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An overview of news, trends and research in Cloud consulting in the UK:

Siemens awards Atos big SAP HANA services contract Consulting firm Atos and Siemens have entered into a six year multi-million dollar contract, under which Atos deliver a wide range of IT services to 100,000 Siemens personnel across the globe.
10 July 2015
BCG: Industry 4.0 to lift manufacturing to new levels Industry 4.0, which refers to the transformation of manufacturing processes with the latest automation and digital technologies, is expected to lift manufacturing to new levels, an analysis from BCG finds. The firm foresees nine technologies that a
15 June 2015
ISG partners with NPI to boost Cloud Solutions Practice To bolster its recently established Cloud Solutions Practice, set up to provide clients with advice around cloud based transformations, Information Services Group (ISG) has decided to partner with spend management consulting firm NPI. With the move
01 May 2015
Capita platform migrates Oracle software to UK cloud Capita IT Enterprise Services has launched a new platform, the Capita Private Cloud for Oracle, which enables companies to migrate their mission critical Oracle software deployments into one secure UK cloud. Capita Private Clou
29 April 2015
Gartner: Cloud-based bypassed for own IT infrastructure Cloud-based offerings are still not seen as the first port of call for CIOs deciding on IT project spends, with many companies too focused on their own – often legacy – infrastructure, a recent report from Gartner concludes. New generat
28 April 2015
Atos opens IT testing lab for Rio 2016 Olympic Games Global IT services firm Atos has opened its IT integration testing lab for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, where it will put in 200,000 hours of IT testing in the run up to the Games.
15 April 2015
IBM Interactive partners with Adobe Marketing Cloud Adobe has revealed that it will be working collaboratively with IBM’s digital agency, IBM Interactive Experience, to develop specialised consulting capabilities for its Adobe Marketing Cloud offering Adobe Marketing Cloud is an o
08 April 2015
KPMG invests 3 million in UK technology firm Flexeye Professional services firm KPMG has invested £3 million in Flexeye, a UK technology company that provides a cloud based technology platform to help organisations reduce risks and capitalise on the In
02 April 2015
KPMG expands strategic collaboration with Microsoft KPMG and Microsoft have agreed on a strategic collaboration to deliver a new generation of data and analytics, cloud and business solutions. The partnership will combine Microsoft’s platform and application suite w
31 March 2015
M&A activity in UK cloud consulting market booming Cloud-based consulting M&A deals in the UK have more than doubled since 2012 on the back of strong demand for skills and the widening of specialised offerings like cloud, data analytics and cyber security. With the i
16 March 2015
KPMG: UK businesses reluctant to stick head in cloud Despite the clear advantages of Cloud services, UK businesses show reluctance ‘sticking their head in the cloud’, research by KPMG shows, with 71% of these companies spending 10% or less on the cloud. According to the research, one of t
09 March 2015
CGI & Hitachi Data Systems to provide cloud services Consulting firm CGI and Hitachi Data systems have partnered up to provide enterprise-grade cloud services. The cloud services that are powered by Hitachi will be hosted within CGI’s data centres and provide its clients with secure access to b
10 February 2015
Workday names Huron an Advisory Services Partner Global business advisory firm Huron Consulting Group has been named an official ‘Advisory Services Partner’ by enterprise cloud provider Workday. Under the alliance, Huron is authorised to support clients with
19 November 2014
Roland Berger wins award for innovative cloud approach Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has won a ‘Beacon Award for Business Innovation’, a prize that celebrates excellence in cloud adoption and digital operations, testimony to its innovative cloud str
17 November 2014
Google and PwC bundle services in digital landscape Professional services firm PwC has launched a joint business relationship with technology and online search giant Google. The strategic alliance aims at helping companies across the globe with more effectively adopting and using technology and info
30 October 2014
Atos: Digital transformation delays concern CFOs and CIOs A new research by Atos shows that even though digital transformation is needed for companies to be successful, almost two-third of the participants surveyed said digital initiatives are held back at their company due to barriers such as security an
23 October 2014
Workday names Mercer an Advisory Services Partner HR consulting firm Mercer has been named an official ‘Advisory Services Partner’ by enterprise cloud provider Workday. Under the alliance, Mercer is authorised to support clients with Workday-related consulting and implementa
14 October 2014
IDC & Deltek: 74% consulting firms moving their IT to cloud Roughly three-quarters of large consulting firms across the globe are planning to move the majority or all of their IT to the cloud in the coming year.
29 September 2014
Altran signs cloud partnership with Portugal Telecom Portugal Telecom has signed a partnership with consulting and IT services firm Altran. As part of the deal the companies will combine their cloud and datacentre services. Altran has for years been present in Portugal, offering a wide range of t
13 June 2014
Atos buys French IT services firm Bull for 620 million Atos has bought IT-services firm Bull for a fee of approximately €620 million. As a result of the deal Atos strengthens its position in the European IT consulting landscape, in particular in the field of Cloud, Big Data,
28 May 2014
PA Consulting receives Google Enterprise Cloud award Technology giant Google has awarded PA Consulting Group the ‘EMEA Cloud Platform Special Contribution award’. The award was presented at the recent ‘Google Enterprise Global Partner Summit&
31 May 2013
BearingPoint develops handbook for cloud computing Cloud technology has been viewed as a megatrend in the IT sector for many years. Because of the many advantages of the new technology such as scalability, flexibility and cost savings, the market share of cloud computing has grown significantly in rece
21 January 2013
Capgemini and Salesforce.com invest in CRM and cloud Capgemini and Salesforce.com are jointly investing in CRM, social media and cloud services.
23 September 2012

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