Financial services firm Old Mutual has been able to improve the service it gets from its IT suppliers, increase IT effectiveness and at the same time lower costs through the creation of an outsourcing strategy that is mutually beneficial to ...
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When Andy Haywood says he is extremely busy, it is probably not an exaggeration. Eight months after joining the Co-operative Business Group (CBG) as group chief information officer (CIO), he is leading a full-scale IT transformation ...
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International attendance at the congress Wasser Berlin International 2013 will be higher than ever before. Taking place on 24 and 25 April 2013, its slogan is “The innovative concepts, measures and technologies of a forward-looking ...
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Southwark Council is upgrading all IT that supports the delivery of council services, with the biggest IT changes in over a decade planned. The London local authority has outsourced the upgrade and management of the IT to Capita for 10 ...
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The US has confirmed it will resist efforts by China, Russia and their allies to put the internet under the control of the United Nations. The confirmation came in a statement issued by the US Department of State on US proposals to be ...
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PTI reported that TATA Power expects to complete modernization work of one of the 500 MW units at its long running Trombay thermal plant that would allow use of coal as a fuel for electricity generation, by early 2015. However, this 500 ...
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EMC kicked off the Momentum 2012 conference in Vienna this morning by announcing a series of major product releases which focus on the integration of consumerisation and traditional IT. A number of EMC speakers took part in the morning ...
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Regulators must force banks to overhaul complex IT infrastructures which risk causing further large-scale system outages, IT trade body Intellect has urged. The UK’s financial IT infrastructure is no longer fit for purpose and risks ...
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Xchanging, a business process and technology service provider, has signed an extension contract to continue offering the Insurers' Market Repository (IMR) to London market. Awarded following robust negotiations, including a competitive ...
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It is reported that the Italian Acciaierie Bertoli Safau, a division of the large industrial holding Danieli company and new owner of the Sisak Steel Mill in Croatia, recently launched a trial production run in the Sisak Steel Mill and ...
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Dutch dairy giant FrieslandCampina is to cut over 200 jobs across its business in Germany. The move is being made in a bid to "improve competitiveness", the firm said today (10 December). The programme will involve the modernisation of ...
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Food safety issues and sustainability were the two biggest issues dominating food and drink processing and packaging show Pack Expo 2012 in Chicago. That's according to Kate Achelpohl, director, member communications for show ...
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Following the success of the K Town pilot project in Göttingen, Karstadt opened a second K Town store in Cologne on 14 September. This new shop concept forms a key part of the "Karstadt 2015" strategy. K Town will contribute further to ...
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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee conferred 20 Shilp Guru Awards, 18 Sant Kabir Awards along with 74 National Awards to master craftspersons and master weavers at a function in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Speaking on the ...
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Economic Times cited the government as saying that state run BHEL is executing a INR 3,395 crore order in Uttar Pradesh for UP Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam. Mr Praful Patel minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in a written ...
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