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Offshore IT services

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  MPs slam the award of government contracts to tax-avoiding IT firms

  MPs allege that Accenture used revenue from its deal with HMRC to reduce its tax bill

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2012

  Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some £38.7bn – was IT outsourcing

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Low-level tasks eat up 30% of IT departments' time, report reveals

  IT departments spend 30% of their time carrying out basic tasks and are growing frustrated with the lack of time available to focus on transformational work

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  How did EDS lose $8bn in value in four years?

  HP is writing off $8bn after the drop in value of EDS, which was acquired in 2008 - how did the outsourcing business fall so far so fast?

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Shop Direct deploys software to automate business processes

  Online shopping giant Shop Direct has deployed software to automate business processes without eating into the IT department’s busy timetable

• May 09, 2012 09 May'12

  Indian IT services firm Infosys opens UK apprenticeship scheme

  Indian IT services firm Infosys is to offer UK apprenticeship places with the National Apprenticeship Scheme (NAS) over the next five years

• May 01, 2012 01 May'12

  How global recruitment company runs IT with one in-house worker

  Recruitment services company Alexander Mann Solutions is harnessing cloud computing and expanding nearshore IT services to support a one-man internal IT department.

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  Department for Work and Pensions outsources IT for universal credit welfare to India

  The government is outsourcing IT development for the universal credit welfare programme to India despite promises to keep data projects in the UK

• March 22, 2012 22 Mar'12

  O2 automation cuts offshore dependence and saves millions

  O2 is automating business processes to reduce the cost of back office operations and cut its reliance on offshore recruitment

• January 19, 2012 19 Jan'12

  Construction firm extends IT outsourcing

  Taylor Wimpey has extended an IT outsourcing agreement with Logica as it embarks on a major change programme.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  Shell moves SAP maintenance to Accenture

  Oil giant Shell has transferred the management of its HR and payroll applications to Accenture as part of a multi-year SAP managed service.