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Offshore IT services

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Dell offloads services arm to fund EMC acquisition

  Dell dumps its services business as it gets ready to take over EMC

• March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16

  Danish utility NRGi goes offshore for IT platform transformation

  Danish utilty NRGi has outsourced its IT to Indian services supplier Wipro as it attempts to transform its operations amid increased competition

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Norway’s Storebrand chooses Cognizant for digital transformation

  Norwegian financial services firm becomes the latest Nordic-based organisation to sign a major IT outsourcing deal with an India-based supplier

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  Which IT services suppliers are European businesses most satisfied with?

  TCS has won top spot for European customer satisfaction for the third year running, according to Whitelane Research

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  Indian suppliers are mopping up Nordic business

  Indian IT suppliers are blazing a trail in the Nordic region with large deals and major local investments

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates

  India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  AstraZeneca IT insourcing exceeds expectation

  The man heading up AstraZeneca’s project to insource its IT updates Computer Weekly on progress and explains the early benefits being reaped

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Assa Abloy outsources IT transformation to Wipro

  Swedish lock maker has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Indian IT services firm

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Insurance giant RSA outsources to Wipro

  Insurance group takes on infrastructure as a service from Indian supplier Wipro in a bid to consolidate its European IT

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Jo De Vliegher, Hydro

  The CIO at Norway's Hydro has established an IT department that allows for regional autonomy and central guidance at the same time

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Wal-Mart to make huge data and analytics investment in India

  Retail giant Wal-Mart is investing heavily in its IT development centre in Bangalore, turning the city into its most important centre outside the US

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Alstom outsources IT transformation to HCL Technologies

  Train engineering company Alstom has outsourced its IT to HCL Technologies as part of a five-year transformation project

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Bournemouth Council considers bringing IT back in-house

  Bournemouth Council could bring IT and other services back in-house to gain more control over its budget and meet tough cost-cutting targets

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Offshoring IT services: Beyond the usual suspects

  India is the prime location for offshoring IT – but it may not be the best fit for every business, and there are now many alternatives around the world

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  GMB takes concerns over British Airways IT outsourcing to MPs

  Trade union fears that the expansion of IT outsourcing at BA is a risk to security and will see UK jobs disappear

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  India still top destination for global service delivery

  Technological development and changing model for offshore business services and IT could threaten India’s dominance

• December 29, 2015 29 Dec'15

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2015

  IT outsourcing is as popular as ever to organisations that want to focus on core business. Here we look at some of the top articles on the subject in 2015

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation

  Airline aims to improve customer satisfaction by implementing programme of digital developments

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Volvo finance department expands system support beyond Sweden

  Volvo Group Treasury has extended an outsourcing agreement with Virtusa to give it the same support response times worldwide

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

  HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  VMware research shines light on volume of UK enterprise data stored overseas

  A poll of UK IT decision makers suggests just 37% know exactly where their enterprise data is located

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  George Soros backs IT services in eastern Europe

  George Soros is investing in an IT company that delivers services to global companies from Ukraine

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Deutsche Bank signs India’s HCL Technologies for digital services and systems integration

  Deutsche Bank is expanding its long-established relationship with IT services supplier HCL Technologies as it forges on with its digital transformation

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Volvo Group sells Swedish external IT to Indian supplier HCL Technologies

  Vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group is selling some of its IT operation in Sweden to Indian supplier HCL

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Outsourcing renewals: Where do I source services?

  With thousands of IT services contracts coming up for renewal, CIOs should take a careful look at where they source services from

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Nationwide Building Society outsources IT infrastructure

  Nationwide has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Capgemini for the next five years to bring it up to date for the digital age

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Olivier Smith, head of IT at Sweden's Hi3G Access

  The IT department at Swedish telco Hi3G is on a mission to a utopian planet, with Olivier Smith at the controls

• October 03, 2015 03 Oct'15

  What to consider when IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal

  Outsourcing contracts worth billions of pounds come up for renewal over the next few years – but unprecedented industry change complicates the CIO's decision

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  Tennis governing body ATP outsources digital development

  The men's world tennis governing body, the ATP, signs Infosys to help it use digital technology to better engage fans and players

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  Court rules Tata Consultancy Services did not discriminate against UK man

  After a year of legal wranglings, a UK tribunal has ruled that Indian IT service provider TCS did not discriminate against a UK man seeking employment with it

• August 04, 2015 04 Aug'15

  Outsourcing hits record levels in Europe

  Outsourcing activity in Europe recovers after a lull in the lead up to the UK general election, with more contracts than ever before

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  MPs examine visa rules over immigration for software and digital skills

  Home Affairs committee launches an inquiry after the number of skilled worker visas issued reached its monthly cap for the first time

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills

  Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns

• June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15

  Top suppliers as UK software and services market approaches £50bn

  The top five software and IT services firms in the UK are Capita, HP, IBM, Capgemini and Accenture, according to the latest figures from TechMarketView

• June 15, 2015 15 Jun'15

  Wipro contemplates £1bn acquisition of UK outsourcer Equiniti

  Wipro is reported to be considering the acquisition of UK business process outsourcing company Equiniti

• June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15

  OnApp helps small public cloud firms take on AWS, Google and Microsoft

  The OnApp Federation marketplace will help smaller firms compete more effectively with the public cloud giants, it is claimed

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

  Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner

• 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

• April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15

  Captive IT centre boosts competitiveness at Danske Bank in Denmark

  In 2014, Denmark's Danske Bank announced plans for its own captive centre in Bangalore and is now finalising the move to in-house IT delivery

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Changing IT trends power banking in Norway

  Norway's banking system is undergoing a seismic shift in technology as the country aims for a fully digitised society

• 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

• 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

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Holland & Barrett outsources data handling to ITC Infotech

  IT services firm ITC Infotech manages customer data for health food business to help it glean business value from the information

• 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

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Strong future for enterprise IT in Nordic countries

  From attracting the world to its ice-cool datacentres to the digitisation of the public sector, there is plenty going on in the Nordic region

• 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

• 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

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Offshoring data is biggest barrier to government in the cloud

  Offshoring data is the biggest obstacle to putting government services in the cloud, according to a survey of MPs and peers

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  Health trust proposed offshoring mental care through Skype

  Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust considered cutting costs by using Skype and low-cost staff to treat patients with depression

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Virgin Atlantic Airways outsources digital transformation to Tata Consultancy Services

  Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) outsources IT to Indian services giant Tata Consultancy Services as the airline creates digital services for customers