News in IT Services
Siemens to slash 4,200 IT jobs
18 March 2010IT services and telecoms group to shed thousands of IT positions in latest cost-cutting drive
IT outsourcers to benefit from upturn, says Gartner
16 March 2010Economic recovery will encourage increase in spending on external IT services, according to analyst survey
Computacenter profits up 26%, despite sales drop
12 March 2010UK-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 2010Employee 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 2010Tech 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 2010IT 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 2010One 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 2010Shift 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 2010Anglo-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 2010An 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 2010Union 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 2010Analyst 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 2010Strong 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 2010The “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 2010High Court ruling in favour of BSkyB will encourage vendors to tighten procedures on selling and contracts, legal expert claims
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Capgemini’s bid to industrialise procurement
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