IT services and outsourcing

Photos: IT at the O2 arena

How IT supports one of the world's biggest entertainment venues. Continue Reading

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• Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly

Tens of thousands of IT jobs at risk in global finance sector

The investment banking industry will see thousands of job cuts as mergers are completed and companies prepare for a slowdown in business. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Union calls for return of 4,000 offshored jobs

Lloyds TSB Group Union will use the bank's extraordinary general meeting today to encourage shareholders to support the return of 4,000 jobs...

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Midsized firms reach out to backup service providers

Data growth and ever-tightening compliance rules are among the factors driving some organizations to turn to service providers for help with backups. Continue Reading

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• Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer

Shifting services back indoors

Almost a quarter of blue chip firms in the UK are so disillusioned with outsourcing they are hauling their services back in-house. Continue Reading

Tight contract management vital, users told at SSRG debut

The Strategic Supplier Relationships Group, which brings together 10 of the UK's most influential IT user groups, was formally... Continue Reading

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• John Riley

Managed services: Looking to the long term

IT directors looking for an easy way to manage increasing volumes of data by buying more hardware could be storing up problems... Continue Reading

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• Jessica Twentyman

Financing the future

Don't get a headache working out the best ways to pay for hardware and software. Danny Bradbury offers a user-friendly guide to... Continue Reading

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• Danny Bradbury

Swansea strike battle to go to Acas

Swansea Council and its striking IT staff are set to go to arbitration service Acas to settle a six-week dispute over a proposed... Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Sema suffers sharp share drop

A 10% fall in the share price of software and services company Sema has raised questions about the company's financial stability.

Sema, responsible...

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The VPN dilemma

With traditional networks choking on data, Liz Biddlecombe investigates the pros and cons of managing a VPN yourself or... Continue Reading

How to scour the world when outsourcing

Thanks to Y2K compliance programmes, it is now perfectly acceptable for a firm to consider moving all or part of its systems development and support... Continue Reading