Contract arguments reanimate SCO dispute
News In the latest step in a legal battle over Unix copyrights, Novell has filed a countersuit against the SCO Group, charging it with twice breaking a contract. In Friday's suit, Novell argues that SCO broke the terms of a 1995 contract called the...
[August 1, 2005, 9:30]
Contract J.A.C.K. multiplayer
Downloads The legendary chief assassin for H.A.R.M.organization has given Contract J.A.C.K.a mission whether he wants it or not. An Italian criminal organization has plans to take H.A.R.M.down and Contract J.A.C.K.must stop them.
[November 8, 2003, 6:02]
Contract amendment 'gives SCO Unix copyrights'
News SCO Group on Thursday discovered a 1996 amendment to the contract under which Novell sold many of its Unix assets, and the amendment appears to give SCO at least some of the Unix copyrights that could bolster its potential legal claims against...
[June 6, 2003, 9:04]
Contract Life-Cycle Management Attracts New Entrants
White Papers CIOs and their business partners are increasingly looking for Contract Life-cycle Management (CLM) solutions for all of their businesses' contracts, even if they deploy them in stages for buy-side contracts first and later for sell-side contracts.
[January 9, 2008, 0:01]
Contract of Employment
Talkback In all these cases the employees contract of employment states quite plainly that the email system is not for personal use and is to be considered the property of the employer, with all communications over it remaining the property of the employer.
[January 9, 2008, 13:12]
Contract of Employment
Talkback Where in the airside workers' contract of employment does it say they need an ID card to do their jobs? They would not have breached any of their contract terms. I wonder what would happen if they refused to comply with this and got the sack.
[February 20, 2009, 12:28]
LogicaCMG wins Scottish Parliament IT contract
News The contract is worth £1.75m per year and begins in January 2008. The parliament has the option of extending the deal on a yearly basis for a further five years, meaning the value of the contract could eventually total £17.5m over 10 years.
[August 30, 2007, 14:05]
Platinum wins £0.5m Scottish Power contract
News Chicago, US-based Platinum said it beat vendors including Computer Associates and BMC, to the £500,000-plus contract.
[December 8, 1997, 9:13]
Is contract work a good career move?
News What is contract work? Contract work can be defined as simply an agreement to perform a task for a certain rate of pay. With a little imagination, the advantages to being a contract employee over a traditional permanent employee become clear.
[May 8, 2002, 9:47]
US Government renews domain-name contract
News The US Government this week renewed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), effectively extending its grip on the administrative body that co-ordinates Net addressing until to 2011.
[August 17, 2006, 10:25]
Social Networks and Contract Enforcement in IT Outsourcing
White Papers Based on a large dataset of publically announced IT Outsourcing arrangement, the paper examined the role that structural embeddedness can play in predicting contract duration and the likelihood of contract renewal.
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
Atos Origin suspended from NHS contract
News Atos Origin has insisted it will continue to work with the Department of Health and the NHS despite the suspension of a key health service contract. The problems arose during a contract that expired at the end of March.
[April 13, 2007, 15:11]
BT cops penalties under NHS contract
News The NHS's biggest IT supplier is to pay compensation for failing to meet two important targets under its multimillion-pound contract. The company signed a £530m contract for "N3" network services in April which, in addition to its joint agreement...
[June 4, 2004, 12:45]
Logica wins long-term £200m contract
News Logica shrugged off its New Year hangover on Wednesday morning and announced that it had signed a £200m contract to manage the IT services of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) of England and Wales. This contract could reassure the City that...
[January 2, 2002, 12:30]
Atos Origin wins £14m government contract
News The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced a £14m contract with Atos Origin for IT services. Under the new contract, Atos Origin will continue to provide the infrastructure for department, and manage all applications support and...
[December 21, 2007, 8:51]
Virtualisation: Why the contract is king
Comment When drafting a contract, it is imperative the agreement between a user organisation and virtualisation service provider is clear. Virtualisation promises many business benefits — but only if you structure the agreement correctly.
[September 18, 2009, 17:14]
Council spends £7m to end IT contract
News The council announced in August that it had reached an agreement over ending the £250m IT contract with HBS after identifying "serious faults" with the deal. We have terminated our contract with HBS not to save money, but to improve quality and...
[September 15, 2005, 16:50]
BT loses UK Online contract
News British Telecom has lost its contract to host the government's portal UK Online, after running the site for just one year. BT's contract to host the service expired at the beginning of September 2001, but the Cabinet Office announced on Tuesday...
[September 25, 2001, 16:59]
BT wins £30m Network Rail contract
News Network Rail has awarded BT a £30m, three-year contract to upgrade its communications infrastructure. The company — which operates Britain's rail infrastructure — will gain an IP voice and data network to replace its legacy fixed line and internet...
[June 11, 2008, 15:18]
Maximizing Network Operations: Five Steps to a Better Provider Contract Renewal Process
White Papers This Best Practice Series white paper details these important steps to better provider contract renewals. In a recent Healthcare IT Strategy report on managing provider data, Health Industry Insights analyst, Janice Young stated, "To respond...
[April 23, 2009, 1:24]



