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Zurich inks $2.9bn outsourcing megadeal with CSC
News Zurich Financial Services has announced an outsourcing megadeal. The company said yesterday is has signed a 10 and a half year deal with CSC to supply datacentre and IT services. Virtualisation will be the key plank of... [27 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News Outsourcing deals typically promise to deliver cost savings and increased efficiency - but all too often the promises fail to match the reality. At the National Outsourcing Association's Sourcing Summit... [24 Nov 2009]
How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News This allowed us to do the cost reduction program using the information we had about the IT operation," Hayes said at The Sourcing Summit, hosted by the National Outsourcing Association, in London yesterday. [20 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Could some of the big names in outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? However Carr said following the shift to cloud computing - which he believes is as inevitable as the move from... [19 Nov 2009]
'Don't just outsource the problem when you outsource IT'
News Local council IT departments' tendency to outsource problematic tech functions means their outsourcing projects are rarely successful, according to a new report. Wise authorities will.use outsourcing as... [10 Nov 2009]
Taxman to save £110m by taking an axe to its IT estate
News The work will be carried out by outsourcing provider Capgemini under its Aspire (Acquiring Strategic Partners for the Inland Revenue) contract to provide IT services and supplies to the HMRC until 2017. [30 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News Vincent is also planning to talk to the CIOs of its sister companies Tata Technologies and outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services about how they could work more closely together in future. Following its sale by... [26 Oct 2009]
NHS bodies outsource payroll in £12m deals
News A further eight NHS bodies have signed on with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), an outsourcing joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria. NHS SBS is now used by around 30 per cent of NHS bodies,... [13 Oct 2009]
Sainsbury's tech shopping spree revealed
News This savings drive began when Sainsbury's ditched a 10-year IT outsourcing contract with Accenture in 2005, half way through the deal, and brought the services back in-house. Technology has helped Sainsbury's keep the... [09 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Incidentally, some of the highest paid IT workers are those who specialise in outsourcing - perhaps one reason why silicon.com's Cheat Sheet on outsourcing proved popular last month. Once again,... [06 Oct 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News Choosing the right BPO outsourcing partner is becoming increasingly important with analyst house Gartner predicting that one quarter of the biggest BPO providers will not exist in their current form by 2012. [30 Sep 2009]
Xerox snaps up ACS in $6.4bn deal
News The move is a big bet to transform Xerox into a services company that does everything from collecting tolls and installing government systems to retooling business processes and information technology outsourcing. [28 Sep 2009]
The right skills to boost your pay packet unveiled
News According to new research, techies working in IT management should consider brushing up on their outsourcing expertise: those with skills in that area make the best paid IT management workers with an average annual... [22 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News Gavin Megnauth, director of operations and group IT at Morgan Hunt, said the subjects being taught in universities have not kept pace with the rate of change in the IT industry, including the widespread adoption of... [02 Sep 2009]
Snow Leopard, Windows 7, Microsoft Word ban and BT broadband
News With voice-to-text company SpinVox making headlines recently, August saw silicon.com reporter Natasha Lomas visit the company's HQ to see its tech in action, and she came away pretty impressed with the company's human... [01 Sep 2009]
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