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All of 2011

  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: December 19, 2011
  • Dell Offering Zero Per Cent Finance For One Of Its Public Sector Offerings
  • More Real Time Tax System Details Revealed
  • How Much Will Really Change In 2012 For The UK Public Sector Tech Market?
  • Sitel’s New Belgrade Site Officially Opened By Serbian President Boris Tadić
  • Rural Broadband: Not A Single Shovel Has Yet Broken Sod
  • CSC Told Investors Contract Termination Would Cost NHS £430m
  • IBM Wants To Give Your City £250k To Make It Smarter
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: December 12, 2011
  • Airwave Failures Left Riot Officers 'directionless'
  • IBM Dominates Defra Supplier List
  • Public Private Collaboration Sparks Fears
  • Long Road Ahead For SMEs In Government - Cloud Notwithstanding
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: December 5, 2011
  • How To Achieve Innovation In Outsourcing
  • Government: Pension Day Of Action Will Cost UK Plc "£500m"
  • Government Outlines £650m Cyber Strategy Details
  • New Framework For Gov't Management Consultancy Launched
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: November 28, 2011
  • Outsourcing: A Whirlwind Of Complexity And Cost?
  • Suppliers Band Together To Target New NHS IT Marketplace
  • MoD Spent £600m On External Technical Help Last Two Years
  • Portal To Support Remote Working On Way
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: November 21, 2011
  • Americans Vs Europeans - Who's Leading In The Shared Services Race?
  • CSC: Still Looking On The Bright Side Of Life
  • NHS Direct App Hits Million User Milestone
  • Online Tax Filing Saves £126m - But HMRC Could Do Better, Says NAO
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: November 14, 2011
  • Sitel's Newcastle Centre Awarded 'Best Training Programme Of The Year'
  • New Data Transparency Scheme Aimed At Empowering Consumers
  • Maude: Open Data Is Making Government More Accountable
  • Accenture Gets £350m Slice Of DWP's Business
  • Teleperformance Awarded Company Of The Year In Contact Centre Outsourcing
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: November 7, 2011
  • Response Named As National Business Awards 2011 Finalists
  • Lots Of Bugs In Open Data Corp Plans - Socitm
  • Model And Map Of English Flood Data Fail To Match Says NAO
  • Whitehall: We Have £2m Of Salary Banked For Top Talent
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: October 31, 2011
  • Malcolm Simpkin, CIO, General Insurance, Aviva At Operational Efficiency In Financial Services
  • Is Outsourcing Broken?
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: October 24, 2011
  • Big Shared Service Centre Project Slammed As Poorly Executed
  • Leicester Looks To Make Savings Of £79m In Four Years
  • Public Sector HR Managers See Outsourcing As Great Cost-saver
  • LifeScan And Sitel Win Best Outsourcing Partnership Of The Year
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: October 17, 2011
  • Three Hampshire Pubsec Bodies To Work Closer Together
  • Survey Claims Patients Think NHS Chiefs Should Be Sacked Over Data Losses
  • MPs: Hire More Web-ready Spooks. Government: OK
  • Emergn Appoints Industry Veteran John Galioto To Executive Vice
  • BIFM Announces Date For ThinkFM 2012 In Association With Workplace Law
  • Cabinet Office Closes Hundreds More Government Websites
  • Oracle Pays $200m To Make $1bn US Government Overcharging Case Go Away
  • DWP Quietly Cancels Open Bids For Two Bits Of HP Work
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: October 10, 2011
  • Top Mexican Brewer Boosts Operations With Solution From Hexaware And HP
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: October 3rd, 2011
  • Social Media Firms Latest To Make Irish Eyes Smile
  • UK Only Fifth In World IT Competitive League Table?
  • Twitter And Facebook Is A Two-way Street, Says Information Commissioner
  • Advisory Business Rumbo Limited Launches
  • Whitehall Needs More Contract And Procurement Experts, Say MPs
  • Tories Nervous Universal Credit Will Founder Due To HMRC ICT
  • Cabinet Office NPfIT Report Edited To Take Out CSC Slamming?
  • Accenture Pays $64m Fine To Make Kickback Case Go Away
  • Bucks Looking For PSN-paved Route To The Cloud?
  • Warwickshire Piloting Public Cloud Email Solution
  • Global Cybercrime Racket 'bigger Than Narcotics Trade'
  • Tough Times Ahead For Whitehall's ICT Ambitions
  • Will ICT Cartels Always Be With Us, Cloud Or No Cloud?
