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Managed services and hosting services
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June 01, 2015
01
Jun'15
Telent deploys Unify Circuit to support public sector bid processes
Managed network services provider Telent deploys Unify’s Circuit unified communications system to manage a growing number of public sector bids
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May 29, 2015
29
May'15
Equinix to acquire datacentre rival TelecityGroup for £2.35bn
Equinix's bid to acquire rival wins backing of the board, beating Interxion to the crunch
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May 27, 2015
27
May'15
CIF cloud certification scheme wins European Commission's backing
Cloud Industry Forum's Code of Practice has been added to European list of trusted certification schemes
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May 27, 2015
27
May'15
TfL kicks off network tower procurement
TfL is to begin £400m network tower procurement exercise in June
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May 26, 2015
26
May'15
EMC plots managed cloud push with $1.2bn deal to acquire Virtustream
Storage giant claims latest purchase will reinforce its hybrid cloud proposition for enterprises
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May 22, 2015
22
May'15
Worcestershire NHS Trust outsources to Computacenter
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is enabling its member organisations to share IT following a managed services deal with Computacenter
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May 22, 2015
22
May'15
Indian IT service providers grab a quarter of top 100 global deals
Indian IT services firms won almost a quarter of the 100 biggest global outsourcing deals in the world in 2014
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May 21, 2015
21
May'15
Huawei launches SDN operating system for Internet of Things
At Huawei Network Congress in Beijing, Huawei unveils the world’s first software-defined IoT solution and a upgraded, faster SDN Cloud Fabric
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May 20, 2015
20
May'15
CERN and Rackspace use OpenStack clouds to aid global research efforts
Rackspace and particle research organisation talk up the latest development to emerge from their open-source cloud partnership
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May 20, 2015
20
May'15
Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments
IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption
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May 20, 2015
20
May'15
Leeds Building Society embarks on digital services push with HP Cloud
The building society wants to make it easier for customers to manage their money online using HP technology and support services
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May 19, 2015
19
May'15
Gartner warns cloud buyers off hasty IaaS investments
With the competitive landscape in flux, end users should exercise caution when choosing their IaaS providers, Gartner warns
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May 19, 2015
19
May'15
Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth
A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising
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May 19, 2015
19
May'15
Google slashes public cloud prices to undercut rivals
Google cuts cost of its public cloud services to pass on hardware savings in line with Moore's Law
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May 19, 2015
19
May'15
Colt deploys 100GbE European Supercore network
Colt enhances connectivity into key European commercial trading centres, including London and Frankfurt, with its Supercore network
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May 15, 2015
15
May'15
IT suppliers call on new-look GDS for commitment to G-Cloud's future
In light of Francis Maude's departure from GDS, G-Cloud suppliers want assurances from the government about what's in store for the framework
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May 15, 2015
15
May'15
Patient care put at risk by IT problems at London NHS trust
IT problems and poor information governance put patients at risk at a London NHS trust, according to evidence disclosed at an employment tribunal
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May 15, 2015
15
May'15
IT service providers are pushing too hard to sell extra services
IT services firms are not prioritising the services they are contracted to provide because they are too busy trying to sell additional services on top
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May 14, 2015
14
May'15
Dreams beds down with Rackspace to reduce website downtime
Bed retailer revamps website infrastructure to guard against outages and sleepless nights for its IT team
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May 14, 2015
14
May'15
Venom is serious, but no Heartbleed, say experts
Security researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the virtual floppy drive code used by many virtualisation platforms
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May 14, 2015
14
May'15
AWS Educate brings cloud to the classroom to address IT skills gap
Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants to ensure students have the skills they need to make full use of cloud technologies in the workplace
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May 14, 2015
14
May'15
Sweden’s Cerdo outsources savings and payments unit to Finland's Tieto
Swedish banking and finance services company Cerdo Bankpartner outsources close to home with fellow Nordic firm Tieto
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May 13, 2015
13
May'15
UK cloud use is soaring among business users, claims CIF
CIF talks up UK cloud adoption surge, as Windows Server 2003 end of support deadline looms
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May 12, 2015
12
May'15
Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems
Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
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May 12, 2015
12
May'15
European education network launches search for IaaS providers
Pan-European education network is on the hunt for IaaS specialists to populate its Cloud Catalogue
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May 12, 2015
12
May'15
Rackspace's share price tumbles amid talk of revenue slump
Rackspace talks up prospect of supporting users of other firms' cloud services after lacklustre second-quarter guidance causes share price to plummet
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May 11, 2015
11
May'15
Fujitsu embarks on 10-year datacentre upgrade project in Australia
IT services giant embarks on push to improve the reliability and performance of its Australian datacentres by 2025
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May 11, 2015
11
May'15
PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN
PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over
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May 11, 2015
11
May'15
EMC: Rise of third platform could spell end for businesses unwilling to adapt
EMC World 2015 saw the storage giant warn about the business risks of ignoring new technologies and ways of working in the digital age
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May 08, 2015
08
May'15
EMC predicts return to double-digit sales growth
Storage giant's EMEA chief claims downbeat first quarter results are as bad as things will get for EMC, and that normal service will soon resume
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May 07, 2015
07
May'15
Manila breaks India top six in outsourcing index
The Philippines challenges India as a destination for outsourcing in Tholons Top 100 report
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May 07, 2015
07
May'15
BT sales down at end of landmark year
In fourth quarter and full-year results, BT revealed its revenues fell 2%
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May 05, 2015
05
May'15
Something disgusting at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
Kevin Cahill explains why he has filed a case at the Investigative Powers Tribunal over US intelligence gathering on children.
