old mainframe technology – or is it a combination of the two?
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February 10, 2014
10
Feb'14
Salford City Council keys into private cloud benefits
Salford City Council’s award-winning private cloud helps speed up services, boost efficiency and nurture the city’s media startups
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February 07, 2014
07
Feb'14
Amazon nets lion’s share of $10bn public cloud market
AWS continues its unassailable domination of the sector, despite recent moves by Google, IBM and Microsoft
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February 04, 2014
04
Feb'14
DWP could face further multimillion-pound bill for IT project problems
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could face further multimillion-pound charges as a result of two troubled IT projects
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February 04, 2014
04
Feb'14
Indian IT services giants want to buy UK corporations' IT captives
IT service providers based in India are approaching UK corporations with proposals to acquire their captive IT delivery units
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February 04, 2014
04
Feb'14
Case study: Putting disaster recovery into action when revellers strike
How an out-of-hand office party in its building brought Icelandic IT services company Midverk to the brink of collapse
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January 31, 2014
31
Jan'14
WIll open source save the datacentre industry?
IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation?
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January 29, 2014
29
Jan'14
ARM aims at Intel’s stronghold with 64-bit standard
Intel hopes new baseline standard for ARM v8 chips will help it flex its muscles in the datacentre
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January 29, 2014
29
Jan'14
Gaming site bets on flexible benefits software
Online gaming company Bwin.party is betting on specialist benefits software to help it attract and retain its top talent
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January 29, 2014
29
Jan'14
Microsoft joins Open Compute Project
Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design
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January 29, 2014
29
Jan'14
Property developer Lend Lease switches to infrastructure as a service to improve agility
Property developer Lend Lease deploys infrastructure as a service from Logicalis to replace its 10-year-old datacentre and cut costs
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January 28, 2014
28
Jan'14
DECC IT overhaul follows government digital standards
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is accustomed to large outsourcing contracts, yet it is the first department within government to move away from a single supplier approach, to a new multi-sourcing model across all its core ...
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January 23, 2014
23
Jan'14
Can elephants dance in the cloud?
IBM’s renewed public cloud strategy could succeed in attracting customers old and new, but the company must tread carefully
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January 22, 2014
22
Jan'14
Capita to provide support applications for North Yorkshire Police
North Yorkshire Police has selected Capita to deploy self-service HR and duty management applications to improve responsiveness
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
IBM to open London datacentre as part of $1.2bn global cloud push
New facility first in UK to be based on IBM SoftLayer cloud architecture
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January 16, 2014
16
Jan'14
Schneider backs British liquid cooling startup
Support from the datacentre giant could help Iceotope spread its innovative immersion cooling system around the globe
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January 16, 2014
16
Jan'14
TCS profits increase by over 30%
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) increased its profits by almost 32% and plans to recruit 55,000 people in 2014
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January 14, 2014
14
Jan'14
Regional datacentre growth tempers UK price rises
New datacentre clusters outside London keep average costs down, but firms that need space in the capital face a growing premium
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January 14, 2014
14
Jan'14
McLaren uses Intralinks collaboration software to protect IP
McLaren is using Intralinks collaboration software to share critical information across the business and protect its intellectual property (IP)
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January 13, 2014
13
Jan'14
Open arguments stack up as hybrid cloud takes hold
A lack of cloud standards is causing headaches for IT departments, but the drive for greater interoperability is gaining pace
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January 09, 2014
09
Jan'14
UK blazes trail for cloud use in Europe
Survey suggests UK companies are more comfortable with the cloud than their Continental counterparts
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January 03, 2014
03
Jan'14
City Link contact centre gets real-time customer data
Delivery firm City Link is reducing the time it takes for its contact center to handle customer requests through integrating Cisco technology with interactive software
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January 03, 2014
03
Jan'14
Economic recovery drives software and services spending
The improving economy will lead to organisations spending more on software and IT services according to analyst Forrester.
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December 30, 2013
30
Dec'13
Top 10 supplier profiles 2013
Are you thinking of doing business with an IT technology supplier? Check out our independent profiles of the leading technology companies.
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December 28, 2013
28
Dec'13
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2013
The drive for greater efficiency, CO2 reduction and the development of new technologies continued to dominate datacentre developments this year
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December 24, 2013
24
Dec'13
Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2013
Controversy and outsourcing are never far apart. While the controversy surrounding IT outsourcing is a mere trifle compared with the shenanigans of Serco and G4S, which were accused of overcharging by the government, it is never far from the front ...
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December 23, 2013
23
Dec'13
Top 10 cloud computing stories of 2013
It was the year big business warmed to the cloud while NSA snooping revelations sent shivers down the industry’s spine...
