outsourcing
RSS outsourcingBusiness must come first warns Gartner Group chief
News He said the three big challenges that face IT directors in 1999 are networking developments, the skills crisis and outsourcing issues. Outsourcing - the third key issue - is growing in importance,... [13 Oct 1998]
Sequent branches out
News Sequent Computer Systems has started to offer a range of limited outsourcing services, claiming they will "fill the gap between full outsourcing of IT systems and full provision of IT resources in-house". [09 Oct 1998]
IBM wins Novartis outsourcing deal
News The move builds on the company's existing agreement with IBM, which already includes an outsourcing contract for IT operations at its Basel headquarters. Novartis Pharma AG is to outsource IT support for its customer... [07 Oct 1998]
AT&T admits interest in IBM Global Networking division
News The acquisition would beef up AT&T's data communication networks for future outsourcing contracts. It is an extension of a long-term outsourcing agreement worth over $2bn between the three companies.... [01 Oct 1998]
IBM and Boeing move closer
News The outsourcing deal reportedly gives Big Blue control over data centres in the US states of Kansas, Missouri, California, Arizona and Philadelphia. IBM has been awarded a $2bn, five year contract as part of their... [01 Oct 1998]
Baan starts outsourcing division
News Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor Baan has branched out into the outsourcing market in an attempt to boost its sales to medium sized companies. The spin-off company, called Baan Midmarket... [29 Sep 1998]
Bradford & Bingley enjoys early days of IBM deal
News IBM Global Services has picked up a large outsourcing contract from UK building society, the Bradford & Bingley. Big Blue will be paid in excess of £100m over the next ten years in return for taking care of the... [28 Sep 1998]
ICL loses £10m UK council contract to Capita
News Outsourcing specialist, Capita Business Services is due to take up a £10.5m services contract for Derby City Council's IT systems. The contract was passed on to the company from services giant, ICL. Capita will maintain... [28 Sep 1998]
Outsourcing firm creates 400 jobs in Northern Ireland
News Northern Irish Office Economy Minister, Adam Ingram, has announced that over 400 new jobs are to be created in Belfast by a local IT outsourcing company. McCann explained that the company had decided to invest now to... [24 Sep 1998]
In brief: Millennium bug provides boost to outsourcing firms
News The research house polled 400 companies and found that 37 per cent of those outsourcing all or part of their millennium problem hadn't used external organisations before. The companies most likely to turn to... [16 Sep 1998]
C&WC IT operation outsourced to IBM
News Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC) and IBM have ended weeks of speculation and confirmed a £1.8bn ($3bn), ten year outsourcing deal. In spite of outsourcing not being particularly popular in the... [03 Sep 1998]
IBM and C&WC sign £1.8bn outsourcing deal
News IBM has landed a £1.8bn outsourcing contract from UK-based Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC). The companies claim the ten year deal is one of the largest in the history of IT outsourcing. Around... [02 Sep 1998]
BP picks EDS for worldwide IT services
News British Petroleum (BP) has completed the final leg of its IT outsourcing process, with the announcement of a £300m contract award to EDS. Over the next 18 months, EDS will replace BP's three existing suppliers as sole... [20 Aug 1998]
Compel wins £75m BBC outsourcing contract
News The BBC has awarded a PC supply and services contract for 18,000 users to systems integrator, Compel. The contract is worth £75m over the next three years, with the BBC retaining the option to extend it to seven years. [10 Aug 1998]
Cannock builds next-generation call centre
News Call centre specialist Cannock Communications is to build an outsourcing centre in Scotland. The Callflex facility is being developed into what Cannock calls "the first serviced call centre". Callflex's systems will be... [10 Aug 1998]