  • 'Only £100m Companies Need Apply' Procurement Cock-up
  • Dreamforce: Benioff Bigs Up PaaS
  • Too Many Cops Really Civilians Claims Think-tank
  • Outsourcing And Politics
  • Nimbus Partners Acquired By Tibco Software
  • Raytheon Wants £500 Million Compensation From UK Government
  • Social Media Will Be Left Untouched In Times Of Trouble
  • Met Office Weathers Conflict Of Interest Enquiries
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: August 30, 2011
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: August 22, 2011
  • A-levels Web Site Crashes On Results Day; No One Impressed
  • HP To Exit Hardware - And Buys UK's Biggest Software Firm To Do It
  • What Does HP's New Strategy Mean For The Public Sector?
  • GPS Opens Door To £3bn Worth Of Potential PSN Activity
  • Cloud Vs Privacy = Score Draw
  • MPs Set Up New Group To Assess Outsourcing
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: August 15, 2011
  • Essex County Council To Lose ICT Staff To Meet Cut Targets
  • DWP Offshoring Moves Leading To PCS Strike Threat
  • £35bn Savings Could Be Made Out Of Public Assets: Pickles
  • India - Reading The Runes
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: August 1, 2011
  • UNIT4 Claims Running Rival ERP Costs 248% More
  • DfT Commits To £750m Shared Services Plan
  • Is There A Hidden Export Control Issue The Cloud's Yet To Face?
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: July 25, 2011
  • Hunt Outlines Plans For Community TV In Unused Spectrum
  • CBI: Public Sector Has Become “more Risk-averse” To ICT
  • Birmingham Reverses Outsourcing Decision
  • Thirteen-year Outsourcing Deal Agreed By ABC Algar In Brazil
  • Norway Post To Outsource Its Finance And Accounting Function
  • Atos Signs Authentication Framework Agreement With London Grid For Learning
  • Offshoring For Beginners - The Cabinet Office Version
  • Maude Signs First Single, Cross-government Supplier Deal
  • Sharedserviceslink.com Takes Its Flagship Conference To Dallas
  • Government Should Better Support SMEs
  • NHS CEO Challenged Over North Bristol NHS' Cerner Implementation
  • Capita Buys Up Firm DWP Outsources Work To
  • K2 Research: How Is Cloud Changing Outsourcing
  • Cleveland Police Extend Steria Shared Services Deal
  • Capita Buys Rival To Beef Up Public Sector Outsourcing Cred?
  • Ireland Bids To Become Europe's Leader In All Things Cloud
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: July 4, 2011
  • Whitehall Lukewarm At Best Toward Cloud, FoI Request Suggests
  • ICO Gets Cabinet Office, MoD And Brum To Promise FoI Turnaround
  • New Efficiency And Reform Group ICT Strategy Advisor Appointed
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: June 27, 2011
  • Why Do UK SMEs Struggle To Sell To The Public Sector?
  • Singapore Government Commits To Full E-government
  • Westmister CIO: We Need More Transactional Capability On Pubsec Websites
  • Coalition Starts Revealing How It Will Become More SME-friendly
  • Outsourced Public Sector ICT Professionals To Strike?
  • Civil Servants: Change Contracts And Move To Shared Services To Bear Deficit, Not Cut Jobs
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: June 17, 2011
  • Not Sure What Procurement Outsourcing Means? You're Not Alone!
  • UK Plc Must Remain Open For Online Business - EURIM
  • Lack Of Planning For Outsourcing = Planning To Fail, Says Group
  • CEOs And CFOs Main Blocks To Cloud Take Up
  • Millions Saved Through Anti-fraud Pilots
  • New IBM Smarter Cities Solution To Apply Intelligence To City Operations
  • In-house Skills Slowing Cloud Take-up Globally, Suggests Study
  • Costa Rica Hosts Bridgestone's Financial Shared Services Centre
  • Foreign Office To Cut Back On ICT Spend
  • CSC Boss Reckons On Deal With Government In June
  • Shared Services Not Enough For CIOs?
