We've all heard of the rise of showrooming, but a new holiday shopping survey by Accenture says "webrooming" will actually be more popular this holiday season. Showrooming is the consumer practice of shopping competitors for comparisons ...
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Xerox is being sued by systems integrator CedarCrestone over payments related to an Oracle PeopleSoft upgrade at insurer CIGNA. CedarCrestone is looking to recover about $1.8 million it says Xerox still owes it, according to the lawsuit, ...
Tags: Xerox, CedarCrestone, payments, Oracle PeopleSoft, Software Project Dustup
A Brookings Institution report that looks at H-1B use in U.S. metropolitan areas is being criticized for its approach, as well as its research data. Some of the criticism is coming from Jared Bernstein, who until last year was a member of ...
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O2 is synonymous with mobile, be it as the lucky operator who secured the iPhone exclusive when Apple's handset came to our shores or as the quiet network which was not angry but 'disappointed' with Ofcom's recent 4G rulings. However, the ...
Tags: O2, mobile, iPhone, systems integrator, enterprise telecoms
Outsourcing services giant Accenture has launched an apprenticeship programme in Newcastle, offering 40 places on the three-year programme over the next 12 months. The first 20 apprentices will start in February 2013, with another 20 ...
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A U.S. District Court judge today threw out a lawsuit filed against Infosys brought by former employee Jay Palmer. In his ruling, Judge Myron Thompson in Alabama almost seemed apologetic, but cited technicalities in Alabama state law that ...
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“Royal Mail wanted a CIO who is comfortable in a really volatile and changing environment to drive change. And I am. I joined because the scale of the challenge is huge and I would be mad to say no to that.” Catherine Doran ...
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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 ...
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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies saw sales increase 5.1%to CNY102.7bn(GBP10.4bn)over the first half of 2011,while profits fells 22%to CNY8.79bn(GBP0.9bn)compared to the same period last year. Meng Wanzhou,chief financial officer ...
Tags: Huawei, Profits Drop, Meng Wanzhou, enterprise market