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12 March 2010

News in IT Services

Computacenter profits up 26%, despite sales drop

 12 March 2010

UK-based IT services firm posts strong full-year net income, predicts steady growth for 2010

HP's difficult week continues with strikes and a lawsuit

 10 March 2010

Employee strikes continue at world's biggest PC company, while Chinese lawyers file complaint over faulty laptops

Fujitsu's wrist slapped over president’s ‘resignation’

 09 March 2010

Tech giant had originally claimed president stepped down over illness, but this week revealed that he was pushed

HP cuts profit as BSkyB legal costs rise 

 08 March 2010

IT giant cuts previously reported earnings figures after court awards BSkyB a further £70m in costs from EDS dispute

Government procurement body inks £4.5bn desktop deal

 04 March 2010

One of the public sector's biggest ever framework agreements awarded to Atos Origin, Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard

IBM cuts 1,500+ jobs, say reports

 02 March 2010

Shift to global model continues apace with hundreds of US jobs under the axe, according to union reports

IT spending cuts hamper Logica revenues

 24 February 2010

Anglo-Dutch IT services provider experiences slight dip in annual revenues, forecasts flat sales for 2010 as economy ambles to recovery

Wipro employee accused of $4m fraud 'committed suicide'

 23 February 2010

An employee implicated in an embezzlement scandal at the Indian IT services provider last year subsequently killed himself, the company has confirmed

BBC’s Siemens contractors mull strike

 23 February 2010

Union demands that IT contractors should receive at least £7.60 an hour, ballots members over industrial action

Public sector IT spend to drop – whoever wins election

 22 February 2010

Analyst report predicts first decline in public sector IT spending in over a decade, regardless of general election result

UK division softens revenue drop for Atos Origin

 17 February 2010

Strong UK appetite for managed services helps limit revenue decline to 3.7% but UK CEO predicts challenging year ahead

Fujitsu wins giant DWP desktop contract

 16 February 2010

The “single biggest desktop and thin client outsource deal in the UK” goes to strike-hit IT services supplier

EDS misrepresentation ruling ‘a wake-up call’ for vendors

 27 January 2010

High Court ruling in favour of BSkyB will encourage vendors to tighten procedures on selling and contracts, legal expert claims

IBM revenues stall as big deals falter

 20 January 2010

Downturn continues to punish Big Blue, but new services signings point to strong year ahead

IBM adds 5,000 new jobs in India

 11 January 2010

IT and outsourcing giant announces plans to expand Indian BPO centres, having significantly cut US and European workforce in 2009

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