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May 05, 2015
05
May'15
Alcatel-Lucent to target enterprise UC market
Alcatel-Lucent signs collaboration agreement with OTT unified comms firm Counterpath to target enterprise and operator customers
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May 04, 2015
04
May'15
Atlantic.Net unveils New York datacentre and sets out UK expansion plans
SSD-based cloud hosting firm opens datacentre, while setting out its UK expansion plans
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May 01, 2015
01
May'15
OpenStack engineer shortage drives up private cloud TCO, finds 451 Research
OpenStack costs less to deploy than Microsoft, VMware or Red Hat private cloud, but engineering shortages drive up its total cost of ownership (TCO)
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April 29, 2015
29
Apr'15
Vision Solutions debuts tool to ease Microsoft Azure cloud migrations
AWS and VMware cloud users get a helping hand from Vision Solutions when moving apps and workloads to Microsoft Azure
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April 28, 2015
28
Apr'15
Cost cutting still draining IT outsourcing budgets against CIO wishes
More than half of IT directors believe that money spent with IT outsourcing suppliers is focused on cost cutting, research reveals
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April 28, 2015
28
Apr'15
Brewer Marston’s ISP upgrades core network with SSE
Marston’s house networking unit Marston’s Telecoms rolls out a resilient nationwide network to accommodate demand for its managed services offering
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April 27, 2015
27
Apr'15
Accenture and Oracle embark on enterprise cloud adoption push
Accenture and Oracle are embarking on a joint push to make it easier for public sector and financial services firms to move to cloud
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April 27, 2015
27
Apr'15
Capgemini to acquire iGate for $4bn
Capgemini is bolstering its US business and global delivery capabilities with the acquisition of iGate
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April 22, 2015
22
Apr'15
CSC staff on armed forces contract on strike
Staff at CSC working on the UK armed forces pension administration contract are on a five day strike following months of working to rule
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April 21, 2015
21
Apr'15
BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice
BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted
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April 21, 2015
21
Apr'15
Huawei calls for global consensus on the future network
At its Global Analyst Summit, Huawei calls on the networking industry to collaborate to optimise the network for future demands
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April 20, 2015
20
Apr'15
ISG blames UK general election for fall in outsourcing value
A lull in UK outsourcing activity in the run-up to the election caused a 25% drop in spending across the Emea region in Q1 2015, claims ISG
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April 17, 2015
17
Apr'15
Accenture chosen to run NHS email service
The NHS email service is to be provided by Accenture, after the IT services firm was announced as the preferred bidder by HSCIC
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April 16, 2015
16
Apr'15
Harrow Council outsources IT to Sopra Steria
London’s Harrow Council has outsourced its IT services to Sopra Steria in a deal that will see the authority upgrade its IT
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April 14, 2015
14
Apr'15
Cloud hype leads to enterprise dissatisfaction with off-premise services
NTT Communications' latest cloud report suggests enterprise decision-makers find the technology failing to live up to the hype
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April 14, 2015
14
Apr'15
Rio Tinto to put IT systems in the cloud
Mining giant Rio Tinto is moving IT systems into the public cloud as part of a transformation agreement with Accenture
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April 10, 2015
10
Apr'15
Nordic businesses continue to look to Ukraine for IT
Despite the conflicts affecting the eastern half of the country, Ukraine is enjoying growth in IT outsourcing from customers in Nordic countries
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April 09, 2015
09
Apr'15
Indian outsourcing is booming in the Nordic countries
Headlines about Indian IT service providers securing high-profile outsourcing deals in the Nordics have become commonplace
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
UK law firm McMillan Williams moves to Interxion datacentre to support growth
UK law firm McMillan Williams Solicitors taps up co-location provider Interxion to support plans to expand its number of high street branches
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Attraction World takes managed cloud route to website stability
Online ticket broker explains why it moved to a dedicated, managed cloud platform to safeguard its growth
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April 07, 2015
07
Apr'15
CIO interview: Bill Wilkins, First Utility
First Utility's CIO explains how it is using cloud and smart meters to give the big six a run for their money in the energy market
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April 07, 2015
07
Apr'15
Alsbridge makes its first UK acquisition with Source
Sourcing consultancy Alsbridge has kicked off its UK expansion with the acquisition of boutique sourcing advisory Source
