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Is Atos Origin first to win key NHS IT contract?
News The contract is due to be awarded by the end of this month and speculation is growing that SchlumbergerSema has been given the nod ahead of Fujitsu. If SchlumbergerSema does win the contract it will be a... [22 Sep 2003]
Atos Origin buys SchlumbergerSema for E1.3bn
News Atos Origin has bought the core IT services of SchlumbergerSema in a E1.3bn cash and shares deal, as first revealed by silicon.com last week. Atos Origin will pay E400m cash and the rest in 19.3 million Atos shares, and... [22 Sep 2003]
Atos Origin moves in for SchlumbergerSema
News Speculation is rife that Atos Origin is in advanced talks with SchlumbergerSema for the creation of a joint venture, and sources close to the situation have confirmed to silicon.com that Atos Origin is close to... [19 Sep 2003]
Confusion as EDS dropped from NHS IT bidding
News EDS is now no longer in the running for the £150m electronic appointment booking system, leaving just Fujitsu and SchlumbergerSema to fight for the contract. The NHS' £2.3bn IT programme is clouded in confusion with the... [15 Sep 2003]
£2.3bn NHS IT overhaul becomes a three horse race
News In addition to those bidding to be involved at a national level, the government announcement also listed the firms that would be competing to supply IT services in each of the five regional divisions in England, with the likes of... [13 Aug 2003]
Why did taxman really dump BT outsourcing alliance?
News But CSC, along with SchlumbergerSema, was part of the Fusion Alliance that was surprisingly dropped from the Revenue's Aspire IT competition last week. That was about the time when the rumours went into overdrive about... [21 Jul 2003]
BT dumped by the Revenue in £4bn bidding battle
News The ditching of the Fusion Alliance, which also consisted of SchlumbergerSema, means Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's partnership with Fujitsu will be left to fight with incumbents EDS and Accenture for the Aspire contract. [17 Jul 2003]
MoD's DII - another day in outsourcing for CSC, BT and co
News A BT, CSC and Xansa consortium recently won the Royal Mail’s £1.5bn outsourcing contract, while the Fusion Alliance, backed by BT, CSC and SchlumbergerSema is competing with Accenture and EDS for the Inland Revenue’s... [20 May 2003]
Inland Revenue 'glitch' creates £15bn pension crisis
News Incumbent EDS is bidding against the BT, CSC and SchlumbergerSema Fusion Alliance and the Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and Fujitsu partnership. Around ten million people face a state pension shortfall because of a glitch in... [15 May 2003]
Privacy group attacks government over ID cards
News SchlumbergerSema, the world's largest maker of smart cards, said on Thursday that research showed that 80 percent of UK citizens are in favour of the introduction of entitlement cards. Civil liberties group Privacy... [31 Jan 2003]
ID cards: Thumbs up from Joe and Joanne Public
News The research, which was conducted on behalf of smart card technology company SchlumbergerSema - which supports the introduction of entitlement cards - saw 1,000 people interviewed by telephone between 17 and 19 January. [30 Jan 2003]
Smartcard ticketing going Underground
News The smartcards are manufactured by Giesecke & Devrient and SchlumbergerSema using MiFare chips from Philips Semiconductors. Philips said it has shipped 250 million MiFare units worldwide, and about two million to... [20 Nov 2002]
IT police welcome Blunkett's back-down on snooping
News James McVicar, director of home affairs for SchlumbergerSema, said the home office's proposals had gone too far: "Everyone recognises there are civil liberties issues here, and it is the role of business to try to inform... [20 Jun 2002]
Hutchison makes security signing
News Mobile phone giant Hutchison 3G has bought security services from SchlumbergerSema. The contract sees SchlumbergerSema in charge of consulting, systems integration and project management of the telco's... [20 May 2002]
If the IT department was a World Cup team who would it be?
News John Economides, IT director at SchlumbergerSema, said those who manage IT directors fail to recognise their input. If IT directors were a World Cup team they would disappear in the group stage - falling flat on their... [20 May 2002]