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RSS pac in newsTaxpayer "lost" £90m on QinetiQ sell-off
News The taxpayer should have received another £90m following the deal, according to the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which backed the findings of a National Audit Office report criticising the way the MoD conducted the partial... [10 Jun 2008]
India edgy about outsourcing newbies?
News Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) argues this is a reflection of nervousness about countries such as the Philippines and Vietnam, where tax exemptions are threatening to beat India on the cost competitiveness that allowed it to dominate the global... [06 May 2008]
iPhone SDK downloaded by 100,000 developers
News Intuit (TurboTax), Namco Networks (Pac-Man and Galaga), NetSuite (ERP/CRM software), and Six Apart (blogging software) are a few of the companies whose PR departments graciously worked up executive quotes for Apple's announcement. [13 Mar 2008]
India losing status as offshore king?
News The competitive Indian labour market is driving companies to alternative destinations, say Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) in its report. Nick Mayes, senior consultant at PAC, said there is no "serious threat" to India's outsourcing dominance in... [03 Mar 2008]
Tax payer still owed millions by EDS
News EDS agreed it would pay £26.5m of the settlement when it was awarded new contracts by the government but a report by the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found the IT services company has repaid "little" of... [05 Feb 2008]
Indian suppliers to double UK IT market share
News India's top five services companies - HCL, Infosys, Satyam, TCS and Wipro - are on course to grow their share of the UK software and IT services market from just under three per cent to seven per cent over the next three years, according to... [23 Jan 2008]
Bank IT spend to rise despite credit crunch crisis
News Software and services spend in the sector should rise by 7.7 per cent between 2007 and 2011, according to Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC). PAC went on to say the introduction of the single euro payments area from next year will also be a driver to... [11 Dec 2007]
Microsoft still tinkering with Surface
News Originally code-named Milan, Surface looks a bit like a 1980s sit-down Ms Pac Man machine but uses infrared cameras and a projector to create a touchscreen that can respond to multiple users' hand gestures, as well as interact with other objects. [09 Nov 2007]
MiFID driving software and services outsourcing
News Consultancy Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) says data requirements around MiFID - such as the need to collect, consolidate and publish information from diverse sources in near real-time, and also storage requirements - has significant IT... [16 Oct 2007]
Doubts over £13.3bn government efficiency savings
News A report by the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says there are question marks over £10bn - 74 per cent - of the £13.3bn savings claimed by the government. While some of the £13.3bn efficiency gains are robust... [11 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News But a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns the cost could increase even more with the introduction of the second generation ePassports in 2009.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [10 Oct 2007]
£1.5bn farm subsidy chaos: "Inept" planning blamed
News The PAC report said: "Failure to test computer systems completely and adequately is a problem we have often seen with government IT projects. The PAC report said: "Development work on the computer system nevertheless continued and no contingency... [06 Sep 2007]
Child Support Agency IT woes continue
News The CSA is due to be replaced by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in 2008 but a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned there will be no quick fix to the ongoing problems collecting... [05 Jul 2007]
BBC's £1.5bn outsourcing costs under fire
News In a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) it has now emerged the savings for the first year fell 38 per cent short of that figure at just £22m. Performance management by the BBC also comes under fire from... [28 Jun 2007]
Microsoft bulk-buy benefits by-pass public sector IT
News PAC chairman Edward Leigh MP, said in the report: "Very little public sector spending benefits at the moment from the range of products available from OGCbuying.solutions. Almost half of central government departments don't use the Microsoft bulk... [26 Jun 2007]
