Datacentre outsourcing ?sensible? corporate response to downturn (Channel Business) Published on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:12:34 GMT SENTRUM, a specialist in datacentre solutions, has published findings from an independent research report showing that UK businesses are embracing outsourcing to meet ongoing data centre requirements. Click Here for Other Details

Public sector to increase ICT outsourcing (KableNET) Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:28:28 GMT Many small organisations will aggregate their demand to enter a market that they have so far neglected, leading schools, colleges and community services to take advantage of outsourcing. Click Here for Other Details

Capita Lands $296m UK Local Government Deal (Computer Business Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) Published on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:43:41 GMT UK-based outsourcing services provider Capita Group has been awarded preferred bidder status for a 13-year 200m pound ($296.32m) contract by the Sheffield City Council to provide a range of services including ICT, revenue, benefits and cashiering, HR and payroll, and financial business transactions. Click Here for Other Details

Land Securities abandons merger plans (Guardian Unlimited) Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:13:28 GMT Britain's biggest property developer Land Securities has abandoned plans for a three way demerger because of adverse market conditions. It had been looking to split its business into London property, UK retail and outsourcing (the Trillium division), and said the benefits of specialising in this way had been recognised by the board. But the current financial turmoil has scuppered this ... Click Here for Other Details

Buongiorno Wins Contract With 3 Businesses in the UK and Ireland (Cellular-News.com) Published on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:16 GMT Italian mobile content vendor, Buongiorno says that it has won the bid for the outsourcing of Hutchison 3G's Mobile's Java Games Platform in the UK & Ireland. Click Here for Other Details

Buongiorno Wins Contract With 3 Businesses in the UK and Ireland (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Published on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:00:00 GMT Buongiorno S.p.A a global leader in mobile content, today announced the successful bid for the outsourcing of 3 Mobile's Java Games Platform in the UK & Ireland. This will be the first significant implementation of a Games Store by Buongiorno since the merger with UK's iTouch last year, and the first to be implemented by the Group in the UK & Ireland. Click Here for Other Details

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-20 18:28 Aer Lingus says pre-Christmas strike called off (Interactive Investor) Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:53:02 GMT DUBLIN, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Workers at Irish airline Aer Lingus on Thursday called off a strike over planned redundancies which could have caused major disruption to pre-Christmas travel, the airline said. The carrier had launched a redundancy programme to cut over 1,200 jobs and outsource them to third parties to help stem losses, leading trade union SIPTU to ballot for strike action. The former ... Click Here for Other Details

Capgemini Makes Cloud Computing for the Enterprise a Reality With Amazon Web Services (Linux World) Published on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:33:09 GMT Capgemini has announced an agreement signed between Capgemini UK plc and Amazon Web Services, extending its Outsourcing portfolio with cloud computing services. Capgemini?s new Center of Excellence, focused on cloud computing, will help its enterprise clients take full advantage of integrating cloud computing into their IT and business strategy. Capgemini?s Cloud Computing Center of Excellence ... Click Here for Other Details

Glaxo expands its R&D base in India (Business Standard India) Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:17:31 GMT UK-based GSK Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) has partnered with Kemwell, a Bangalore-based contract manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, to set up research and development (R&D) facility in Bangalore. The R&D centre is to cater to GSK?s global oral healthcare product development projects. Click Here for Other Details

11:27 (BST), 20/11/2008 Regulatory budgets Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS Immediate release Tiga today backed ... (gamesindustry.biz) Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:55:00 GMT Tiga today backed the Government?s plans to introduce regulatory budgets as a way of reducing the regulatory burden on UK businesses, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the video games sector. Click Here for Other Details

Data centre outsourcing on the rise in UK: survey - Computer Business Review Published on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:14:11 GMT Data centre outsourcing on the rise in UK: survey Computer Business Review, UK - Nov 18, 2008 By Bhavana Navuluri Businesses in the UK are increasingly outsourcing their data centre services to third party companies, particularly in the current times ... Managed IT outsourcing 'essential' One Stop Click all 2 news articles Click Here for Other Details

Stefan Gaiser to Remain as Kofax's Chief Financial Officer - MarketWatch Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:03:07 GMT Stefan Gaiser to Remain as Kofax's Chief Financial Officer MarketWatch - 14 hours ago Kofax plc (UK:KFX: news, chart, profile) is the leading provider of Intelligent Capture & Exchange solutions. For more than 20 years, Kofax has provided ... Click Here for Other Details

Aer Lingus discounts ahead of deadline - Belfast Telegraph Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:02:58 GMT Aer Lingus discounts ahead of deadline Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 12 hours ago \[Peter Argue\]The airline plans to do this by taking ?50m off staff costs by outsourcing all ground handling staff at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports. ... Click Here for Other Details

Outsourcing simplified with DMC Software Solutions - NewDesignWorld (press release) Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:46:48 GMT Outsourcing simplified with DMC Software Solutions NewDesignWorld (press release), UK - 10 hours ago Software as a Service, TotalCare or DMC Software visit www.dmcsoftware.co.uk, email us info@dmcsoftware.co.uk or FREEPHONE 0800 6522 423 to speak to a ... Click Here for Other Details

SMEs 'need economies of skill' when IT outsourcing - ihotdesk - IT News Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:08:09 GMT SMEs 'need economies of skill' when IT outsourcing ihotdesk - IT News, UK - 3 hours ago EquaTerra's managing director for Europe and Asia Phil Morris tells WhatPC.co.uk it is the motivation for SMEs to approach these services which is being ... Click Here for Other Details

Independent on Sunday will not merge with daily, says editor - guardian.co.uk Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:07:06 GMT Independent on Sunday will not merge with daily, says editor guardian.co.uk, UK - 14 hours ago In addition to the cuts, INM said this week that it is also "investigating the possibility" of outsourcing some areas of its London operation. ... Click Here for Other Details

Jay Koza Joins Pangea3 to Enhance Discovery Services - MarketWatch Published on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:02:36 GMT Jay Koza Joins Pangea3 to Enhance Discovery Services MarketWatch - Nov 19, 2008 NEW YORK, Nov 19, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Pangea3 LLC, the global leader in legal process outsourcing to corporate in-house counsel and US law firms ... Click Here for Other Details

UK hoteliers must look for creative ways to cut costs - CatererSearch Published on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:36:18 GMT UK hoteliers must look for creative ways to cut costs CatererSearch, UK - 10 hours ago Orchard said the Metropolitan was no longer using agency staff and is being more flexible with working time and job sharing, while Crawford said outsourcing ... Click Here for Other Details

Ebix Extends Validity of 85 Cents Offer to Acquire HealthAxis ... - WELT ONLINE Published on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:11:24 GMT Ebix Extends Validity of 85 Cents Offer to Acquire HealthAxis ... WELT ONLINE, Germany - Nov 19, 2008 This would be considered necessary to avoid any conflicts of interest on any front, as also to ensure that Ebix is not saddled with a high cost outsourcing ... Click Here for Other Details

Care UK sees govt spending slowdown - guardian.co.uk Published on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:33:37 GMT Care UK sees govt spending slowdown guardian.co.uk, UK - Nov 19, 2008 LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Care UK's chief executive predicted increases in government spending in health and social care would fall in line with inflation, ... Click Here for Other Details