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Accenture Launched Apprenticeship Programme in Newcastle, Offering 40 Places
Dec 24, 2012Outsourcing 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 ...
Tags: Accenture, outsourcing, Newcastle, training program
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Philip French Left Civil Service to Join Steria
Dec 24, 2012The former chief technology officer at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Philip French has left the civil service to join Steria, a major provider of IT services to the department. French joined the Steria on 3 September in the role of ...
Tags: Steria, IT services, enterprise resource planning software, Philip French
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MOD Signed Deal with IBM to Provide Greater Insight Into Management
Dec 24, 2012The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a deal with IBM to provide greater insight into the management of its £22.5bn property portfolio. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), the body responsible for managing the MoD's ...
Tags: Ministry of Defence, IBM, Defence Infrastructure Organisation
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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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IT System Disparate National Border Controls Reduced Visa Abuse Across Schengen Area
Dec 17, 2012An IT system integrating disparate national border controls has reduced visa abuse across the borderless Schengen Area of continental Europe. The Visa Information System (VIS) is used by the European Commission (EC) to enable states in ...
Tags: IT system, border controls, Schengen Area, Europe, VIS
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Steria Has Posted Steady Growth in The UK for Its Second Quarter
Dec 17, 2012French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales. For the three months to June the company saw sales in the UK increase by 3.4% to euro 190m (pound 148m). ...
Tags: UK, Public Sector, Steria, Growth
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Capgemini Is on The Hunt for More UK Apprentices After Raising Its Planned Intake Figure
Oct 31, 2012Outsourcing 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
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A Number of Large Public Sector Contracts Buoyed IT Services Company Atos Origin in The Q3
Oct 27, 2012A 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
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CPS CIO David Jones Resigned From His Post to Take up a Role at Lockheed Martin
Oct 4, 2012Crown Prosecution Service(CPS)chief information officer David Jones has resigned from his post to take up a role at US defence technology firm Lockheed Martin. Jones started his new role of managing director of information systems and ...
Tags: Lockheed Martin, UK defence business, G-Cloud framework, CIO
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DoH Announced New Funding to Encourage Digital Services for Sharing Data Within The NHS
Aug 31, 2012The Department of Health (DoH) today announced new funding to encourage new digital services for sharing data within the NHS. The Information Sharing Challenge Fund will enable NHS organisations to bid for up to £99,000 to put their ...
Tags: DoH, NHS, digital services, IT systems
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Network Security Controls and Practices Are Among The Most Mature
Jun 27, 2012Table of contents Public Wi-Fi hotspot dangers Security of 3G and 4G-based hotspots Network access requires careful management Educating users about security risks Network security controls and practices are among the most mature,but can ...
Tags: Public Wi-Fi hotspot, 3G and 4G-based hotspots, security risks