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AstraZeneca simplifies outsourcing rules

News The company's CIO Richard Williams described new rules for its £680m, seven-year global outsourcing agreement with IBM. Speaking at the FT Global Outsourcing and Offshoring Conference, Williams said the company has set detailed objectives for IBM...

Tags: astrazeneca, offshoring, outsourcing

[19 May 2008]

EC backs tech for green future

News The IT sector currently accounts for two per cent of global CO2 emissions. The European Commission (EC) is backing the use of technology to cut carbon emissions and improve energy efficiency across Europe's economy.

Tags: energy, emissions, carbon, europe

[15 May 2008]

Barclays banks on offshore

News Charles Stiller, global servicing new initiatives director at the bank, said its confidence has grown since its first serious foray in 2004 and that it now relies on about eight development centres in India.

Tags: offshoring, outsourcing, barclays

[15 May 2008]

HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS

News The buyout will see HP challenge rival IBM at the top of the global outsourcing market and is highly unlikely to be scuppered by regulatory concerns, according to analyst Gartner. Mark Hurd, HP's chairman and CEO, said in a statement: "The...

Tags: saas, hp, eds

[13 May 2008]

HP close to buying EDS for $12bn

News Thanks to IBM's Global Services arm, Big Blue can offer back-end hardware such as servers along with long term service contracts. Combining those pieces of corporate software with a large consulting arm would be a head-on attack on IBM Global...

Tags: hurd, compaq, eds, hp

[13 May 2008]

BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G

News As in other areas of its business, although it is still clearly its largest market, RIM must not allow a North American-centric perspective to blur its potential global prospects. RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smart phones to include...

Tags: rim, blackberry, 3g

[13 May 2008]

Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?

News Global outsourcing has moved past corporate penny pinching according to industry experts. Speakers at the Financial Times Global Outsourcing and Offshoring Conference agreed that companies making a success of outsourcing no longer see low-cost...

Tags: ito, offshoring, outsourcing

[12 May 2008]

Apple iPhone stocks run dry

News Global supplies of Apple's iPhone are running dry, increasing speculation that a 3G version is imminent. Apple's UK and US online shops both say the 8Gb and 16Gb versions of the iPhone are "currently unavailable" while in the UK, Carphone Warehouse...

Tags: stock, carphone warehouse, o2, apple

[12 May 2008]

Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT

News It seems fitting that after the Met Office helped open the eyes of the world to global warming it is at the forefront of efforts to prevent it. These computational workhorses and their predecessors at the Met Office Hadley Centre crunched through...

Tags: met office, energy, green it

[09 May 2008]

Europe, India net gets cast under the sea

News Verizon Communications's business unit said yesterday it would help build an undersea cable connecting Europe, India and the Middle East in order to expand its global network and support internet traffic.

Tags: internet, cable, verizon

[07 May 2008]

India edgy about outsourcing newbies?

News India's fears that other countries are undercutting its dominance of the global outsourcing market have pushed it into extending a tax break for software companies say consultants. Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) argues this is a reflection of...

Tags: india, offshoring, outsourcing

[06 May 2008]

Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away

News Gordon Crawford, portfolio manager for Capital Research Global Investors, the largest Yahoo! chief Jerry Yang signalled a more open stance towards Microsoft yesterday, saying he had been seeking common ground when the software maker abruptly ended...

Tags: bid, yahoo, microsoft

[06 May 2008]

CSC signs $400m contract with Zurich

News It will service Zurich's businesses in the Canada, the UK, US and elsewhere in Europe and its responsibilities include global service desk, local on-site support and software packaging and distribution.

Tags: offshoring, outsourcing, ito

[02 May 2008]

Satyam spices up silver screen with latest effects

News Satyam also has a $25m edutainment partnership with 4K to work on two European animation projects, one of the largest won by a global BPO provider in the animation market. The glamour of Hollywood and the Indian outsourcing industry will collide on...

Tags: hollywood, bpo, india

[29 Apr 2008]

Global security spend to hit $10.5bn

News Global security software revenue is expected to reach $10.5bn worldwide this year, an 11.2 per cent increase over 2007, and will exceed $13.1bn in 2012, according to research firm Gartner. Increasing demand for a mobile workforce and awareness of...

Tags: smes, security

[28 Apr 2008]

FSA warns banks to wise up on security

News BT Global Services finance industry sector MD Andy Nicholson said in a statement: "With an ever increasing regulatory environment, operational risk and business continuity planning must extend to every employee, business process and ICT asset.

Tags: fsa, disclosure, bank

[25 Apr 2008]

Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving

News This is due to three main factors: global growth in the number of mobile subscribers - predicted to hit 4.4 billion in three years' time; the proliferation of broadband - itself driven by the popularity of apps such as social networking, online...

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, femtocell

[23 Apr 2008]

Fifa World Cup to get high-tech makeover

News Separately, Satyam has announced it has acquired the market research and customer analytics operations of global heavy-machinery maker Caterpillar. Indian IT company Satyam is promising to "transform" the way fans watch football on the back of its...

Tags: outsourcing, fifa, satyam

[23 Apr 2008]

China key to Indian IT growth

News He said: "We do not regard ourselves as an Indian company, we see ourselves as a global company. China will be a key part of Indian outsourcing giant Satyam's plans to create 15,000 new jobs worldwide and grow revenue to $2.69bn this year.

Tags: satyam, offshore, outsource, centres

[21 Apr 2008]

Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards

News Although it's not working on a consumer desktop, it is planning a product for Intel resellers to ship in emerging markets, which will be called Red Hat Global Desktop. Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version...

Tags: linux, red hat, microsoft, eye

[21 Apr 2008]

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