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Monday, May 21, 2012
Atos secures £140 million outsourcing contract
IT services company Atos has announced today that it has secured a five year contract valued at £140 million to the Shared Services Alliance (SSA).
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CloudStore 2.0 goes live
The delayed second iteration of the Government CloudStore has gone live, providing a list of 1,700 cloud-based products and services from over 250 vendors.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
CSC reports poor yearly profits due to NHS contract
CSC has released a statement pointing to losses from NHS write-offs as being partly due for a full year-revenue of $15.88 billion, down from $16.04 billion last year.
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Reductions of Cisco’s growth plans creates ripples in the technology sector
Reductions in Cisco’s growth plans have impacted through the Cloud services market as the technology sector reacts to comments from CEO John Chambers.
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The technology sector continues to fail in attracting women
Female talent in the IT industry has continued to stay at low levels with male dominance of top positions remaining at the same high levels seen five years ago.
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SMEs moving to the Cloud due to flexibility not cost
UK SMEs are looking to Cloud services and software because of the flexibility that the platforms offer rather than cost-savings, according to YouGov research.
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Social media remains underused by Global business
Businesses are failing to gain the full potential from social media and exploit the business opportunities presented.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Randstad Managed Services and SourceRight Solutions become Randstad Sourceright
Randstad Managed Services and SourceRight Solutions have combined as part of a rebranding strategy to become Randstad Sourceright.
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100% of UK banks view big data as a significant problem
Research carried out by Quartet FS found that 100 percent of UK banks saw big data as a significant problem. The research has 20 percent of IT managers placing big data as a ‘extremely significant’ problem.
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Scottish contact centre expands to meet Olympic demand
Contact centre operator Journeycall based is Aberdeenshire and Angus is preparing to expand including hiring 50 new staff members in preparation for meeting increased demand from Olympics-related customer calls.
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