business process in news
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The online service significantly simplifies the process of booking travel and accommodation for services personnel, cutting out paperwork and allowing them to compare budget airlines with scheduled carriers or rail for... [19 Jun 2008]
UK CIOs beaten to boardroom by French
News The survey also found there is a tendency for CIOs to be left out of the strategic business decision-making process. More than a third (35 per cent) of respondents said IT is called on to help deliver... [19 Jun 2008]
Global BPO market to hit $450bn by 2012
News The business process outsourcing (BPO) market is forecast to hit $450bn by 2012. The report predicts services such as customer management services, payments and other industry-specific financial sector... [16 Jun 2008]
Building soc buys Experian mortgage engine
News KFI's [Key Facts Illustration, which lists the key information relating to a mortgage and any charges inherent to the mortgage and the application process], agreements in principal, all of these things can happen without... [10 Jun 2008]
Broadband speed: ISPs accept 'code of practice'
News The ISP added it is in the process of launching a new app on its homepage which will enable customers to discern the actual speed they will receive from Be. A Tesco telecoms spokeswoman told silicon.com the company is... [05 Jun 2008]
Building society streamlines system support
News Principality Building Society has implemented a process automation platform to streamline a number of functions, including server maintenance and customer contact centre operations.silicon.com Financial Services [27 May 2008]
Cloud computing: Ready to experiment with
News He suggested placing "non-strategic" applications and "non-sensitive" information in the cloud, and using the process to test out performance and integration issues. Swaminathan said: "Say the business... [23 May 2008]
Microsoft to woo online searchers with cash back
News Although other sites have offered cash back to shoppers, Microsoft is building it into the search process itself, a process it is counting on to boost the popularity of such efforts beyond hard-core... [22 May 2008]
EDS customers advised to look for price cuts
News Barry Matthews, of Alsbridge Consultancy, is in the process of helping to set up a deal involving EDS and has previously been involved in setting up deals with a number of clients who outsource services to EDS. [21 May 2008]
Credit crunch not hitting IT spend
News SaaS, business process utility, infrastructure utility, remote-management services and cloud computing are the key "alternative delivery and acquisition models" respondents to the survey said they are... [21 May 2008]
Barclays banks on offshore
News Barclays is increasingly confident in its use of business process outsourcing (BPO) which it says has improved time to market and is now looking to increase the complexity of the services it offshores. [15 May 2008]
TJ Hughes buys into email to slash admin costs
News The system, supplied by Vodat International, replaces a process of updating store managers with sales and merchandising information with a twice-weekly pack delivered by fax and post. Find out what's hot on the top tech... [14 May 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News The deal will strengthen HP's services business across the gamut of IT and business process outsourcing sectors, serving a wide range of public and private companies. The two companies... [13 May 2008]
Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?
News He said that large companies dealing with about 40 different providers were approaching Accenture to consolidate these deals with fewer suppliers, a process called 'bundling'. Instead the key is to treat outsourcers as... [12 May 2008]
Video app the highway to healthy roads
News The council is piloting the Yotta DCL MARCHpms pavement management system to process video data on its road systems. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for 2008… Video: CIO Agenda 2008 ... [12 May 2008]
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