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"Mega" outsourcing deals decline
News More on outsourcing… Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract Cloud computing - the data centre of the future? Deals of less than $50m in total value... [11 Jun 2008]
CIOs offering vendors "suicidal deals"
News IT vendors are being asked to accept "suicidal deals" that actually lose them money, as CIOs learn how to use the credit crunch to their advantage. Steve Gill managing director of HP UK and Ireland said his company had... [25 Feb 2009]
MoD awards tech deals worth £14m
News According to the Official Journal of the European Union - which publishes public sector tenders and contract awards - the deals are for the provision of systems consultancy services. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has... [18 Feb 2009]
Outsourcing deals up in number, down in value
News Huge outsourcing deals are on their way out, according to new research from Gartner. On Thursday, the research firm predicted a shift away from full-service, 10-year, multibillion-dollar outsourcing... [20 Feb 2004]
AOL: three more deals under scrutiny
News AOL Time Warner has identified three previous deals conducted in its America Online unit that may have been accounted for improperly in its financial statements. The company said it plans to further review these... [15 Aug 2002]
Key NHS IT deals to save £30m
News The NHS has signed a series of IT deals with key suppliers, in a move that could save the health service £30m. The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS claims the deal is further evidence of how the health... [13 Aug 2004]
Traders move online for share deals
News While in 2001 only 28 per cent of traders placed deals online, the figure almost doubled to 54 per cent by 2005, according to a report from analyst Datamonitor. Internet share dealing has overtaken traditional methods,... [29 Aug 2006]
WorldCom and EDS agree $12.4bn outsourcing deals
News The combined deals are worth $12.4bn over 11 years. AT&T and IBM have also traded deals that have resulted in both giants concentrating on their core competencies. EDS and MCI WorldCom have signed... [26 Oct 1999]
Lucent wins $120m Asia deals
News According to a statement from Lucent, the bulk of the deals come from China Telecom for more than $80m. Lucent Technologies announced today at CommunicAsia four new contract wins worth more than $120m. [15 Jun 2004]
Outsourcing up but deals get smaller and shorter
News But the Outsourcing Pricing Guide report also warns that many of the 70 per cent of that number renewing outsourcing deals will drive a harder bargain this time around, cutting both the scope and duration of contract. [11 Aug 2004]
Microsoft offers software licence deals
News Software Assurance is not widely recognised and deals like this, which seems pretty much across the board of Microsoft software, should be better known. Microsoft has cut the price of leasing software by as much as 25... [16 Mar 2009]
Top 10 deals of the month - March
News Top 10 deals - February http://www.silicon.com/a51720 IBM scores another massive outsourcing deal Customer: Nestle Supplier: IBM Value: $500m Technology: servers, storage and database software ... [02 Apr 2002]
Web steering users to online car deals
News Over 80 per cent believed the Web would bring prices down, encouraging more open information and better exchange deals. People buying new cars are welcoming the Internet as a way to research their options and eventually... [02 Sep 1999]
FTC explores free-PC deals
News The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is scrutinising the growing number of 'free PC' deals in the US with long-term Internet access tie-ins. Customers are being warned to be cautious about committing to a long-term... [17 Aug 1999]
Online share deals go quiet
News However, online deals now account for 25 per cent of total trades executed. Analysis by data company Compeer reveals that the total number of share deals by private investors, whether online or offline,... [16 Aug 2001]