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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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Capgemini buys into Brazil's IT services market
2 September 2010European IT services provider acquires majority stake in Brazil’s largest outsourcer
- ‘Unprecedented’ storage failure disrupts US state 31 August 2010
- HP is paid £7m to create 700 UK jobs 26 August 2010
- Fujitsu’s ex-CEO sues over ouster 24 August 2010
IT Case Studies
Scottish Water's fluid IT outsourcing
19 May 2009Scottish Water expects to save at least £1 million a year with its three-vendor global IT outsourcing program
- The Guardian moves office into the cloud 16 March 2009
- Swiss Post to open Zurich’s mail 16 March 2009
- Liquid innovation at Scottish Water 16 June 2008
Perspectives & Trends
IT outsourcing growth slows, research shows
13 August 2010Growth in demand for IT services has slowed year-on-year, says advisory EquaTerra
- Public sector paying 'over the odds' on IT services deals 14 July 2010
- CIOs demand more from outsourcers, studies show 14 July 2010
- 'Cloud computing will destroy jobs' 21 June 2010
Company Analysis
Indian IT sector back in business
19 August 2010
Recent financial reports from the Indian IT outsourcing sector’s biggest names suggest that the industry gradually bouncing back
- Rackspace sees traditional and cloud hosting models blur 16 April 2010
- Skills, not public sector IT cuts, trouble Logica 13 April 2010
- Capgemini’s bid to industrialise procurement12 March 2010
Features
Dell outsources its supply chain reinvention
14 June 2010As part of the reinvention of its business model, the computer maker handed the support and operation of its supply chain to a third party
- Outsource evolution 14 June 2010
- The ground rules of cloud 17 May 2010
- Q&A – Virgin Trains 16 April 2010
| 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 | $3,952.4 | -5% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in IT Services| Acquirer | Target | Price ($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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Business Applications Innovation Award
BravoSolution's e-procurement tool won the Information Age Innovation Award in the Business Applications Category
Security Innovation Award
Websense took the Information Age Innovation Award for the Security category for its integrated approach to web, email and data security
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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