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

Italy hires Accenture to digitalise Italian voting system The Italian Ministry of Interior has awarded Accenture a four year contract to develop applications for a new information system, as well as provide maintenance services for the country’s voting syst
15 March 2016
Scaled Agile names PA Consulting Group a Gold SAFe partner Scaled Agile, the institution behind the SAFe framework, a model for software development, has admitted PA Consulting Group to its Partner programme.
07 March 2016
Internet of Things can have massive impact on Oil & Gas The Internet of Things (IoT) is here. Everybody knows this by now.
03 March 2016
Orange and Atos partner to ramp up smartphone security Atos and Orange have agreed a strategic alliance aimed at jointly delivering secure smartphone services to clients and customers.
19 February 2016
Cushman & Wakefield teams with Accenture and Workday Cushman & Wakefield has engaged the services of Accenture to deliver a revamped digital HR and finance back-office processes.
09 February 2016
McKinsey: 5 initiatives to improve business performance Technology deployment within companies remains a hot topic within the business world.
04 February 2016
BCG: CPG companies facing technology cost pressures The consumer packaged goods industry is facing digitalisation, and companies are taking different approaches to meet changing consumer expectations, a recent BCG report highlights.
03 February 2016
It is not how much you spend on IT; it is how you spend it It is not how much you spend; it is how you spend it, finds recent research by McKinsey & Company into bank IT spending.
01 February 2016
Cognizant to digitalise guest experience Etihad Airways Etihad Airways has hired Cognizant to digitalise its customer experience.
08 January 2016
Only 7% of companies have fully digitised organisations While the benefits of digitalisation are increasingly clear, the road towards becoming a truly digital organisation is for many companies a difficult and long journey to embark on.
28 December 2015
McKinsey: Demystifying the agile innovation hackathon As a result of the rapidly changing business environment, established companies are finding themselves left behind as smart competitors use newly available technologies to disrupt markets.
24 December 2015
80% of firms face lagging digital transformation maturity Eight out of ten companies are lagging behind when it comes to digitalisation, and are executing reactive, rather than active, digital strategies, research by Arthur D. Little shows.
22 December 2015
HMRC hires Bain & Co. to guide move away from Aspire The HMRC has selected Bain & Company to guide its transition away from its hefty £10.7 billion Aspire IT outsourcing contract.
03 December 2015
PAC: Digital is on the rise, but testing strategy lacks Although the majority of European businesses agree that boosting their digital presence is their number one IT priority, less than 20% have fully implemented a digital testing strategy, research by P
01 December 2015
Google and PwC launch joint Innovation Lab in Belfast Google has in collaboration with PwC opened its first Google Innovation Lab in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in a move aimed at encouraging European firms to embrace new, and more innovative ways of wor
25 November 2015
Indian public cloud market to hit 1.9 billion by 2019 Rapid development within the technology industries of China and India has seen considerable investment in their respective cloud markets in recent years.
25 November 2015
Nationwide awards five year IT contract to Capgemini Building society Nationwide has hired Capgemini to support it with transforming its key IT infrastructure.
23 November 2015
Indian insurers spend 2.1 billion on IT and technology The IT budgets of Indian insurance companies for 2016 is heading towards $2.11 billion, as they spend more on IT products and services, research by Gartner shows.
19 November 2015
PwC: UK businesses still fail to take on cyber security Information security remains a key challenge for businesses around the world, as adversaries become more and more sophisticated.
19 November 2015
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon and Unit4 agree partnership Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon has agreed an alliance with Unit4, combining their strengths to offer Irish educational institutions, which are under considerable cost pressures, with a cost effective ERP s
17 November 2015
Active defense vital for battling cybersecurity threat Against the backdrop of the growing frequency and impact of cybersecurity, and the uphill battle forecasted to unfold at businesses over the coming years, adopting an active cyber-defense stance is b
11 November 2015
IoT to boost economic growth China by 1.8 trillion IoT has the potential to boost China’s yearly economic output by a further $1.8 trillion by 2030, a recent report from Accenture shows.
09 November 2015
IBM launches practice dedicated to Cognitive Business IBM has launched Cognitive Business Solutions, a new practice aimed at developing cognitive computing expertise and solutions for the coming demand from a wide range of industries. The new practice will leverage IBM Watson, involve more than 2,000
29 October 2015
MOSL selects CGI for water central market system The development of a competitive market within the English suppliers of water and waste water retail services was set out by Water Act 2014.
28 October 2015
HMRC launches 20 million tender for IT consulting The HMRC has launched a £20 million tender for consulting firms to guide its IT department in a move away from a one sized mega-project IT system operated by one main contractor to one that is open t
19 October 2015
Strong consulting arms boost Indian IT and BPO services Infosys and Wipro, two large Indian outsourcing concerns, have in recent years struggled to reel in big fish clients for their consulting arms.
06 October 2015
TCS executive on the necessity of digital reimagination Business leaders find themselves at a major digital turning point, is the belief of Satya Ramaswamy, Global Head of the Digital Enterprise Unit of the Indian Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).
15 September 2015
ArcelorMittal Bremen renews its partnership with CGI ArcelorMittal Bremen, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, has renewed its partnership with CGI.
01 September 2015
The 25 most important IT consulting firms in Germany The 25 largest IT consulting firms in Germany have performed well last year, growing their combined revenues by 3.2% to a total of €9.8 billion.
24 August 2015
Neste selects Capgemini as its main ICT services partner Capgemini has signed a deal with Finnish renewable energy refinery Neste to deliver its ICT services. The agreement will involve both front end services, as well as business process optimisation through leveraging data generated through its se
19 August 2015
Shadow IT and tech threatens the role of the CIO Although shadow IT isn't new at all, its character has changed and it is potentially becoming more threatening to the CIO. Cloud services outside control of the CIO may create security and continuity risks.
06 August 2015
Scotland selects CGI for IT procurement framework CGI has been awarded a procurement framework contract with the Scottish Government to provide IT support to services and civil society.
03 August 2015

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