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April 02, 2015
02
Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics
Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
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April 01, 2015
01
Apr'15
Welsh council saves £1.4m through outsourcing
Denbighshire County Council expects to save £1.4m through a deal with Civica that sees business processes outsourced, but delivered locally
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
Brecon Beacons National Park soups up staff comms with Unify
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority deploys Unify’s OpenScape voice technology to keep remote staff and home workers in touch
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
Interoute bags private equity funding to support datacentre growth
Cloud services giant plans to use private equity funding to support its M&A activity and push ahead with its datacentre growth plans
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
Retired accountant fined in Logica share scam
A man who bought thousands of shares in Logica based on inside information has been fined £35,212 by the Financial Conduct Authority
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud
Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
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March 26, 2015
26
Mar'15
Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security
Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought
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March 25, 2015
25
Mar'15
HP's push to build EU-wide "one-stop shop" for cloud gathers pace
HP talks up growing momentum of its Cloud 28+ project in Europe
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
Amazon Web Services hosts Nasa climate-change images in the cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) follows up pledge to support climate change research by publishing 85,000 Nasa images in the cloud
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March 20, 2015
20
Mar'15
Information Commissioner's Office calls for transparent public sector outsourcing
For greater transparency, public sector buyers and suppliers should be open about their dealings before signing contracts, says ICO
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March 19, 2015
19
Mar'15
Government creates Crown Hosting venture with Ark Data Centres
Cabinet Office signs seven-year joint venture agreement with Ark Data Centres to create Crown Hosting Service
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March 17, 2015
17
Mar'15
Poll finds public demand for consultation on public-sector outsourcing
Poll finds 68% of the UK public want to be consulted on public-sector outsourcing, with Labour and UKIP supporters most in favour
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March 17, 2015
17
Mar'15
TNT outsources IT infrastructure to HP cloud
International logistics firm TNT has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Hewlett Packard (HP) in a six-year deal that will see it move to the cloud
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March 16, 2015
16
Mar'15
Shared business services help productivity and costs, says Deloitte
Global shared business services are on the rise and delivering an 8% average increase in productivity, according to research firm Deloitte
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March 11, 2015
11
Mar'15
Microsoft and Cisco cloud partnership yields app deployment platform
Microsoft and Cisco claim new cloud platform will allow service providers to take advantage of DevOps-style app deployment speeds
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March 11, 2015
11
Mar'15
Tieto’s Taneli Tikka brings startup drive to industrial internet business
Taneli Tikka has an unusual job description as the head of industrial internet at Tieto Corporation
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March 10, 2015
10
Mar'15
2015 IT priorities: On-premise deployments high on agenda, but cloud interest on the rise
The 2015 Computer Weekly IT priorities survey points to growing interest in cloud technologies, but on-premise still rules
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March 10, 2015
10
Mar'15
CGI to assess digital learning for Ministry of Defence
MoD signs outsourcing agreement with CGI as part of a programme to increase digital-based learning
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March 09, 2015
09
Mar'15
US cyber crime indictment prompts calls for zero tolerance
A newly-revealed US indictment of three suspected cyber criminals has prompted a call for zero tolerance for cyber intrusions
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March 09, 2015
09
Mar'15
Banks increase outsourcing but slash use of consultants
There will be an increase in the use of IT outsourcing in the global banking sector over the next 12 months but the use of consultants will fall
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March 06, 2015
06
Mar'15
Procurement guidelines saved government £91m in 2014, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude
The government made £91m savings in 2014 with “militant” guidelines around procurement, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude
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March 05, 2015
05
Mar'15
European Commission outsources IT
Unisys-led consortiums have won a chunk of a €900m European Commission IT outsourcing programme
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March 05, 2015
05
Mar'15
Has IBM found its place in the digital world?
