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May 14, 2014 14 May'14
‘Real cloud’ is much more than cheap infrastructure, says Rackspace as cloud price war continues

Rackspace CTO warns cloud buyers of the dangers of buying cheap, raw infrastructure for their IT strategies as cloud price war intensifies
May 12, 2014 12 May'14
Government should use influence to cut outsourcer executive pay, says think tank

The government should use its outsourcing budget to influence service providers to reduce executive pay, says a think tank report
May 09, 2014 09 May'14
Vodafone cuts 121 staff with Burton site closure

A review of Vodafone sites following its 2012 acquisition of Cable & Wireless Worldwide will see its Vodafone Business Services centre in Burton-on-Trent shut down, with 121 jobs at risk
May 08, 2014 08 May'14
Norwegian bank hands IT infrastructure responsibility to HCL

Norway’s biggest bank has outsourced IT operations to Indian service provider HCL in a seven year deal worth $400m.

May 08, 2014 08 May'14
Next Treasury tower contracts go to Centerprise and NTT Data UK

The HM Treasury has awarded its second and third SME supplier contracts to Centerprise International and NTT Data UK
May 08, 2014 08 May'14
BT Group sales flat despite consumer sport uptake

Growth at BT’s Consumer business underpinned by take-up of its BT Sport service was not enough to offset flat and declining sales elsewhere in the Group’s fourth quarter
May 07, 2014 07 May'14
Research reveals huge appetite for IT outsourcing

Over three quarters of Europe’s corporates in terms of IT spending will either outsource more this year or continue with current amount while only 10% will reduce IT outsourcing, according to research
May 01, 2014 01 May'14
HP and Foxconn build servers for cloud and hyperscale computing

HP and Foxconn have entered into a joint venture agreement to produce a new line of servers designed to suit the cloud-based IT delivery model
May 01, 2014 01 May'14
Case study: Balfour Beatty extends Fujitsu contract to support messaging

Balfour Beatty has signed a new contract with Fujitsu to provide email, extending an IT transformation deal the companies agreed in July 2013
April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14
Golder Associates plans global WAN

Engineering company Golder Associates is rolling out a wide area network (WAN) across its 180 global sites to optimise connectivity for its diverse and often remote locations

April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14
US cloud security firm builds datacentre in Cardiff for EMEA expansion

US cloud security company Alert Logic is building a datacentre and security operations centre in Cardiff to support its EMEA expansion strategy
April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14
Fiat and Chrysler to integrate separate IT systems

Car manufacturing group Fiat and Chrysler have contracted IBM to integrate their separate IT infrastructures into a single global operation, following the companies coming together after Chrysler applied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14
Amazon’s soaring first-quarter sales fail to impress investors

Amazon has failed to impress investors despite a 32% jump in first-quarter profits and a 23% increase in sales
April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14
Six Degrees datacentre suffers outage for more than 12 hours

Customers using Six Degrees’s datacentre and hosting services faced downtime as the hosting and managed services provider suffered an outage for over 12 hours
April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14
Centerprise ICT 2015 Treasury contract guarantee of SME commitment

HM Treasury has handed a four year media and wireless contract understood to be worth around £2.5m to Hampshire-based services provider Centerprise, under the auspices of its ICT 2015 contracts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14
Microsoft joins Open Compute Project

Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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 ...
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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