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2 September 2010

News in IT Services

Capgemini buys into Brazil's IT services market

 02 September 2010

European IT services provider acquires majority stake in Brazil’s largest outsourcer

‘Unprecedented’ storage failure disrupts US state

 31 August 2010

‘One-in-a-billion’ SAN glitch followed by redundant system failure affects a third of Virginia's government agencies

HP is paid £7m to create 700 UK jobs 

 26 August 2010

Scottish government subsidises Hewlett-Packard £10,000 for each job created at Renfrewshire unit, where it axed 700 roles last year

Fujitsu’s ex-CEO sues over ouster

 24 August 2010

Kuniaki Nozoe says Fujitsu directors forced him to stay in hospital to support their claims that he was ill, later revealed to be false

US visa hike ‘against WTO rules’ says Indian govt

 17 August 2010

India warns that rise in business visa fees may be against World Trade Organisation’s international labour guidelines

Infosys “distressed” by US senator’s ‘chop shop’ jibe

 10 August 2010

Indian outsourcer ‘distressed’ by Charles Schumer’s condemnation of the company during debate on visa fees

Britain is “open to outsourcing”, Cameron tells India

 28 July 2010

Prime minister says Britain is “open and progressive” when it comes to outsourcing after Indian businesses express immigration cap concerns

Royal Mail turns to Capgemini to integrate the cloud 

 27 July 2010

Six-year deal sees IT outsourcer act as ‘services integrator’ for third-party cloud providers  

Government IT spending revealed

 23 July 2010

Central government departments and English local authorities spent a combined £7.6 billion on ICT in 2009, new data shows

Wipro grows headcount faster, revenue slower than rivals TCS and Infosys

 23 July 2010

Indian IT outsourcing providers still recovering from downturn, latest financial figures show

Accenture broke “gentleman's agreement” on hiring, say Indian rivals

 16 July 2010

TCS and Infosys among those to claim US outsourcing provider broke NASSCOM rule on recessionary hiring practises, newspaper reports

NTT bids £2bn for Dimension Data in cloud play

 15 July 2010

Japanese telco offers to acquire South African IT services provider “to succeed in the coming age of cloud computing”

Indian IT industry shut down by protests

 06 July 2010

Day of protests across India temporarily closes IT services industry, damaging subcontinent's "brand", trade body says

BT strike cancelled over legal dispute

 06 July 2010

Ballot on industrial action called off after ‘procedural issues’ raise doubts over the legality of the strike

CIOs demand more from their outsourcers

 21 June 2010

KPMG study finds CIOs poised to pressure their outsourcing suppliers for greater value, while Forrester Research says customers want transformation and shared risk

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