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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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Powering IT enabled business

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Assured Business Outcomes Through Trusted Master Data. 8-9 February, London, UK. The Gartner MDM Summit will guide you on the path to success by creating an effective vision, strategy, and roadmap. You will gain insight into the impact of social networking, cloud computing and “Big Data”

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News

Central govt cut IT costs by £800m last year – NAO

2 February 2012

National Audit Office figures show that central government departments reduced their total IT spending by around 10% last year

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IT Case Studies

Q&A – Accenture

3 June 2011

Frank Modruson, CIO of the outsourcing and consulting giant, explains why it maintained IT investment throughout the recent recession

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Perspectives & Trends

Talent economics

30 January 2012

Outsourcing was back in vogue in 2011 but a movement to address the IT skills gap in the UK began in earnest 

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Company Analysis

Building the happiest IT company in India

19 December 2011

The former CEO of Wipro and MindTree's new venture aims to put the happiness of employees and customers before all else

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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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