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Companies Using 'counsellors' To Manage IT Suppliers
News An increasing number of companies buying IT products and services are hoping to avoid contract problems or even a messy termination by setting up a "vendor-management office" to keep tighter control of suppliers, according to a report by Forrester...
[March 28, 2008, 12:28]
Fresh Calls To Bin ID Cards As IT Suppliers Dwindle
News The government is facing more calls to cancel its ID card scheme after it announced that all of the five remaining IT suppliers have now been short-listed to deliver the system. Crothers said he was confident the different suppliers could gel...
[May 27, 2008, 8:15]
IT Suppliers Shortlisted For 2012 Olympics
Talkback Following Accenture's shambolic withdrawl from the NHS contracts - do we really want them to be involved in the infrstructure for the Olympics?
[September 29, 2006, 11:16]
IT Suppliers Shortlisted For 2012 Olympics
News Accenture, BT Global Services, IBM and LogicaCMG have all been shortlisted for a contract to provide IT systems for the London Organising Committee (Locog) for the 2012 Olympic Games. A value has not yet been put on the contract but earlier this...
[September 28, 2006, 8:30]
Criminal Justice IT Programme Seeks Suppliers
News The UK government's £1.2bn criminal justice IT programme is looking for suppliers to deliver software and data hosting services for its main infrastructure. Suppliers have until 9 August, 2004, to respond to tender notices covering Exchange IT.
[July 12, 2004, 15:15]
Ordnance Survey Plans GPS Improvements
News IT suppliers are wanted to help deliver a global positioning service providing readings which are accurate up to the nearest centimetre The Ordnance Survey is looking for suppliers involved in geographic information IT to develop global positioning...
[October 27, 2005, 16:25]
Public Sector Wins Huge IT Discounts
News The government's latest deal with IT suppliers will allow public sector bodies to buy hardware with a discount of up to 49 percent. Phil Morris, chief executive of sourcing consultancy Morgan Chambers, said: "This is outwardly a great deal but...
[December 11, 2006, 8:27]
Green IT Moves Up The Corporate Agenda
News Environmental concerns are rising up the corporate IT agenda with one-third of European organisations now taking "green" factors into account when evaluating and selecting IT suppliers. Green action is less obvious in the US, where just 22 percent...
[June 14, 2007, 14:38]
Public Sector Gets Cut-price PCs
News The Government has struck a deal with IT suppliers that will allow the public sector to buy hardware with up to a 45 percent discount. Suppliers were asked to give prices against a common set of specifications, resulting in savings of over 45 percent.
[August 30, 2006, 17:05]
Government Seeks IT Partner For Fire Service
News The government is looking for IT suppliers to work on a national command and control system for the fire service. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is to hold meetings with potential suppliers on 27 May, 2004.Initially the system is to...
[May 17, 2004, 16:45]
British Library To Put More Priceless Images Online
News The British Library is looking for IT suppliers to help improve its online images service. Prospective suppliers are to respond to the tender notice by 3 June, 2005. The service contains thousands of images of rare books, manuscripts, maps and...
[May 12, 2005, 16:30]
IT Managers Get Clarification On Recycling Duties
News Companies buying IT equipment should expect to negotiate with suppliers over whether to take on the recycling costs of new hardware, or simply pay a premium for the tech vendor to handle the process, according to the Environment Agency and DTI.
[January 24, 2007, 16:04]
Government IT Procurement Slammed
News Small and medium-sized IT suppliers have accused the government of running a "closed shop" that prevents small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) competing with the bigger IT vendors for public sector contracts.
[February 22, 2005, 8:05]
Bleak Outlook For IT Outsourcing
News Government organisations and suppliers are not aligned when it comes to interpreting and agreeing IT outsourcing objectives, says PA Consulting Group's 2005/06 Understanding Misunderstanding survey, released on 6 June 2006.
[June 7, 2006, 10:10]
IT Megadeals Mean SMEs Lose Out
News Small IT suppliers are losing business to the big boys as "megadeals" dominate the public sector, according to analyst Ovum. Without the capital or capabilities of major companies, small IT suppliers are left out in the cold as investors don't...
[October 6, 2006, 9:20]
Indian IT Services To Double UK Market Share
News India's five largest IT services suppliers will double their market share in the UK by 2011. PAC said that, based on the firms' growth trajectory, one of these leading Indian vendors will pass £1bn in annual revenue from the UK during this period...
[January 24, 2008, 7:30]
UK Beefs Up IT Code Of Practice
News The compliance mechanism is an addition to the existing code of best practice, which was launched back in December 2003 to help tackle the worrying number of government IT failures and includes "Ten Commitments" for suppliers of IT systems and...
[January 17, 2005, 14:35]
KPMG Slates European IT Pricing
News European IT suppliers are too expensive and are being beaten on price by rivals in Asia and the US, research has found. Nearly everyone expects continued concessions on pricing from their IT suppliers as well as greater flexibility in structuring...
[December 9, 2005, 9:00]
Dell Aims For Carbon Neutrality
News Dell claimed on Wednesday to be the first of the large IT suppliers to commit to a carbon-neutral strategy for all of its operations worldwide, but it admits that its operations are not carbon-neutral yet.
[September 27, 2007, 17:29]
Six Deals Done For NHS IT
News Six IT suppliers have agreed pricing structures for business with the NHS, the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) announced on Thursday. Given its unparalleled size the National Programme is in a position to procure IT services from suppliers for...
[August 12, 2004, 16:40]
