News for ITO
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
A third of SMEs to adopt Cloud in the next 12 months
Nearly in 3 SMEs plan to use cloud computing in the next year, according to a survey by IT industry non-profit trade association CompTIA.
400 IT and business professionals in UK were surveyed. 18% of companies were currently using cloud, 93% are satisfied with the result. Other technologies with the highest planned adoption rates were mobile solutions (27 per cent) and social media (26 per cent).
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Friday, September 09, 2011
Cloud is all hype, says survey
In the SWC Technology Partners survey, just 3.7% of respondents said that their company has adopted a cloud solution for the whole company. 54.2% of respondents indicate that their company is not pursuing any cloud computing initiative. Privacy and security (20.9%) are stated to be the of greatest concern when considering cloud, followed by cost (9.8%).
Elliott Baretz, vice president of SWC, said: "The technology industry can be rife with hype. Most reasons for eschewing the cloud have nothing to do with technology. Privacy and compliance and legal issues are what are keeping businesses on the sidelines."
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Thursday, September 08, 2011
Keeping Tabs On The Competition
A new SaaS product has been launched to monitor minor, but important changes to websites i.e. terms and conditions, white papers and privacy policies. This is allowing companies unprecedented awareness of what’s being said on the websites of clients, competitors, industry and regulatory bodies.
Joel Halbert, co-founder of WebAlertPro said: “WebAlertPro automatically monitors websites and web pages, identifying changes made to their content. Our beta trial has shown particular enthusiasm for the product from marketeers and product managers who relish receiving a single daily email alerting them to the activities of their competitors.”
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Thorntons in line from £2m savings from outsourcing
UK chocolate brand Thorntons has stated that outsourcing its IT and other activates will help deliver an annual cost saving of £2 million.
“This, together with the ongoing benefits of our procurement review and the recent restructuring of our head office cost base, should deliver a full-year benefit of £2 million that will flow through in full in the 2012/13 financial year,” said a Thorntons spokesperson.
HP provides Thorntons end-to-end management and support for IT, networking and applications.
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Sony hires first-ever security chief
Sony has appointed a chief information security officer, Philip Reitinger, in the wake of a series of enormous data breaches.
Reitinger, previously worked as head of the US National Cyber Security Center and for Microsoft, is now its senior vice-president and chief information security officer of Sony.
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Council to keep it local; rejects shared services
West Dunbartonshire Council has rejected a detailed shared services proposal, preferring in localised, ring-fenced services, a plan that flies in the faces of other the Scottish councils looking to merge key back office functions.
The council has rejected the notion that the Clyde Valley Partnership would save taxpayer cash and improve service quality. The scheme hoped to save £30 million per year. As the second council to drop out - from the partnership of eight – the future of the scheme could be in doubt.
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IT outsourcing services will reach $313.2bn in 2011 says Gartner
The market for Information technology outsourcing (ITO) is expected to reach $313.2bn in 2011, growing 6.9% on 2010, according to an online survey by Gartner.
Winning new clients is seen as a new priority for 45% of ITO providers, with 62% of respondents identifying growth as the top strategic goal this year. It is hoped this with be achieved will be achieved through investing in cloud, utility and "as a service" offerings.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
IT services TCV falls to lowest level since 2003
Value of new contracts signings is at its lowest level for 8 years, says analyst firm Ovum
Total contract value (TCV) of deals announced in this quarter was just $19bn (£11.8bn) – down 40% on the same perios last year – this is the lowest TCV has been since 2003. "The distinct lack of large deals on offer was a major contributing factor, combined with the on-going lack of demand from private sector firms, particularly in the US," said Ed Thomas, Ovum analyst.
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Fujitsu workers vote to strike
HMRC, the Office of National Statistics and the DVLA could be affected as PCS union members at Fujitsu vote in favour of strike action.
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Indian firms are eying up Western talent
Infosys is expanding into the US, where it expects to hire 1000 non-Indian staff in the near future, says Nandita Gurjar, Infosys’ Global Head of HR, who will this month relocate to the USA to oversee the hiring.
Nandita Gurjar, also commented that non-Indian employees will eventually constitute 15 per cent of Infosys’ total workforce. Gurjar says being based in its largest market will provides "a ground-level understanding of what areas we need to address as a global corporation".
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