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Atos drops 'Origin', approves Siemens IT acquisition

 01 July 2011

French IT services provider refreshes branding, as shareholders approve takeover of German engineering giants' IT division

Hewlett-Packard invests in China cloud

 29 June 2011

IT giant announces new cloud-focused investments, as Gartner finds Chinese CIOs more likely to spend on cloud computing

Lambeth council signs IT outsourcing deal with Capita

 28 June 2011

As part of a ten year deal worth £60 million, London borough extends its existing contract with Capita to include IT and call centre outsourcing

Union raises concern over HP / DWP offshoring plan

 06 June 2011

PCS critical of Hewlett-Packard's plans to send some IT jobs under a contract with Department of Work and Pensions to India

Birmingham City Council criticised for IT offshoring

 03 June 2011

Opponents say plans to offshore 100 IT jobs at the council's joint venture with Capita undermines the city's future

Serco acquires Indian BPO provider Intelenet

 31 May 2011

UK public sector services provider fuels global expansion plans with £385 million business process outsourcing acquisition

Infosys subpoenaed in US visa investigation

 25 May 2011

Indian outsourcer asked to produce visa application documents, as part of investigation by US District Attorney

Ministers grill NHS IT suppliers over NPfIT delays

 24 May 2011

CSC and BT face tough questions from Public Accounts Committee over NHS IT programme delays

NPfIT slammed again

 18 May 2011

Reducing the scope of the NHS IT programme has cut more value than cost, National Audit Office finds

Atos Origin bucks trend with UK growth

 10 May 2011

Unlike many of its rivals, Atos saw UK sales increase in the first quarter of the year even as overall sales dropped

Serco eyes IT opportunities in US

 09 May 2011

UK government services provider sees IT infrastructure, cyber security and green IT as growth opportunities in North America

IT services companies struggle in UK

 04 May 2011

Logica, Steria and Cognizant all saw UK revenues shrink in their most recent financial quarters

Satyam auditors to be jailed

 21 April 2011

Indian court cancels bail for two auditors – one from PwC, one internal – yet to be tried for alleged involvement in IT firm's corruption scandal

Fujitsu to manage 25,000 desktops for Centrica

 18 April 2011

Soon after losing huge government desktop management contract, IT services provider wins five-year deal with energy giant

National Grid revamps global IT operating model 

 08 April 2011

Energy infrastructure company picks Hewlett-Packard for service management in first step towards new structure for IT function

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