Councillors from Cornwall Council have become concerned that backers of a controversial BT outsourcing deal have been using "undemocratic" tactics to influence councillors ahead of a December vote that will decide its fate once and for all. ...
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Video-conferencing is yesterday's news. VC-on-mobile is the tech of the future. But the CIO of DDB Mudra Group is doing it here and now. New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Vizag, Trivandrum. If this list is exhaustive to ...
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Cloud computing is causing a major transformation in the business and IT industry in general, says EMC. “The pace of transformation is accelerating,” says EMC Asia Pacific & Japan, Corporate Vice President & CTO Par Botes. ...
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Essex County Council is to upgrade ICT services for 200,000 users in an GBP 81m next generation network (NGN) contract that also aims to cut costs. The council awarded the NGN contract to Daisy Updata Communications Limited (DUCL), a ...
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Cambridgeshire County Council will save pound 1m per year with the launch of its public services network (PSN). The pound 20m seven-year network contract with Virgin is expected to halve costs by connecting more than 400 schools, ...
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NHS Scotland has started the roll out of a single shared services platform for finance across its 22 health boards. The first wave of seven health boards are now on the single, multi-company Advanced Business Solutions financial ...
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Businesses and public sector organisations continue to outsource operations, with demand for shared services outstripping traditional outsourcing. According to KPMG research into outsourcing trends, over half (52%) of organisations in ...
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Dell today unveiled a series of end-to-end storage portfolio updates aimed at further optimising enterprise data at every point of its lifecycle. The new products were revealed by Darren Thomas, VP and GM, Dell Storage, at the ...
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh (WWL) NHS trust moved its systems into the cloud to solve immediate business challenges and prepare for a future of shared services. Last year WWL NHS trust was faced with major IT challenges as its ...
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The Cabinet Office must show strong leadership if it is to make shared services work, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned. The comments follow a PAC report, which echoes the National Audit Office’s findings in March that ...
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Louisiana-based developer of specialty chemicals Albermarle announced the opening of Albemarle's Asia-Pacific Center of Excellence (CoE), its Asia-Pacific shared services center in Dalian, China, that would complement facilities in Baton ...
Barnet Council will cut 70%of staff from the back-office functions it is outsourcing to Capita in a controversial deal to automate council services. The London borough's Cabinet is expected to approve the deal in a vote this evening,that ...
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Capita has been named preferred bidder in an educational support services joint venture with Staffordshire County Council, in a deal worth £1.7bn over 20 years. Capita will hold the majority stake in the partnership, to deliver a ...
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In Lumban, Laguna, members of Lumban Embroidery Association Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LEAMPC) have mastered the art of embroidering fancy garments and accessories, ranging from the ornately designed fans and handkerchiefs, up to ...
Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a32m euros-a-year contract to run its back-office services. The 10-year deal would see the outsourcing company operate London Borough of Barnet's new support and customer ...
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