News for ITO
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Lansley reveals NHS Information Strategy
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has released the new NHS Information Strategy. Patients will be able to book GP appointments and see test results online under the new strategy which Lansley believes will give individuals more “power”.
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Atos set to deliver new IT Services to Historic Scotland
Atos, an international IT services company, has signed a contract with Historic Scotland, which will provide support to the agency in the delivery of their key IT programmes including a new Visitor Attraction System.
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HP implements T-Mobile SAP database
HP has implemented new AppSystem for the SAP HANA database to T-Mobile US. The venture aims to reduce the time required to analyse information from more than one week to less than a day.
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ITO spending up by 7.8% in 2011
Worldwide IT outsourcing (ITO) grew 7.8% in 2011. In a report by analyst firm Gartner, spending on ITO in 2011 reached $246 billion, compared to $228.7 billion in the previous year. Forty three ITO businesses sold more than $1 billion worth of services individually.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
CSC’s new CEO moves to take direct control of turbulent NHS negotiations
Mike Lawrie the new CEO of CSC has directly taken control of protracted negotiations with the NHS in a bid to draw the line under the failed patent records contract.
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Tech city start-up gains £2 million investment
Cloud.IQ have won £2 million in funding from ventures capital company, Bridges Ventures.
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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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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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