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RSS Xerox in newsXerox snaps up ACS in $6.4bn deal
News Xerox said Monday it will buy Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) in a cash and stock deal valued at $6.4bn. The move is a big bet to transform Xerox into a services company that does everything from... [28 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News According to research by analyst Ovum, sectors including financial services, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, retail and travel are showing active interest in IT outsourcing, pointing to recent £20m-plus deals between IBM and the... [14 Jul 2009]
Sainsbury's goes shopping for new IT director
News Previous to his 10 years at Boots, Fraser also held positions with Arthur Andersen, Marks & Spencer and Rank Xerox. Angela Morrison is to leave her post as IT director at supermarket chain Sainsbury's this summer. [04 Jun 2009]
Xerox picks HCL in $100m deal
News The services company will help Xerox standardise its datacentre infrastructure and provide consulting services around upgrades. HCL will also provide business continuity and disaster recovery for Xerox's... [06 Apr 2009]
Microsoft and TomTom call end to patent war
News In addition to its deals with Linux vendors such as Novell, TurboLinux, and Xandros, Microsoft has also signed pacts with consumer electronics firms that use Linux, such LG, Samsung, and Fuji Xerox. Microsoft and TomTom... [31 Mar 2009]
Co-op Financial Services' mail goes digital in £12m deal
News Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) has signed a £12m deal with Xerox to digitise its mail-sorting processes. The company, which brings together Co-operative Insurance, The Co-operative Banks and online bank Smile and... [15 Apr 2008]
Reuters to save £1.2m with print system revamp
News Financial news agency Reuters is set to save £1.2m in document costs following the implementation of a management strategy with Xerox. Xerox will revamp the company's print infrastructure in the UK and... [04 Mar 2008]
Xerox launches intelligent search engine
News But the FactSpotter software will not be available to the public over the internet or otherwise - only to customers of document management company Xerox, which developed the text-miner tool. Jean-René Gain, director and... [22 Jun 2007]
In brief: Google university boost, Xerox print advance and graduate jobs
News Xerox has developed a technology that can print fluorescent words and letters without fluorescent ink. Trinity College Dublin has switched to using Google's email service, with the students able to carry on using the... [12 Jun 2007]
'Patent violation': Microsoft moans about open source
News Microsoft has also cited Linux protection playing a role in recent patent swap deals with Fuji Xerox and Samsung. Microsoft claims free and open source software violates more than 230 of its patents, according to a... [14 May 2007]
Microsoft signs patent pact with Samsung
News As with Microsoft's recent deal with Fuji Xerox, the software maker specifically notes that the deal will allow Samsung to offer products using Linux without concern that Microsoft will sue it or its customers. [19 Apr 2007]
Microsoft swaps patents with Fuji Xerox
News Microsoft said late on Wednesday that it has inked a patent swap deal with Fuji Xerox that paves the way for the companies to use each other's technology. The companies said Fuji Xerox will obtain access... [22 Mar 2007]
DWP agrees £400m printing deal
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has agreed a £400m, seven-year printing contract with a group of companies including Accenture, EDS and Xerox. Xerox said the contract will result in... [02 Feb 2007]
Google spells out its verb case scenario
News Google's move reflects the concerns of other big brands such as Portakabin and Xerox who have previously complained that their brands have become generic descriptions of temporary buildings and photocopying respectively. [14 Aug 2006]
Sun culls hundreds more staff
News Schwartz's promotion and the job cuts led UBS Warburg analyst Benjamin Reitzes to suggest on Thursday Sun has the same ingredients for a turnaround that Xerox had earlier in the decade. Sun Microsystems notified hundreds... [04 Aug 2006]
