Industry News
Friday, October 22, 2010
National Outsourcing Awards 2010 - 21st October 10
The 7th annual National Outsourcing Association Awards was a glamorous affair, attracting the biggest names in the outsourcing industry at the Park Plaza Riverbank hotel.

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Official: Directgov needs to be simplified
A Cabinet Office official has said that the Directgov website needs to be simplified to increase its usage.
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Wipro latest Indian IT supplier to post record growth
IT services supplier Wipro is the latest Indian outsourcing company to post record financial results.
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Clegg dismisses leading think tank‘s verdit on the cuts
Nick Clegg has dismissed reports from a leading think tank that the spending cuts will hit the poorest the hardest.
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
Cloud Computing – Steering Committee
With cloud computing being the number one sourcing hot topic at the moment - the NOA steering committee was held on Thursday 14th October at Zylog Systems to focus on the commercial, technical and legal aspects of buying or developing, new, cloud-based applications.

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George Osborne on spending review: there is no plan B
Institute for Fiscal Studies warns the cuts could reduce the quality of some services to such an extent they may have to be reviewed

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Microsoft scores massive cloud win with NYC deal
Microsoft has changed its licensing policies in a deal which will put 100,000 city of New York staff on its cloud services platform.
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OpenStack cloud project is on track
Key development milestone reached in open source cloud management venture
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Vodafone warns India over tax bill
Vodafone has warned India that it may scale back investment in the country if the company loses its appeal over a $2.7bn (£1.7bn) tax bill.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Spending Review 2010: George Osborne announces further £7bn welfare cuts
George Osborne has announced another £7 billion of welfare curbs in a cuts package he promised would bring the British economy “back from the brink”.
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