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Offshore IT services

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Indian IT sector takes hit

  India’s IT market will see slower growth this year though opportunities abound in artificial intelligence and cyber security

• April 06, 2020 06 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: BPO and IT services delivered from India face big challenges

  UK businesses receiving business process outsourcing and IT services from India will face disruption, but IT services from large IT suppliers less so

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Coronavirus prompts calls for fairer deal for self-employed IT workers

  ContractorCalculator CEO Dave Chaplin says the deferral of the IR35 reforms should be upgraded to a cancellation, as the response of employers to coronavirus highlights glaring inequalities between treatment of inside IR35 contractors and employees

• March 05, 2020 05 Mar'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Firms risk legal action by pushing employers’ NI onto contractors

  Largest-ever study into the impact the IR35 private sector reforms are having on contractors suggests firms are leaving themselves open to litigation by misinterpreting the new rules

• March 02, 2020 02 Mar'20

  Nordic lessons on digital transformation

  Swedish financial services firm reports a successful IT outsourcing project with India-based IT services company

• February 21, 2020 21 Feb'20

  Labour condemns Google data plans

  Shadow digital minister Chi Onwurah challenges the government to stop Google’s plans to move UK user data out of the EU

• February 19, 2020 19 Feb'20

  Macquarie Cloud Services sets up Azure practice

  Macquarie Telecom’s cloud division will deliver Azure managed services to new and existing customers, complementing its existing cloud, hosting, datacentre and telco businesses

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  Cost-cutting and digital transformation spur increased European IT outsourcing in 2019

  The need to rein in costs while digitally transforming has led to growth in traditional and as-a-service base outsourcing

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Recruitment industry urges chancellor to halt April 2020 roll-out

  Major players from the UK recruitment industry want the government to delay plans to roll out the IR35 reforms to the private sector so enterprises have more time to prepare

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: IBM joins list of enterprises applying blanket ban to PSCs

  Tech giant IBM has notified its personal service company IT contractors that they must switch to PAYE terms or use umbrella companies from the end of March, as the private sector races to achieve IR35 compliance

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  Loan charge under review: The 20-year retroactive tax policy pushing IT contractors to the brink

  Thousands of IT contractors are at risk of financial ruin as HMRC pursues them for tax it claims they owe on work they did up to two decades ago and were reimbursed for via loan remuneration schemes. Computer Weekly investigates

• October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19

  Nordic industrial giants continue to choose Indian suppliers for digital transformation

  HCL signs new deals with Volvo Cars and Equinor as India-based IT services suppliers continue to grow in the Nordic region

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  IR35 private sector preparation: What the banks’ take on the reforms means for IT contractors

  With six months until IR35 tax avoidance reforms are extended to the private sector, a number of financial services firms are thinning out their contractor workforce – is that the way to ensure compliance?

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  New threat group behind Airbus cyber attacks, claim researchers

  Context Information Security’s threat intel and response teams says it has evidence that the recent supply chain attacks on Airbus are the work of a newly identified group called Avivore

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  HMRC extends contract with Capgemini but embeds flexibility

  Department’s technology sourcing programme seeks to access the services of more tech providers, including SMEs and startups

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Drive for Nordic datacentre transformation

  Nordic enterprises looking to spread abroad are outsourcing datacentre IT in cutting-edge ways to gain international advantage

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  Nordic IT outsourcing: why India is leading the pack

  A rising tide lifts all ships when it comes to outsourcing in Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, but some ships have risen faster than others

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Industry opposition to no-deal Brexit hardens, says TechUK

  A survey of TechUK members has found that 71% believe a no-deal Brexit at the end of October will negatively affect them in spite of their preparations

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise invests big in India

  Enterprise IT giant aims to take advantage of India’s fast-growing economy and the country’s wealth of tech talent

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  French and German companies have contrasting fortunes in India

  France is racing ahead of Germany when it comes to making the most of service companies in India

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Finland’s Tieto and Norway’s Evry merge to fend off competition from Indian suppliers

  Two of the Nordic region's biggest IT suppliers merge as competition in their home region increases

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  IT outsourcing is increasing, but not as we know it

  IT outsourcing is growing in the UK, as organisations spend more as part of their digital transformations

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Finland’s Tieto reorganises to grab growth opportunities

  Tieto is cutting costs as part of its growth plan that will see hundreds of job cuts in Finland and Sweden

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Public sector outsourcing spend plummets