Late last year, amid poor financial results and doubts over its direction, IBM announced $3.6bn worth of IT infrastructure outsourcing deals
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March 04, 2015
04
Mar'15
Williams Martini Racing signs multi-year BT network services deal
Williams F1 teams forms long-term strategic partnership with BT for fixed and mobile communications and network services
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March 04, 2015
04
Mar'15
UK to pilot European cyber security services for SMEs
The UK will be one of the first countries to pilot a security industry-supported scheme to provide cyber security services for SMEs in Europe
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March 03, 2015
03
Mar'15
TNT outsources application development to support transformation
International logistics company TNT signs deal with Indian IT services firm Infosys for application development services
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March 03, 2015
03
Mar'15
Surrey and East Sussex councils to share IT services
Surrey County Council plans to save millions of pounds by sharing services, including IT, with East Sussex County Council
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March 02, 2015
02
Mar'15
HCL expands in Nordics with delivery centre in Norway
Indian IT services giant HCL Technologies is expanding its reach in the Nordics with its third service delivery centre in the region
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February 26, 2015
26
Feb'15
Former Logica executive pleads guilty to insider dealing
Former Logica manager Ryan Willmott has pleaded guilty to trading using inside knowledge when Logica was being taken over by CGI group.
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February 26, 2015
26
Feb'15
Could IBM really function with tens of thousands fewer staff?
Could IBM, or any of the large IT and BPO service providers, still function with tens or even hundreds of thousands fewer staff?
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February 25, 2015
25
Feb'15
Deutsche Bank signs 10-year deal to re-engineer wholesale banking IT
Deutsche Bank signs 10-year deal with HP to re-engineer the IT that underpins its wholesale banking arm
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February 24, 2015
24
Feb'15
NHS Trafford chooses CSC to deliver healthcare co-ordination centre
NHS Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is opening an IT-driven centre to co-ordinate healthcare in the region
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February 24, 2015
24
Feb'15
Amey awards $87m IT services contract
Engineering company Amey outsources application development and management to CSC as part of seven-year contract
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February 23, 2015
23
Feb'15
UK businesses' IT services better off in India than the cloud
UK businesses have yet to be convinced of the benefits of cloud computing but continue to outsource IT, says a global survey from KPMG
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February 23, 2015
23
Feb'15
Schuh deploys public Wi-Fi and mobile stock checking in-store
Shoe retailer schuh selects cloud Wi-Fi provider Purple WiFi to offer in-store access for customers and staff
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February 19, 2015
19
Feb'15
Capgemini increases Indian staff by 20%, as profits rise by 31%
Capgemini increased the number of staff it has in India by 20% in 2014, while its profits went up by 31% and its revenues by 3.4%
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February 19, 2015
19
Feb'15
Dutch bank ABN Amro outsources digital transformation to Infosys
Dutch banking giant ABN Amro has outsourced IT services to Indian supplier Infosys to improve its digital credentials
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February 16, 2015
16
Feb'15
Infosys acquires Panaya for automation
Infosys continues its move to non-linear business models through the acquisition of US automation software maker Panaya for $200m
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February 12, 2015
12
Feb'15
Cisco’s software-defined networking business booms
Cisco’s Application Centric Infrastructure customer base doubles in three months as its software-defined networking model gains traction
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February 10, 2015
10
Feb'15
Ed Vaizey: Ambition to have local government on one platform
The question over whether Government Digital Services can scale locally was discussed at a Computer Weekly debate
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February 10, 2015
10
Feb'15
UK IT and business processing outsourcing deals hit £6.65bn in 2014
The UK's IT and business process outsourcing spend reached £6.65bn last year. IT outsourcing accounted for £3.44bn of that
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February 10, 2015
10
Feb'15
Engineering firm Smiths Group to embark on landmark SDN project
Engineering and technology firm Smiths Group renews AT&T contract ahead of major network refresh, and plans to put SDN at the heart of its project
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February 09, 2015
09
Feb'15
ShopDirect selects IBM managed service with SoftLayer hybrid cloud
Shop Direct is using IBM’s SoftLayer hybrid cloud in a 10-year outsourcing deal to provide analytics, mobile and social applications
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February 09, 2015
09
Feb'15
Capita approved as supplier of NHS IT services
Capita is one of just a few private sector service providers to make it into the latest NHS supplier framework
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February 06, 2015
06
Feb'15
Kellogg's outsources digital marketing to Indian supplier
Food giant Kellogg's outsources the management of its digital marketing platform to Indian IT services firm Mindtree