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Data centre costs top reason for virtualisation
News In its survey, IDC asked IT organisations how they managed their virtual estates. Nine out of 10 organisations that have adopted virtualisation technologies have done so to reduce data centre costs, according to research from IDC. [08 Jul 2008]
Nationwide hands network reins to BT
News In the past, Nationwide has developed and managed its IT operations in-house but is now shifting to a number of suppliers to cut costs and improve flexibility. Nationwide Building Society has signed a seven-year £160m deal with BT to outsource the... [30 Jun 2008]
TJ Hughes buys into email to slash admin costs
News Discount department store chain TJ Hughes has managed to save more than £10,000 in administration costs by using an email alerts system to communicate tasks to store managers. The network is run on a private broadband data network managed by Vodat. [14 May 2008]
Aviva signs £300m comms deal
News Two new services from the deal will be managed BlackBerry services and speech recognition. It is expected that the move to IP telephony will significantly reduce costs for the insurance group. Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas for... [13 May 2008]
Scottish Water splashes out on tech
News The deals are intended to save around £8m over eight years by moving to a managed services model and using a smaller number of tech suppliers. The reduced costs will mean more money will be available to invest in the water network, while more staff... [28 Apr 2008]
Green carrots needed for IT chiefs
News And yet the way IT is managed doesn't really help in cutting the power consumption. Green IT from A to ZClick on the links below to find out more. Speaking to silicon.com, Szubert said: "There's a lack of information, [IT managers] don't know how... [19 Mar 2008]
Specsavers eyes up savings with Vanco deal
News As the network will be managed by one company, the deal is also expected to generate cost savings due to increased efficiencies. Vanco's Active Negotiation Process - where Vanco reviews the underlying carrier costs for customers annually - means... [19 Feb 2008]
Mobiles on the moon? Nasa prepares trial for takeoff
News The stellar vision of the mobile's future even tops the effort that managed to get a text message to the top of Mount Everest. The MoonLite mission proposal is undergoing a review of its science goals and costs before it is approved. [19 Feb 2008]
Northern Ireland police brings IT under one roof
News The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has signed a contract with Fujitsu Services for the supply of managed IT services for the next eight years. The various elements will be managed by around 100 Fujitsu Services staff and will also cover... [06 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing 'increases IT costs'
News Selective outsourcing when well specified and managed can deliver huge savings. By retaining accountability in-house and by keeping the scope of the packages tightly controlled, we have managed to avoid some of the pitfalls that make the front... [31 Jan 2008]
$12bn tech spend for UK SMEs in 2007
News Medium-sized businesses outspent small businesses in most areas of IT in 2007, with the highest spending in storage services ($388m) - up 20 per cent from 2006 - and managed security services ($42m). Rising technology costs saw SMEs in the UK... [14 Jan 2008]
Highways Agency inks £75m outsourcing deal
News As part of the deal, Atos Origin will deploy its managed desktop platform, Atos Workplace Solutions, allowing software to be uploaded and problems to be solved remotely. The Highways Agency has awarded Atos Origin a £75m contract to manage its IT... [03 Jan 2008]
Shell to outsource 3,200 IT jobs
News It reveals that contracts are expected to be signed in March, with EDS taking over end user computing services, T-Systems hosting and storage services and AT&T managed network services. The oil multi-national is finalising contracts for AT&T, EDS... [02 Jan 2008]
Marks & Spencer hands £19m IT deal to Computacenter
News Marks & Spencer has handed Computacenter Services a £19m managed IT contract for the next five years. Last month M&S also awarded a four-year managed service contract to tech services provider Logicalis to improve the efficiency of the retailer's... [12 Dec 2007]
Cabinet Office flexes its shared services
News Earlier this year, the Cabinet Office announced a deal with Fujitsu Services for a managed converged voice and data network over IP, called Flex, which it has offered to other public sector organisations to share. [25 Oct 2007]
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