An IT recruitment expert has criticised government pay thresholds for overseas IT workers in the UK, claiming it groups vastly different jobs together and sets salaries too low, presuming an IT director in the UK can earn as little as ...
Tags: IT workers, MAC, IT professionals, low-cost IT staff
Outsourcing firm Capgemini is on the hunt for more UK apprentices after raising its planned intake figure for 2012 from 98 to 200. After reporting a surge in applications,mostly from school leavers looking for an alternative to ...
Tags: Capgemini, Outsourcing firm, UK apprentices, intake figure
G&K Services Inc. announced that G&K Services Canada was named one of the 50 Best Employers in Canada for the ninth consecutive year. This recognition is based on a study conducted by Aon Hewitt, the global human resources consulting and ...
Tags: Best Employers, branded uniform, human resources, outsourcing solutions
Chip designer ARM has unveiled a new series of 64-bit microprocessors intended to drive the company into the server market. The launch comes a day after Intel's rival in desktop and server computing microprocessors, AMD, revealed its plans ...
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Back-office service providers are failing to meet customer needs, with 70% of suppliers claiming projects are not being managed properly when transferring from an in-house to an outsourced function, says research from KPMG. According to ...
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As General Motors brings its heavily outsourced IT environment in-house, we examine whether the decision is likely to trigger other companies into similar transitions or whether it will be a one-off. General Motors (GM) announced earlier ...
Tags: General Motors, IT services, HP, EDS
A number of large public sector contracts buoyed IT services company Atos Origin in the third quarter, with the outsourcer reporting double-digit growth. Atos Origin grew its UK market 10% to €426m, compared with the same quarter the ...
Tags: public sector, IT services, Atos Origin, revenues increased
The government's second G-Cloud framework has gone live,with twice the number of original suppliers. Of the 458 suppliers on the 12-month framework,which allows public sector bodies to buy on demand IT services,three-quarters are small ...
Tags: government, second G-Cloud framework, UK, double number of suppliers
Distributors broaden their business activities to target markets such as lighting,automotive,industrial automation and smart energy,writes Eric Schuck,president,Arrow EMEA Components Specialisation,which has been at the foundation of ...
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Mega-deals are driving increased total spending on outsourcing in Europe, which had the highest total spend of all global regions in the third quarter of this year. European businesses increased outsourcing investments by 14% in the third ...
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No relief is expected for the ailing garment and textile enterprises of Vietnam in the coming months,and difficulties faced are mainly due to restricted or no access to capital and dearth of export orders,industry circles said during a ...
No relief is expected for the ailing garment and textile enterprises of Vietnam in the coming months,and difficulties faced are mainly due to restricted or no access to capital and dearth of export orders,industry circles said during a ...
Tags: export orders, capital, garment firms
Cornwall council has frozen plans to outsource services after almost every councillor voted in favour of a motion to suspend the authority's outsourcing programme. A total of 93 members of the council voted in favour of the motion to ...
Tags: Cornwall Council, outsourcing move on hold after landslide vote
"Technology should be irrelevant," says Gavin Walker, CIO of the UK's air traffic control business, NATS. Walker is a firm believer in focusing on what IT can enable, rather than the technology for its own sake. As CIO, he heads a ...
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Downturn drives renegotiation Position of strength Haggling Change is good Organisations in many sectors seek to renew the terms in their contractual agreements as they adjust to the economic climate. IT outsourcing is going through a ...
Tags: outsourcing contracts, economic downturn, cloud, economic climate