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The Global Outsourcing Market Will Reach $288bn in Value This Year
Jul 19, 2013The global outsourcing market will reach $288bn in value this year, according to analyst group Gartner. The figure represents a modest increase of 2.8 per cent - 5.1 per cent in "constant currency" - compared to 2012. "Nearly all ITO ...
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Despite Its Increased Focus on G-Cloud and Smbs , It Still Has "Some Pretty Shoddy Tech"
Jul 8, 2013The Cabinet Office has admitted that, despite its increased focus on G-Cloud and SMBs for outsourced projects, it still has "some pretty shoddy tech" - also in spite of acquiring "great people" in comparison to how it worked in the past. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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FTSE May Have Lost Valuable Corporate Data After a Laptop Computer Was Taken
May 28, 2013A major FTSE-100-listed mining company has revealed that it may have lost valuable corporate data after a laptop computer was taken during a domestic burglary, while it has also warned of a "potential loss of data" as a result of an alleged ...
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NS&I Has Awarded Atos a £660m
May 22, 2013State-owned investment organisation NS&I has awarded Atos a £660m, seven-year outsourcing contract, which it says will save taxpayers more than £400m over the contract period. The contract is for the delivery of ...
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Cornwall Council Leader Alec Robertson Will Step Down Controversial Proposal
Dec 28, 2012Cornwall Council leader Alec Robertson has lost a confidence vote and will step down over a controversial proposal to outsource shared council services that has split Cornwall Council. Cornwall Council leader Alec Robertson lost the vote ...
Tags: Cornwall Council, leader, Alec Robertson, BT
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Capita Won The Race to Take Over a Number of Key Barnet Council Services
Dec 28, 2012Capita has won the race to take over a number of key Barnet Council services in an outsourcing deal valued at GBP 320m over 10 years. The business-process outsourcing specialist will take over the running of the Council's "new support and ...
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Barnet Council Has Recommended Capita as Its Preferred Bidder
Dec 28, 2012Barnet council has recommended Capita as its preferred bidder for a £32m-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 ...
Tags: Barnet council, Barbara Jacobson, BBC, EXPOTEL
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Government Considers Viability of Ordering Suppliers Bidding for Whitehall
Dec 26, 2012Government officials are considering the viability of ordering suppliers bidding for Whitehall contracts to disclose the amount of tax they pay in the UK relative to their UK revenue, Computer Weekly has learned. The move follows recent ...
Tags: Uk Taxes, Computer Products, Taxes
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CSC Stemmed Losses in Its 10-Year Outsourcing Deal with Royal Mail
Dec 24, 2012CSC 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 ...
Tags: CSC, job cuts, tax breaks, relief payments
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Councillors Voted on 23 October to Suspend Plans for a "Strategic Partnership" Worth 800m
Dec 21, 2012Councillors 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. ...
Tags: BT outsourcing, Cornwall Council, IT industry, IT
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The Contract,Worth GBP 32m a Year
Dec 21, 2012Capita looks set to win part of Barnet’s controversial One Barnet outsourcing plan, after it is revealed to be the preferred bidder for a back-office services contract. The contract, worth GBP 32m a year, will see IT and back-office ...
Tags: Capita, Barnet outsourcing plan, back office service, IT industry
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Zurich Insurance Has Extended an IT Application Outsourcing Contract with CSC
Dec 17, 2012Zurich Insurance has extended an IT application outsourcing contract with CSC, which could lead to the relationship spanning 19 years. A seven-year extension to a deal originally penned in 2004, which will start in 2013, also has the ...
Tags: Zurich Insurance, CSC, outsourcing contract
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The London Borough's Cabinet Is Expected to Approve The Deal in a Vote This Evening
Dec 6, 2012Barnet 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 ...
Tags: Capita, Cut Staff, Barnet Council, Outsourcing Deal
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Capita Is Named Preferred Bidder in an Educational Support Services Joint Venture
Nov 28, 2012Capita 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 ...
Tags: Capita, educational support services, schools education support services
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Barnet Council Would Run Its Back-Office Services
Nov 23, 2012Barnet 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 ...
Tags: Barnet, Capita, Outsourcing Deal, Public Services