  • CSC Seeks Cameron Clarification
  • CIOs Ramped Up In Importance
  • WNS Opens Its Fourth Centre In Europe
  • PAC Turns Spotlight On NHS Civil Servants
  • Digby-Jones:Private And Public Need To Work Together
  • BT Objects To NAO Criticism
  • CSC Seeks Cameron Clarification
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: May 16, 2011
  • NHS IT Programme: A Waste A Money - Official!
  • CIOs Ramped Up In Importance
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: May 13, 2011
  • CSC Finally Set To Sign Government MoU
  • Outsourcing Big Business For The UK
  • Cloud Computing's Dirty Green Secret
  • First Chief Procurement Officer Appointed
  • MP Sizzles Under CSC
  • Big Cornwall Built On Shared ERP
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: April 25, 2011
  • Shared Temping Underway
  • More Room For More ICT Efficiencies
  • Real-time, Price-benchmarking Data On Business Process Outsourcing
  • HR, Meet ICT
  • International Entrepreneur, Karen Paterson Leads The Way In Global
  • Change Your Ways In Local Govt, Warns BT Boss
  • Cloudy Tait Moves To Private Sector
  • Bexley Gets Into Sharing
  • FSA Pays Up For Outsourcing
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight: April 11, 2011
  • DWP Sits Down
  • Deloitte Report: Global Shared Services Survey Results 2011
  • New Authority To Deliver Govt Projects
  • Sexing Up New Labour ICT
  • NelsonHall Quarterly "Ones-to-Watch"
  • NelsonHall Industry Insight
  • Govt ICT - Getting There At Last?
  • Capital Investment Aims To Accelerate Growth For OB10
  • Budget A Missed Opportunity?
  • Tieto Supports Storebrand Bank’s Capital Markets Business
  • MoJ Signs Shared Services Deal With Accenture
  • ICT Still Vital To UK Public Sector
  • Chesterfield Lays Out Pioneering Outsourcing Deal
  • A Budget Designed To Spread The Cause Of 'made In Britain'
  • NOA Warns Of Need For Changes To Support SME Push
  • Role Of Third-Party Medical Assessments Within Life Companies
  • Bury's Future In Outsourcing?
  • Spark Acquires Ethical Retailer And Launches Ecommerce Company
  • Few Answers For NHS IT Questions
  • 21% Of Banks Planning To Purchase Additional BPO Services Over The Next 12-months
  • DWP ICT Under Fire
  • Accenture Pioneers Procurement Services In London
  • Govt ICT Is "fundamentally Flawed"
  • 40% Of Public Sector Organisations Bringing Forward Shared Services Plans
  • Report: Shared Necessities - The Next Generation Of Shared Services By NLGN
  • Hampshire County Council Moves To Offer UK-wide Shared Services Platform
  • City Of London Corporation Creates Shared Service Centre For Procurement & P2P
  • Outsourcers And The Age Of Austerity
  • Centrica Moves To The Cloud With HP Outsourcing Deal
  • HSBC, SAP And Swift Partner On A Flexible, Multi-bank Solution
  • London Shared Services Push Costs Jobs
  • Mark McMullen Of SDI Discusses The Challenges, And Opportunities, For Shared Services
  • Govt ICT - The Industry Reacts
  • Govt ICT Under Fire From NAO
  • Capita And IDOX Partner On Document Management For Local Authorities
  • Virgin Atlantic And OB10 Sign E-invoicing Agreement
  • Latin American Countries Can Offer European Businesses Competitive Benefits
  • Commission Launches Public Consultation On E-signatures, E-authentication And E-ID
  • KPMG Acquires EquaTerra
  • CSC And NHS In Contract Talks
  • Government Opens Up Contracts To SMEs
  • Local Councils Take A Shared Approach
  • Raytheon Expands Accredited Qualifications Offering
  • Intellect: Govt Needs To Do More For ICT Firms
  • Professional Outsourcing Blog - NASSCOM DAY 3
  • NAO: NHS Procurement Needs Improving
  • Professional Outsourcing Blog - NASSCOM DAY 2
  • Professional Outsourcing Blog - NASSCOM DAY 1
  • Local Govt Moves To Shared Services
  • Oracle Pitches Local Cloud Option At UK Private And Public Sectors
  • PA Consultings Alex Blues Live From NASSCOM
  • Best Direct Outsources Contact Centre And Fulfilment To Spark
  • Things Can Only Get Better - Take Heart!
