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A mixed blessing for IT outsourcers

Effective IT Report 2010 – The recession intensified demand for cost-cutting measures, but the associated uncertainty curtailed long-term IT outsourcing deals. However, that may be about to change

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News

Atos wins £140m nuclear shared services deal

21 May 2012

Outsourcer to provide IT services to private companies that manage UK's nuclear sites in five-year, £140 million deal

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IT Case Studies

Changing the barrels

7 February 2012

Pub and restaurant operator Mitchells & Butlers recently switched its data centre and network outsourcing supplier to achieve more scalable, outcome-based IT services

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Perspectives & Trends

Apple is life sciences industry's second favourite IT vendor

3 April 2012

Consumer device maker has doubled in popularity among life sciences companies since the launch of the iPad, market analyst IDC finds

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Company Analysis

Infosys leadership facing tough questions

10 May 2012

Indian IT services giant faces legal issues in the US and is failing to match market growth at home, calling company strategy into question

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Features

Utility services

18 April 2011

A brace of IT outsourcing deals in the energy sector reveal an industry preparing for an uncertain future

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Financial Results in IT Services
Company Period Revenue ($m) Rev Change (%)
CACI International Inc 2Q09 $672.5 16%
Capgemini SA* 2H08 $4,306.0 1%
Capita Group Plc* 2H08 $2,341.6 16%
Ciber Inc 4Q08 $279.6 -4%
Cognizant Tech Solutions Corp 4Q08 $753.0 26%
Computer Sciences Corp 3Q09 $3,952.4 -5%
       

* Figures converted to US dollars

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M&A in IT Services
Acquirer Target Price ($m)
Exigen Taihoo Technologies n/a
Kelway Repton n/a
Equiniti ICS Computing n/a
Advanced Business Systems Business Systems Group 15.5m
Tech Mahindra Satyam $314m
Atos Origin Shanghai Covics n/a
     
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Research

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Business Applications Innovation Award

BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category

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Security Innovation Award

Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security

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Data Centre Innovation Award

Digital Realty Trust won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Data Centre category for developing a set of standard for building sustainable data centres

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White Papers

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Developing ios Solutions for Business

Quickly develop and deploy custom iPad and iPhone solutions. With FileMaker Pro, iPad and iPhone solutions can be prototyped and completed in hours or days versus weeks or months. No iOS application programming or design experience is required.

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IDC Spotlight: Access Control and Certification

Read this brief for best practices on managing user access compliance.

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GPS World

Is the PREMIER global media brand serving the exploding world of positioning and navigation for OEM, commercial and consumer applications.

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