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News Trevor Didcock, former CIO of the AA, said his input played a key role in getting value for money for Centrica - AA's owners at the time - and ensuring the smooth transfer to Permira's systems. With global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) predicted... [10 Jan 2008]
Top 10 outsourcing stories of the year
News The deal was signed in 2005 when the AA separated from Centrica and needed to build an entire IT department and infrastructure in just 12 months. Outsourcing made the headlines in 2007 with some huge deals both signed and terminated and the... [18 Dec 2007]
Centrica lands Virgin CIO
News Energy company Centrica has appointed Virgin's Gareth Lewis as new group CIO. Lewis joins Centrica in November from Virgin where he has been group CIO for the holding company of all the Virgin brands since 2002. [17 Oct 2007]
Exclusive: AA terminates £50m IBM deal
News The AA signed the £50m IBM deal back in 2005 after the breakdown organisation separated from Centrica following a private equity buyout. The AA has terminated its £50m seven-year IT outsourcing deal with IBM three-and-a-half years early, as a... [21 Sep 2007]
Centrica takes £196m hit on IT systems
News UK energy supplier Centrica has taken a £196m hit on its balance sheet after writing-down the value of redundant IT systems it no longer uses. Centrica, which owns British Gas, revealed the exceptional non-cash charge of £196m in its full year... [22 Feb 2007]
CIO Jury: Data overload drowning businesses
News Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica The amount of data stored and information shared electronically by many businesses continues to grow almost exponentially, from email archives going back years to highly sensitive customer, transactional and financial data. [23 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: Mobile device as security risk
News Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica Mobile access is continuing to cause security headaches for organisations because of the increasing range and sophistication of mobile devices now used by employees, according to leading IT bosses. [02 Oct 2006]
CIO Jury: The global IT department
News Kirk Downey, CTO at Centrica, said that an organisation's ability to understand and manage a globally sourced team is critical to success. Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica Just last week Norwich Union announced it will be outsourcing more IT jobs to... [18 Sep 2006]
'Mix-and-match' drives offshore cost savings
News Datamonitor said Centrica is one company that has taken this approach of outsourcing a single customer accounts entity to India rather than a number of disparate systems and that as a result its cost of servicing each customer will fall from... [07 Sep 2006]
CIO Jury: India can challenge the 'big six'
News But the rapid growth of the Indian companies presents its own challenges, according to Kirk Downey, CTO at Centrica. Kirk Downey, CTO at Centrica More than 40 per cent of the $88bn of outsourcing deals up for renewal over the next two years are... [03 Aug 2006]
CIO Jury: Is industry experience vital for IT chiefs?
News Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica Getting 'boxed in' to a particular vertical industry sector has always been an issue for IT directors, especially when moving across from the public to private sector or vice versa. [13 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: IT bosses check out BlackBerry rivals
News Kirk Downey, CTO at Centrica, said: "We have already implemented a competing solution primarily due to the closed, proprietary stance that RIM has taken historically. Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica RIM has this week won the first key court ruling on a... [23 Feb 2006]
British Gas engineers get @Road assistance
News Last year, the system was trialled on the company's electrical and housing services divisions and British Gas, part of Centrica, was adding engineers at a rate of around 350 per week. British Gas has signed a deal with @Road, a provider of mobile... [10 Feb 2006]
CIO Jury: In-sourcing - the new outsourcing?
News Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica Insourcing will continue to emerge as a new trend this year as businesses seek to reverse bad outsourcing decisions and regain more control over their IT costs and operations, according to UK CIOs. [02 Feb 2006]
CIO Jury: Does 'geek' stereotype still dog IT execs?
News Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica Getting boxed into technology roles is still a barrier to career progress for many IT workers, according to UK IT execs. IT training companies have this week reported increased demand in business-related courses from... [26 Jan 2006]