  • Specsavers Signs Up Software Testing Deal For £5 Million
  • Cutbacks Set To Overlook Local Govt ICT Spend
  • BCS Responds To Information Revolution Plans
  • Govt CIO Becomes Part Time Job?
  • Shared Services On The Rise In Local Government
  • Union Pursues Public Sector Redundancy Scheme
  • European Union Raises Cloud Computing Concerns
  • Charity Business Automates Accounts Payable With Basware
  • MP Bacon Grills NHS Over IT Programme
  • Government Plans £200m Technology And Innovation Centres
  • Financial Impact Of Poor Service Driving Voice Of The Customer Programmes
  • Socitm: Outsourcing Should Take Second Place To Cloud Computing
  • Cloud And BPO To Dominate Agendas
  • NHS Set For Outsourced Passage To India?
  • Skilled Immigration Cap Faces Challenge
  • Salesforce.com Pursues Call Centres In The Cloud
  • Cut Back On Consultancy, Say MPs
  • Accenture Feels Public Sector Spending Pinch
  • Xerox Signs Maude's Memorandum
  • Informatica Looks Into Crystal Ball
  • All of 2010

    • Capita Acquires BSI And SunGard Public Sector
    • Opportunities For Finance And Accounting Outsourcing To Grow In 2011
    • CSC Delivers On Cloud For Royal Mail
    • UK CIOs Tied Up By Inflexible ICT
    • Student Loans Company Still Struggling
    • CSC Government Memo Questioned By MP
    • Accenture: Change Your Ways, CIOs
    • Superfast Broadband Hunting
    • ID Card Scrapping Put £6.5m Worth Of IT In Limbo
    • Govt Kills Off Mega IT” Projects
    • NAO Probes NHS Spending On BT Services
    • Hype Neither Helps Nor Hinders Cloud Computing
    • Birmingham Extends Capita Deal
    • Big Push Towards E-invoicing Adoption In Europe
    • Bleak News For Finance Jobs In US And Europe
    • Nottinghamshire County Council Transforms Business Support Services With Logica
    • Govt CIO Changes On The Way?
    • Wokingham Partners With Northgate Public Services
    • The Future Of Government – In The Clouds?
    • Shared Services Finalists For UK's E-Government National Awards 2010 Announced
    • Supplier Onboarding Is The Main Barrier To E-invoicing Adoption
    • Exclusive - Watmore Might Be In Store For Extended Government CIO Role
    • Penitent Serco Signs Up To Government's Contract Memorandum
    • Call Centres Not Heading To The Cloud Just Yet
    • The 5 Myths Of Outsourcing
    • Local Government Outsourcing Faces Freedom Of Information Challenge
    • Intellect Report On Data Security
    • Serco To Generate £25m Savings For Hertfordshire County Council
    • SAP To Pay Oracle $1.3bn For Copyright Infringement
    • CSC CEO Set To Sign Government Contract Memorandum
    • The NHS Could Redirect Over £600m From The Back-office Towards Front-line Services
    • NHS Lifts Lid On Services Spending
    • Microsoft CEO: Cloud Computing Is The Future
    • Outsourcing Dominates HMRC IT Spend
    • NHS IT: The Way Ahead
    • Fujitsu Signs Up To Government Contract Memorandum
    • Bournemouth Gets Outsourcing For Xmas
    • Obama Changes Tune On Indian Outsourcing
    • Intellect Paper: A New Decade, A New Outsourcing Challenge
    • Gavin Bowden-Hall Talks About Outcome Based Agreements
    • Lyceum Capital Signs Five-year Contract With BSG
    • Raytheon Is First Provider To Offer Accredited Qualifications In A Virtual Classroom Environment
    • SQS Software Quality Systems To Test Software For Deutsche Bank
    • TLT Appointed To The Co-operative Group's Commercial Legal Panel
    • Catherine Burke Appointed New BMC Managing Director
    • AccessPlus And TPF Group Join Forces As ‘Banner Managed Communication’
    • Shared Services On The Rise
    • Siemens Orchestrates The Clouds
    • Hewlett-Packard Loses Mark Hurd
    • Fujitsu Awarded 6-Year IT Contract
    • HP Enterprise Services Awarded 7-Year Contract
    • Teleperformance France Reduces Contact Centers
    • Capgemini To Double Presence In Morocco In 2 Years
    • TCS Awarded Contract By National Grid
    • Scotland: Home Of Shared Services
    • Purple Cow Website Launch