Three London boroughs are planning a £1.1bn four-year framework to unify the provision of IT services in an initiative that may see 28 other London boroughs join in, as well as the Corporation of London. Westminster City Council, ...
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The BMW Group has hired Infosys to help manage the carmaker’s global IT infrastructure. The five-year contract will see Infosys cover services such as maintenance and operations of the Web infrastructure, content management, SAP ...
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German business process outsourcing (BPO) provider Arvato has been selected to operate the first independent shared service centre (ISSC1) on behalf of the government. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. London councils ...
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Apple will pay $US100 million ($97.8m) in iTune Under the terms of the not yet finalized deal, Apple will offer eligible class members a $US5 iTunes gift card, an account credit or, for claims over $30, a cash payment, the Wall Street ...
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VODAFONE could potentially face "tens-of-millions" of dollars in compensation claims from disgruntled customers as part of a class action suit. The law firm has only just launched its bid to formally recruit customers for the class action ...
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Westminster Council has today announced a network IT contract with BT that may see it saving £30m on its HR and finance systems. BT is calling the deal a "radical redesign of corporate human resources and finance services across ...
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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £17m five-year deal with HP for desktop IT break-fix services. "For the first time, the British Armed Forces can rely on a consistent and transparent level of support for IT assets in the ...
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Inmarsat and Cisco have joined forces to share network capacity and technology to make it easier to deliver applications and services over satellite networks. The deal will allow Inmarsat to deliver advanced services, including video and ...
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Barnet 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 ...
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Councillors in Cornwall are calling for the removal of the council leader as the cabinet proposes a shared services deal that encompasses libraries, benefits, payroll and IT services. A total of 41 councillors have signed a petition to ...
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The government should audit Somerset County Council's Southwest One outsourcing venture with IBM to get to the bottom of dubious financial arrangements and broken promises made when the deal was signed in 2007,the local MP told Parliament. ...
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