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Recession boosts UK outsourcing

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:43:02 +0100

The credit crunch is driving British businesses to spend more on outsourcing in an effort to cut costs, according to a recent report

Xerox to acquire Affiliated Computer Services

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:42:02 +0100

The document company has said it will buy ACS, a major American public-sector business-process contractor, in a $6.4bn deal

BT brings call-centre jobs from India back to UK

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Natasha Lomas) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:30:02 +0100

The telco is cutting its call-centre workforce in India by 4,000 as it returns some of the work to the UK

Satyam 'bullish' under new governance model

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Vivian Yeo) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:32:02 +0100

Rebranded Mahindra Satyam, and having tweaked its model of governance, the Indian IT services firm is gunning for new contract and client wins in the Asia-Pacific

Early warning failed to put NHS IT back on track

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:05:02 +0100

The government was warned back in 2004 that immediate action was needed to fix problems in the £12.7bn programme to revamp NHS IT, official reports have revealed

UK drops in ICT league table

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Matthew Broersma) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:57:02 +0100

The US and the UK have fallen in an 'e-readiness' ranking list, as the downturn harms the ability of many countries to use ICT for social and economic development

Minister: NHS must take tech risks

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:46:01 +0100

Even though there is a recession, NHS practices should embrace technology to make efficiencies, according to a junior minister at the Department of Health

Gartner: Avoid long-term services deals

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Matthew Broersma) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:31:01 +0100

The analyst firm says organisations should track the health of outsourcing partners and avoid long-term contracts

Barclays cuts 350 more IT jobs

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:45:02 +0100

While the layoffs are partially included in the 1,800 tech jobs already earmarked for cuts in 2008, the announcement follows a recent axing of 400 IT posts in January

Satyam deal could cause headaches for BT

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:26:02 +0100

Troubled outsourcer Satyam has been sold to an Indian company which is partially owned by BT and relies on BT for a large slice of its revenue

Outsourcer TCS cuts UK jobs

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:07:01 +0100

The Indian outsourcer is reducing UK headcount as part of a cost-cutting drive, while setting its sights on breaking into the public-sector IT market

Gartner: Outsourcing prices to fall 10 percent

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Colin Barker) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:24:02 +0000

The analyst firm predicts that, following six years of growth, the outsourcing and services markets will face a period of significant price reductions

Banks shun offshorers in favour of own operations

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:49:01 +0000

Financial institutions are turning away from outsourcing companies, preferring to set up their own offshore operations, according to two of Europe's biggest banks

Satyam to sell controlling stake in business

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Colin Barker) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:33:02 +0000

After days of turmoil and a change in chief executive the company now wants to sell a 51 percent share of the business

Growth predicted for Indian tech despite downturn

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tim Ferguson) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:20:02 +0000

India's outsourcing trade body, Nasscom, predicts the country's software and services industry will continue to grow despite the impact of the global economy

Outsourcer Satyam names new CEO

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Suzanne Tindal) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:02:01 +0000

The Indian outsourcer has announced that AS Murty is CEO effective immediately, following the resignation of former chairman Ramalinga Raju who admitted inflating the company's revenue

IBM to buy Chinese email company assets

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:38:01 +0000

The computing company has announced its intention to acquire intellectual assets from Outblaze, a hosted email and messaging business

Bangalore, Mumbai lose their outsourcing lustre

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jo Best) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:35:02 +0000

Companies are increasingly looking outside India's traditional outsourcing centres when choosing new offshoring services bases, according to recent research

Satyam chief quits over financial irregularities

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:05:01 +0000

B Ramalinga Raju described trying to close the gap between fictionalised revenue and actual turnover as 'like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten'

Gartner reveals top 30 offshoring hotspots

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Nick Heath) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:55:02 +0000

The analyst house's 2008 list of the top offshoring destinations reveals new contendors challenging the dominance of India and China

BT launches managed WAN optimisation service

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (David Meyer) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:28:02 +0000

Integrating Riverbed's WAN service into its portfolio for corporates, BT will also resell Compuware's apps-performance monitoring service for online businesses

Hundreds of IT jobs to go at Accenture UK

editorial@zdnet.co.uk — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:26:49 +0100

Hundreds of jobs at Accenture UK, many of them from the consulting firm's Systems Integration and Technology (SI&T) unit, are likely to be cut in the wake of the downturn in the banking sector,...