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IBM wins five-year BP contract to keep SAP apps slick
News IBM and Indian outsourcing companies have won five-year contracts to manage and run BP's enterprise applications. Consultancy and outsourcing company Accenture had touted running... [27 Aug 2009]
Three types of IT project you can get signed off in 2009
News Recently silicon.com reported that BP had warned agencies supplying temporary staff that it would cut contractors' rates by 10 per cent, a move expected to affect some 900 IT contractors across 80 or so suppliers worldwide. [04 Mar 2009]
British Energy hires new CIO
News Wilde's background includes senior IT roles at Allied Domecq, British American Tobacco, Volvo and a spell as an independent consultant working for BP and SAB Miller. They are supported by a number of... [07 Dec 2007]
Leader: The big issues of 2006
Leader Why not 'do a BP' - let some employees look after their own IT. Unapologetically this publication still focuses strongly on outsourcing and offshoring. What did we learn? What will be different? The big... [21 Dec 2006]
CIO Forum - our complete coverage
News Tesco, BP, Intel and Zopa also among winners CIO Forum: CIOs still split on outsourcing The 2006 silicon.com CIO Forum, which took place on 26 September in central London, brought together IT leaders... [27 Sep 2006]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
Leader One surprise Agenda Setter already shaping corporate IT is BP VP Jim Ginsburgh (17), who was chosen for his ground-breaking scheme of giving employees an allowance in exchange for not using the company's IT support. [25 Sep 2006]
Leader: 'Changing of the guard' for the 2006 Agenda Setters
AS Analysis One surprise Agenda Setter already shaping corporate IT is BP VP Jim Ginsburgh (17), who was chosen for his ground-breaking scheme of giving employees an allowance in exchange for not using the company's IT support. [25 Sep 2006]
DWP CIO Joe Harley
Comment BP, global IT vice president BP Exploration and Downstream Europe, CIO BP Alaska, IT director BP Glasgow, regional IT manager Europe I've been to business school and did... [27 Jul 2006]
Don't let IT damage your M&A success
Comment Some organisations, such as BP, have a history of championing outsourcing as a business model. Margaret Harvey is a partner in the technology and outsourcing group at Addleshaw Goddard... [23 Jun 2006]
Nectar loyalty card moves call centre to India
News Nectar gives shoppers points every time they make a purchase at the likes of BP, Debenhams and Sainsbury's and allows them to redeem the points at a later date in part payment for goods. Around two-thirds of the 120... [13 Apr 2005]
Through the fog... Getting your business processes finely tuned
Comment Business processes are part of the business - and, as such, the major part of any BP project will involve working with people to manage expectations, uncover processes and to decide whether the process is valid and how... [04 Jul 2003]
IBM scoops $200m outsourcing deal from BP
News IBM has won a $200m, five-year outsourcing contract to provide BP with application management and hosting services. BP has several thousand applications worldwide that have been adopted... [11 Aug 2000]
MCI Worldcom signs $650m outsourcing deal with BP Amoco
News BP Amoco has signed a $650m outsourcing contract with MCI Worldcom, which will see the services giant take over the day-to-day running of BP Amoco's global telecommunications services.... [02 Dec 1999]
BP signs ten-year outsourcing deal with PwC
News BP Amoco has announced it is to outsource its US back office and accounting divisions to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), in a deal valued at $1.1bn over 10 years. BP Amoco revealed that it is also in... [10 Nov 1999]
BP Amoco in outsourcing deal with Eutech
News BP Amoco has outsourced its bespoke modelling software to UK-based engineers, Eutech, along with its Topnir infrared technology. The topological software, developed inhouse by BP, analyses data without... [05 Aug 1999]