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DWP grants application support contract to IBM
29 September 2011Alongside Capgemini deal, Department of Work and Pensions signs seven-year contract with IT giant that could be worth up to £525 million
DWP awards 'odds and sods' contract to Capgemini
28 September 2011IT outsourcer replaces HP and Atos in seven-year contract with Department of Work and Pensions to support various back-office applications
India protests drive up costs for tech companies
27 September 2011Strikes in Andhra Pradesh are driving up operating costs in state capital Hyderabad, home to Google, HSBC and Facebook's Indian IT operations
MPs call for more centralisation in police IT
23 September 2011One day after Cabinet Office slams central approach to NHS IT, Home Affairs Committee demands that plan for "nationally available" police IT be protected
NHS IT programme "scrapped" – again
22 September 2011Government announces an "acceleration of the dismantling" of the National Programme for IT, repeating a similar statement made a year ago
Fire and rescue IT project branded a "complete failure"
20 September 2011Failed project suffered from weak oversight and did not follow the most basic fundamentals of contract management, says Public Accounts Committee
Universal Credit IT plan 'unrealistic', says PAC
13 September 2011The DWP's plan for online benefit claims system should be tested for "realism", says Public Accounts Commitee
HP calls off DWP offshoring plans
12 September 2011On the request of employment minister Chris Grayling, HP scraps plan to move 200 jobs under Department of Work and Pensions contract to India
Vodafone India signs $1bn deal extension with IBM
08 September 2011Mobile telecommunications giant extends IT outsourcing deal with IBM until 2017, Economic Times reports
Outsourcers exempt from India's new privacy rules
26 August 2011After fears that new data protection laws would "decimate" Indian outsourcing industry, govt clarifies exemption for outsourcing providers
Home Office plans £350m background check system
25 August 2011New system for combined Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority to cost more than twice Cabinet Office's 'presumed' maximum IT project value of £100m
Sacked e-borders supplier seeks £500m compensation
25 August 2011US defense contractor Raytheon is demanding £500 million after it was dropped from UK's electronic borders project over poor performance
GE builds green data centre, scales back IT offshoring
23 August 2011The US electrical giant has revealed two major IT initiatives in recent weeks – a new high-efficiency data centre and a return to in-house IT skills
DWP IT workers begin protest against offshoring
08 August 2011Hewlett-Packard staff working for the Department of Work and Pensions that are members of PCS union will refuse to co-operate with offshore plans
Logica profits disappoint investors
05 August 2011IT services provider blames decline in Dutch government spending for missed profit target, which triggered steep share drop
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