CDM Media announced today that Sapiens, a leading global provider of innovative software solutions for the financial services industry, will join the upcoming CIO Insurance Summit, to be held Oct. 14-16, 2012, in Scottsdale, Ariz. ...
The double-dip recession is offsetting some of the concerns associated with cloud-based services as the global cloud industry is set to be worth an extra $2.2bn before the end of the year, according to KPMG. Concerns around security, ...
Tags: cloud-based services, medium-sized enterprise, cloud computing
Hewlett-Packard has reported an $8.9bn loss in its third fiscal quarter, with earnings 568% down compared with the same period the year before. Hewlett-Packard (HP) was forced to write down the value of some assets, mostly related to its ...
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Cloud computing is an increasingly significant segment of the IT outsourcing sector, but has a tipping point really been reached or are we one large data breach away from an about-turn? The cloud currently represents only a fraction of ...
Tags: Cloud Driving, Computer Products, IT Outsourcing, Outlook
It's fitting that Spokane-based Imprezzio Inc. is running a software contest for technical students in Cluj, Romania. Many people don't know that Spokane boasts a steadily-growing presence of successful IT and technology companies. It's ...
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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 ...
Tags: Financial services, Old Mutual, IT suppliers, IT effectiveness
Cornwall County Council has voted in support of an IT outsourcing and telehealth partnership with BT after rejecting a controversial plan to privatise a much broader range of council services. After councillors threw out their executive's ...
Tags: Cornwall County Council, IT outsourcing, telehealth partnership, BT
"Indian providers have had to deal with these contingencies-international telecom cables being sliced, large union strikes that impact workers-so they are generally more prepared to deal with [them]," says Steve Hall, partner with ...
Tags: Indian, telecom cables, outsourcing consultancy, ISG
Mid-sized companies are increasing their outsourcing at a faster rate than large enterprises, and using a more diverse range of suppliers in doing so. Research of the Forbes G2000 from Information Services Group (ISG) revealed a 124% ...
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CSC has stemmed losses in its 10-year outsourcing deal with Royal Mail through a combination of job cuts, tax breaks and relief payments, according to an analysis of eight years of published accounts for the venture. The supplier signed ...
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This year will see over a quarter of a trillion dollars spent on IT outsourcing globally, but Western European organisations are holding back investments in the uncertain economy, according to the latest research from Gartner. The analyst ...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) recent storm-related outage, which left Web sites including Netflix, Pinterest, and Instagram inaccessible, is just the latest in a string of costly cloud failures. Since 2007, a total of 568 hours of downtime at ...
Tags: AWS, Disaster Preparedness Questions, Cloud Services Provider, IWGCR
PTI reported that Manpower Group India has appointed Mr AG Rao former executive president of TATA Teleservices as its MD. A company said that Mr Rao,who joined the role on December 14th,replaced Mr Sanjay Pandit who is moving into a ...
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New research from IT services provider, Unisys, has found that IT support for BYOD has decreased significantly as compared to 2011. The proportion rated as having high levels of support for employee-owned smartphones and tablets fell from ...
Tags: device, BYOD, IT, IT support
HP has appointed Mike Nefkens as Executive Vice President of HP Enterprise Services, it announced today. Nefkens, who has held the title of EMEA GM for HP Enterprise Services for the last three years, will now be responsible for driving ...
Tags: EMEA, enterprise services, executive vp, gm, highlightedpost, HP