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AT&T pays £5bn for IBM Global Network
News IBM has sold its Global Network business to AT&T, in a $5bn cash deal. It was desperate to move out of the global network business and concentrate its efforts on the... [08 Dec 1998]
The Bloor Perspective: Services carve up, Vodafone and SFR, ARM's lay-offs
Comment The PwC acquisition will take IBM GS into previously uncharted waters, most notably business process outsourcing - a rapidly growing market according to many of the services firms. Having been pretty sorely burned over... [21 Oct 2002]
IBM global networks rumoured to be on the market
News IBM's global network grew out of the company's internal communications system, but in recent years Big Blue has turned it into a multibillion dollar business unit - under the Global... [02 Sep 1998]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News The world's fifth largest insurance group, owner of Norwich Union, struck an eight-year deal with Indian outsourcer WNS Global Services to run its business process outsourcing operations. The company... [11 Jul 2008]
Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?
News Instead the key is to treat outsourcers as an arm of the business, with customers expecting suppliers to have intimate knowledge of their workings and to get access to top-flight skills across the globe from their... [12 May 2008]
HP seals $13.9bn deal for EDS
News The two companies collective services businesses, as of the end of each company's 2007 fiscal year, had annual revenues of more than $38bn and 210,000 employees, doing business in more than 80 countries. [13 May 2008]
EDS to unload "under-performing" consulting unit
News He continued: "As for the rumoured buyer, Monitor's Harvard-derived brand of global business consulting and investing make it a much more fitting home for AT Kearney than EDS. EDS plans to sell off its... [21 Jun 2005]
Indian outsourcers haemorrhaging staff
News Attrition rates in the country's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry are about eight per cent higher than the national average, according to a report by global consulting firm the Hay Group. The... [05 Sep 2008]
ID Cards on Trial: EDS wants in on project
News Our priority is to deliver on the business that we have won and meet and exceed expectations," he told silicon.com. The company from the top down said we are going to take the high road here and help the transition to go... [16 Jun 2005]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News Peter Allen, partner and managing director of TPI, said in a statement: "Companies across industry segments are expressing their concerns regarding the uncertain business conditions by taking steps to reduce operational... [18 Jul 2008]
France Telecom execs wanna buy all of Wanadoo
News If the buy-up goes according to plan, France Telecom said it may consider a partial IPO of its Pages Jaunes business, which is the French equivalent of the Yellow Pages directory, possibly in the second quarter of this... [24 Feb 2004]
HR BPO market to reach $24.6bn
News The worldwide market for business process outsourcing (BPO) for human resources (HR) is expected to reach $24.6bn in 2006, an increase of 4.7 per cent from $23.5bn in 2005, according to Gartner. The slightly higher... [01 Sep 2006]
Basel II rush to drive $4bn banking IT spree
News Preliminary activities such as regulation interpretation and business impact planning in banks are now giving way to IT implementation, according to the report. Other areas of complexity are orchestrating and... [08 Jan 2004]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News She said: "We want to look for value out of this, coming from an improved ability to focus on what drives IT in our business and access to know-how and resources in this industry. Swee-Chen Goh, Shell VP... [31 Mar 2008]
Skype hits the shops
News It removes one of the fundamental impediments to its business: it puts the necessary equipment into people's hands, and it helps to spread the word that free web phone service exists. Saul Klein, Skype's vice president... [21 Nov 2005]
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