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December 12, 2013
12
Dec'13
Microsoft enlists elite providers to ease customer cloud moves
Cloud OS Network aims to woo organisations seeking hassle-free hybrid cloud
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December 05, 2013
05
Dec'13
Norfolk and Suffolk police outsource back-office systems
Norfolk and Suffolk Constabularies are outsourcing ERP and duty management systems to Capgemini in a seven-year deal worth £3.75m
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December 03, 2013
03
Dec'13
Indian IT services more business expertise than low cost, says Nasscom
Indian IT services firms are no longer simply vehicles for Western businesses to make massive cuts in IT costs, says Nasscom
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December 03, 2013
03
Dec'13
CIO interview: Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves on constructing a new bottom line
Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves reveals the challenges of rethinking IT from the ground up after inheriting 10 datacentres
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December 03, 2013
03
Dec'13
Scabal moves to the cloud for storage flexibility
Clothing manufacturer Scabal is moving its entire IT infrastructure to Interoute’s cloud for flexibie storage
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December 03, 2013
03
Dec'13
Where is Satyam now? Well, it’s not Satyam for a start
Satyam, which was rescued from collapse in 2009, has plans for restoring its position as a top-tier Indian IT services provider
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December 02, 2013
02
Dec'13
Ipswich Building Society forced to change IT services supplier
Ipswich Building Society was part of a group of companies that had to find new IT service provider following a decision by the incumbent supplier to exit the business
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December 02, 2013
02
Dec'13
Case study: Sudlows pushes tight-squeeze datacentre to the limits
Award-winning project turned a would-be office block into a high-capacity, energy-efficient colocation facility in six months
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November 29, 2013
29
Nov'13
IT services firm acquires UBS system in outsourcing deal
UBS has sold a reference data management system to Tech Mahindra which will now be run by the Indian service provider as a service and offered to other customers
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November 28, 2013
28
Nov'13
Npower outsourcing means thousands of job cuts and transfers to suppliers
Electricity supplier npower is outsourcing customer services and offshoring back-office work to Capita and TCS, affecting about 2000 jobs
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November 28, 2013
28
Nov'13
Big beasts fail to dent AWS cloud lead
Amazon’s cloud service remains more than four times more popular than its closest competitor, survey finds
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November 27, 2013
27
Nov'13
Government department signs CGI for service integration
The DECC has signed a desktop services and support contract with CGI for cloud-based services
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November 27, 2013
27
Nov'13
Years of IT staff cuts drives outsourcing resurgence
The IT outsourcing sector in the UK is going through resurgence as businesses realise they no longer have the staff to harness the latest technologies
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November 26, 2013
26
Nov'13
IT suppliers relaxed about contract visibility
IT and BPO suppliers Atos and Capita say they are relaxed about being more open about the often obscured details of large government contracts, as outsourcing giants are put under pressure by MPs to open up to public scrutiny
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November 25, 2013
25
Nov'13
Global public sector outsourcing far outstrips private sector
Global public sector organisations spent €7.4bn in the third quarter on IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing (BPO), compared with €4.6bn in the private sector.
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November 20, 2013
20
Nov'13
Nordics push to become European datacentre hub
Do growing datacentre investments in the Nordic countries by IT giants really signal the region is the best place in Europe to site servers?
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November 11, 2013
11
Nov'13
Fear of cloud servers fading fast among UK firms
Research shows traditionally risk-averse UK firms are being persuaded by the benefits of co-location, with more than 20% of servers now outsourced
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November 07, 2013
07
Nov'13
Cognizant exceeds over 20% growth as non-linear sales accelerate
IT services firm Cognizant has reported almost 22% sales growth in its latest three month business period as the double digit offshore-centric suppliers accelerate
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November 06, 2013
06
Nov'13
Manufacturer Henkel outsources to transform IT service delivery
Global manufacturer Henkel has expanded its global IT service delivery agreement with Unisys to transform how it delivers IT to its 38,000 global workforce
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November 04, 2013
04
Nov'13
Crown Hosting Service to save £530m from government IT bill by 2018
Government Digital Service to establish new Crown Hosting Service to consolidate hosting across Whitehall, saving £530m per year by 2018
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October 31, 2013
31
Oct'13
Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says
Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports
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October 31, 2013
31
Oct'13
ISG to publish report on global public sector IT outsourcing
IT outsourcing market intelligence company ISG will soon release its first ever global public sector research report, reflecting the growing importance of the sector to the global outsourcing industry
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October 31, 2013
31
Oct'13
BT Sport hits telecoms giant’s profits
The UK telecoms firm reports a fall in profits as it continues to invest into its new television services