Outsourcing on CIO UK

Platform arrivals

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:25:00 GMT

Dependable platforms are key to the continued growth of cloud-served software, and opportunities abound for vendors able to provide secure integrated platforms

Davos notes: Merkel and Cameron are both right over Europe

ciouk@idg.co.uk (BG Srinivas) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:55:00 GMT

For Infosys VP BG Srinivas, the turmoil in the Eurozone will have repurcussions all over the world

Davos notes: Reskill for a flat world

ciouk@idg.co.uk (BG Srinivas) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:01:00 GMT

Infosys VP BG Srinivas on the hot topics of the second day at the global economic melting-pot in Switzerland

SMEs must go global for outsourcing

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Richard Sykes) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:17:00 GMT

Offshoring needn’t be the sole preserve of big players: small technology companies can enjoy the benefits of ‘brain extension’ as both clients and suppliers

BT Global Services recovery: the deals that made it work

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Tony Westbrook) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:20:00 GMT

Current CEO Jeff Kelly joined BT Global Services in early 2010 and said the key objectives of his tenure were to get the cash flow positive and then return the division to growth by 2012 or 2013. He appears to be on target.

What the CIO Needs to Ask about Offshoring Destinations

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Christine Hodgson) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:19:00 GMT

When looking for an off-shoring partner, don't be repared to take a risk with reliability or consistency of service, says Christine Hodgson of Capgemini

Outsourcing: a source of weakness?

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Andy Hayler) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:05:00 GMT

Handing systems development and management over to a third party can leave your company without the skills needed to manage contracting and procurement

CIO Profile: Domino's Colin Rees on the franchise business model

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Julian Goldsmith) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:25:00 GMT

Outsourcing commodity IT allows Domino’s Pizza’s Colin Rees to dedicate resources to the franchise’s revenue-building website and mobile apps

Short-term outsourcing is short-sighted

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Phil Bishop) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:20:00 GMT

How short-term outsourcing deals are not always as attractive as they might appear

Outsourcing data security

ciouk@idg.co.uk (Bryan Cruickshank) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:42:00 GMT

Is it feasable to outsource your security requirements? KPMG's Bryan Cruikshank gives some guidelines

Accenture pays $64m to settle kick back case

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:10:00 GMT

Denies liability in US government contracts case which names Cisco, HP, Sun, EMC and CSC

Technology services and consulting company Accenture has agreed to pay $63.7 million to resolve whistleblower allegations that it participated in a large-scale kickbacks scheme involving U.S. government contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Broadcom pays £2.3bn for NetLogic

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:20:00 GMT

Communications processor maker joins list of high priced IT takeovers

Broadcom has agreed to acquire communications processor company NetLogic Microsystems for US$3.7 billion (£2.35 billion), the companies announced today.

Supercomputer Nautilus 'knew where Bin Laden was'

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:45:00 GMT

Machine digested hundreds of millions of news articles to predict Arab Spring

A supercomputer in America predicted the revolutions in Egypt and Libya and located where Osama Bin Laden was, according to an academic - but only after the events had happened.

iPhone users finally to have Flash

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 06:45:00 GMT

Despite Apple's attempts to restrict Flash, Adobe have launched a server using Apple's live streaming protocol

Apple may not have approved it, but it appears as though iPhone users will soon gain access to Flash content.

Nvidia CEO: Intel chased us out of chipset market

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Intel don't mind working with Nvidia on graphics cards, but don't want it in the chipset market

Nvidia concluded that it would exit the chipset business as Intel made it impossible for the company to operate in the market, the company's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said this week.

New HP app enables printing & scanning to iPhones, Facebook

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:10:00 GMT

HP announces new mobile and and 3D printing capabilities

For those running HP printers and scanners alongside their Macs, a series of new products were launched at HP's Imaging and Printing Conference 2011, to help both its home and business consumers adopt mobile and 3D printing.

Carol Bartz quits Yahoo board after continued investor pressure

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:26:00 GMT

Leading investor also calls for chairman Roy Bostock to go

Carol Bartz, the chief executive fired by Yahoo last week, has quit the company’s board of directors.

Lenovo expects to beat Dell in PC sales by year's end

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:26:00 GMT

Lenovo currently holds the number three spot in global PC sales

Lenovo's chairman believes the company will overtake Dell to become the world's second-largest PC vendor by the end of this year.

SAP to plead guilty to TomorrowNow criminal charges

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:13:00 GMT

The US Department of Justice filed a criminal suit against former SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow

Former SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow will plead guilty to criminal charges of copyright infringement for downloading software from Oracle's servers.

Apple wins permanent ban on German sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 is too similar to Apple's iPad 2 and may not be sold in Germany, a court there has ruled

Samsung must not sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany because it looks too much like Apple's iPad 2, the district court in Düsseldorf has ruled.

Nokia to put free Microsoft apps on Symbian Belle smartphones

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:27:00 GMT

Word, Excel and PowerPoint coming in 2012

Nokia will offer several Microsoft applications for free on their latest Symbian Belle smartphone later this year, the Finnish company announced on Thursday.

Twitter announces 100 million active users

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:10:00 GMT

Social media business model gets fleshed out

After years of silence about how many active users Twitter has, the company has finally announced a milestone worth talking about: Twitter now has 100 million active users.

Apple criticised for not blocking stolen SSL certificates

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:03:00 GMT

Security researcher says Apple 'dragging its feet'

Apple have been criticised for "foot dragging" over the DigiNotar certificate fiasco and have been urged to quickly update Mac OS X to protect users.

US Senate approves major patent system overhaul

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:00:00 GMT

The first major update of U.S. patent law goes to President Obama for his signature

The US Senate has voted to approve a major overhaul of the nation's patent system, with the legislation allowing a new kind of challenge to patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Microsoft investigates its own mobile location practices

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 07:27:00 GMT

Camera application on Windows Phone 7 handsets allegedly collects location data from nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks

Microsoft said this week it is investigating a lawsuit's allegation that the camera application on Windows Phone 7 handsets collects location data from nearby Wi-Fi and cellular networks -- even if the user refuses permission to do so.