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Logica wins HR contract with BAE Systems

 06 February 2012

Services giant will run BAE's human resources six years, improving human capital insights and employee engagement, it claims

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

 02 February 2012

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

Atos wins £74m Department of Health desktop deal

 30 January 2012

Five-year contract will help DH realise government IT strategy of using SMEs and open source software, outsourcer claims

Serco to cut around 500 jobs in the UK

 27 January 2012

Services giant plans to streamline its management structure and consolidate its own back-office functions

Govt ignored calls for IT supplier probe, say MPs

 26 January 2012

Public Administration Select Committee disappointed that the government did not act on its recommendation to investigate alleged "oligopoly" of IT suppliers

Nokia revenue drops 21%

 26 January 2012

Steep drop in smarthphone sales drags Finnish device maker into €950 million loss as Apple reports strongest ever quarter

NEC to cut nearly 10% of its workforce

 26 January 2012

Japaneses IT and telecommunications giant announces swingeing job cuts and predicts £830 million loss for the financial year

London boroughs seek IT services worth up to £1.2bn

 20 January 2012

Programme Athena, a project to provide shared IT services for every London borough, issues tender for up to £1.2 billion in contracts

CSC may lose $1.5 billion on NHS contract

 03 January 2012

US IT services giant warns investors that renegotiation of NHS contract may require it to write down its entire investment in the project

Serco is last supplier left in NHS shared services bid

 22 December 2011

UK services giant looks set to win outsourcing contract, worth up to £400 million, from East England NHS Trust partnership

G4S wins £200m Lincolnshire police deal

 22 December 2011

Lincolnshire police selects G4S as preferred bidder on £200m back-office outsourcing contract that includes IT infrastructure

Logica cuts 1,300 jobs

 15 December 2011

Services giant warns it will miss profit forecasts and prepares for recession in Europe with job cuts

DWP to pay £200m for identity assurance

 14 December 2011

DWP seeks framework to provide identity assurance to its 21 million customers

AstraZeneca outsources drug trial analysis to Cognizant

 01 December 2011

Following closure of UK R&D arm, pharmaceuticals giant expands IT contract with Indian supplier to include statistical analysis of clinical trials

EU audit reform may boost Big Four's IT ambitions – IDC

 30 November 2011

Calls to break up the "oligopoly" in auditing will drive Ernst & Young, Deloitte, PwC and KPMG to pursue more IT business, says market researcher

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