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MPs condemn BBC outsourcing costs

The BBC's £1.5bn IT outsourcing deal with Siemens Business Services has come under fire from MPs for over-estimating cost... Read more

28 June, 2007 by Andy McCue

Siemens mops up immigration IT contract

...the centre of its previous computer failures. The Home Office has commissioned Siemens Business Services to run IT systems for processing work permit and immigration... Read more

22 February, 2006 by Kable

BBC's £1.5bn outsourcing costs under fire

...estimating cost savings The BBC's £1.5bn IT outsourcing deal with Siemens Business Services (SBS) has come under fire from MPs for over-estimating... Read more

28 June, 2007 by Andy McCue

Siemens takes blame for MOT IT crash

Siemens Business Services (SBS) has revealed that an outage suffered by the UK... Read more

28 April, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

Delayed MOT computer system suffers crash

...yet known, but it left some garage owners virtually unable to work. Siemens Business Services (SBS) built the system for the Vehicle and Operator Services... Read more

27 April, 2006 by Charles McLellan and Graeme Wearden

RFID hospital trials reach Europe

...records by scanning their wristbands using information terminals. Intel, Fujitsu-Siemens and Siemens Business Services will be providing the technology. RFID has already made its... Read more

21 April, 2005 by Jo Best

Siemens wins £6.7m immigration IT contract

SBS will manage work permit applications and payment system Siemens Business Services has won a £6.7m contract to manage the work... Read more

21 February, 2006 by Andy McCue

Unrest at BBC shows need for better outsourcing management

...suffer.AnalysisOn 7 July, 2004, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced that Siemens Business Services (SBS) had been selected as the preferred bidder for a... Read more

23 August, 2004 by Gartner

Gov't ditches £10.8m e-passport scheme

...old travel documents and photographs. But EPA2, which was set up by Siemens Business Services, was closed within weeks of its trial opening, after it... Read more

9 July, 2008 by Kable

BBC slipped up over outsourcing savings

...BBC miscalculated the savings it would make through its outsourcing deal with Siemens Business Services (SBS). The BBC had originally projected that the deal would... Read more

12 July, 2006 by Tom Espiner

Delayed national MOT database finally completed

...Vosa) awarded the 10-year £230m private finance initiative (PFI) contract to Siemens Business Services (SBS) back in 2000 with the aim of rolling out... Read more

7 April, 2006 by Andy McCue

Siemens' profits nosedive

...corresponding period last year. The situation at Siemens' IT services affiliate SBS (Siemens Business Services) has also worsened. SBS' debt grew from €28m in the... Read more

11 November, 2005 by Jo Best

BlackBerry fault exposes BBC emails

...is not yet known how long the service, which is managed by Siemens Business Services (SBS) and uses Vodafone's network, will remain down. An... Read more

26 October, 2005 by Jo Best

UK beefs up IT code of practice

...to date, including Accenture, Atos Origin, BT, EDS, Fujitsu Services, LogicaCMG, Microsoft, Siemens Business Services and Xansa Read more

17 January, 2005 by Andy McCue

Under-skin ID tags generate concerns

...in ID bracelets. The Jacobi Medical Centre in New York, along with Siemens Business Services, has launched a pilot programme that will outfit more than... Read more

23 August, 2004 by Michael Kanellos

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