  Private sector outsourcing dominated spending in the UK during the first quarter of 2019

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  IBM deal to drive Nordea’s IT-led transformation

  Nordea is expanding its relationship with IBM through a deal that will give it access to the skills and resources required to keep pace with the digital revolution in banking

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  NHS software deal tops public sector spending on new IT contracts in 2018

  Department of Health’s Windows 10 contract was the biggest public sector deal signed last year

• February 21, 2019 21 Feb'19

  Government revises outsourcing guidelines to balance risk with suppliers

  The government has published its latest guidelines on public sector outsourcing

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Deloitte will double Hyderabad workforce to support demand for technology services

  Deloitte will add 40,000 staff at its operation in Hyderabad, with IT professionals accounting for a significant portion of employees

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  UK’s IT and BPO spend plummets because of Brexit uncertainty

  UK businesses cut their investment in IT and business process outsourcing last year because of confusion over Brexit, but there was a 68% rise in public sector spending

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  Hong Kong’s JOS eyes Singapore IT services market

  The IT services firm claims to have an edge in being less rigid than larger rivals in pushing for specific IT implementation methodologies that may not suit the needs of mid-tier customers

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Finnish banks to share core banking platform and supplier

  Three banks in Finland have hired an IT services supplier to build a shareable core banking platform

• January 18, 2019 18 Jan'19

  Siemens connects to world’s largest UCC deployment

  German technology powerhouse Siemens AG reveals how it unified communications and collaboration for hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide

• December 17, 2018 17 Dec'18

  Financial services giant transforms application delivery through HCL

  Dutch financial services firm Aegon is outsourcing the management of its fintech supplier network

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  Barclays staff to transfer to HCL as IT deal is expanded

  Bank announces closure of operation in Lithuania, with employees transferring to IT services company HCL

• November 05, 2018 05 Nov'18

  Deutsche Bank to create cloud-based digital cheque processing system

  German banking giant Deutsche Bank will replace manual and paper-intensive cheque processing methods with an automated system in the cloud

• October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18

  Finnish city Espoo trials artificial intelligence for community support

  The authorities for Finnish city Espoo are testing out AI technology to help them target services at the residents who need them most

• October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18

  How Australian firms are plugging the tech talent gap

  Australian companies such as Atlassian and Ansarada are now turning to international options to access scarce talent

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Indian IT giant TCS sees IBM and Accenture as nearest rivals

  Rapidly-growing Tata Consultancy Services has its eyes on the US IT giants, with customer service key if it is to overtake them

• September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18

  Asda outsources app development to support digital future

  Supermarket chain Asda is outsourcing its application development to HCL to access and build skills and experience in agile development methods

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Regulations might prove make-or-break aspect for Dutch scooter startups

  If new startups get their way, the classical Dutch bicycles might soon be replaced by a new mode of transportation: a scooter. New companies see a huge potential market, but regulations might become a barrier

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  No Deal Brexit papers warn of stark future for UK tech

  The government has published the first of its No Deal Brexit contingency planning notices, containing sobering messages for the UK technology industry

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  Public sector increases outsourcing in first half of 2018

  IT and business processing outsourcing in UK central government accelerates in the first half this year, almost matching the total spend by financial services firms

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Atos acquires Syntel for £2.6bn

  French IT services firm buys Syntel to expand in the US and bolster its offshore delivery

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Government needs to improve its outsourcing approach

  Parliamentary committee advises government to improve its outsourcing methods in the wake of the collapse of Carillion

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  Norway’s National Security Agency warns IT industry about security obligations

  IT service providers serving organisations in Norway have received a timely reminder about their security obligations.

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Nokia outsources IT infrastructure and application services to HCL

  Five-year deal will bring together the services delivered by four different IT companies.

• June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18

  Nordic healthcare services provider outsources IT infrastructure

  Healthcare service provider Falck is planning to transform its business with a standardised and simplified IT infrastructure at the core

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  IT spending reaches 10-year high as CIOs struggle with digital technology strategy

  IT leaders have seen their budgets and headcounts rise for the first time in 10 years, but face challenges implementing their digital strategies

• May 21, 2018 21 May'18

  IT hub shadowed by Everest gives opportunities to homegrown IT professionals

  Katmandu is the choice for offshore delivery for increasing numbers of multinational companies and is becoming more attractive to local IT professionals as a result

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Barclays to set up biggest office outside UK in India

  Bank is expanding its presence in India with plans for an office for 8,000 staff in Pune