PreviousFujitsu Services settles union dispute
News After voting to accept an offer from Fujitsu Services, more than 1,000 employees will end the series of strikes [13 Sep 2007]
NHS report hails NPfIT milestones
News Report outlines progress in picture archiving and communications systems, Choose and Book, and the electronic prescription service [03 Sep 2007]
Outsourcing deals to face greater EC scrutiny
News Updated competition guidelines mean more outsourcing deals may have to go to the European Commission for approval [30 Aug 2007]
China no tech rival yet, says India
News A report from Indian tech industry association Nasscom suggests China must overcome a number of challenges before it can represent a real threat [24 Aug 2007]
Reuters reaches £500m outsourcing deal
News Deal with Fujitsu Services aims to roll out a standardised, virtualised IT platform worldwide, cutting IT service delivery costs by a quarter [16 Aug 2007]
Lloyds TSB to offshore IT jobs
News Bank will offshore up to 210 IT roles from October, with permanent staff offered another role in the company or voluntary redundancy [10 Aug 2007]
Fujitsu expands in Northern Ireland
News IT services company will recruit 30 local staff for a multi-million pound Oracle Centre of Excellence [02 Aug 2007]
Switched-off PCs may save council £40,000
News Software developed by Staffordshire County Council saves money and energy by turning off computers left on outside office hours [27 Jul 2007]
ITIL: The key to productive performance
Comment A framework developed by the UK government has become the de facto method of developing best practices for managing IT services, says Accenture's Michael Nieves [25 Jul 2007]
Time to spread your outsourcing risk
Comment Using multiple outsourcing providers is safer and allows for specialisation, says Sanjiv Gossain, UK managing director of Cognizant [19 Jul 2007]
AstraZeneca signs IBM outsourcing deal
News Seven-year $1.4bn deal renews and expands on an existing contract between IBM and the pharmaceutical giant [18 Jul 2007]
Global market hit by 'DIY' offshoring bug
News Offshoring to a wholly owned captive operation is on the increase, leading to a slowdown in outsourcing activity [13 Jul 2007]
China and India losing cost advantage
News A new report warns that the countries need to find alternative ways to compete in the technology space, as they could see their cost advantages eroded in a few years [12 Jul 2007]
IT jobs cut as law firm outsources to India
News CMS Cameron McKenna has signed a £10m outsourcing deal that will see nearly half of its IT staff made redundant [11 Jul 2007]
Vietnam tipped as future offshoring hotspot
News Despite country's 'growing and youthful IT workforce', China and India are expected to remain dominant in outsourced business services [11 Jul 2007]
BT to supply Unisys clients
News Six-year agreement will see BT implementing and managing networking for Unisys clients across the world [03 Jul 2007]
China to overtake India in offshoring by 2011
News Analyst group IDC predicts that in four years' time, Chinese cities will be the most popular locations for offshore global delivery [03 Jul 2007]
UK wary of offshoring to emerging economies
News Concerns over security and tech equipment are main factors behind UK's caution in offshoring to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa [22 Jun 2007]
Companies urged to keep control of consultants
News Although they can bring benefits to businesses, consultants need to be tightly managed and given well-defined projects to avoid wasting money [21 Jun 2007]
Government urged to cut consultancy costs
News Public Accounts Committee has criticised the government for spending nearly £3bn on external consultants in areas such as IT [19 Jun 2007]
