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

PwC: Internet of Things to grow to 9 trillion by 2020 The Internet of Things market is set to grow to around $9 trillion by 2020, with up to 30 billion devices connected a recent report from PwC highlights. Especially the energy/utilities, construction/infrastructure and re
18 May 2015
Accenture: Proactive strategies improve cyber security Companies that tackle cyber security proactively, the so-called Leapfrog companies, are able to attain improved security effectiveness, research by Accenture and Ponemon Institute shows. According to the firms, companies wishing to improve their se
18 May 2015
Seven consulting firms win SAP Pinnacle Awards 2015 IBM, Deloitte, Tata Consultancy Services, Capgemini, Accenture, Atos and EY have been recognised by SAP for their partner contributions to customer success and innovation.
07 May 2015
Accenture to improve operational efficiency UniCredit European financial group UniCredit has selected Accenture to help it improve its operational efficiency and support its growth.
30 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
Protiviti: Top priorities for CIOs and IT professionals With information security and data privacy vulnerabilities no longer just technical issues, top priorities for companies going through transformations are shifting towards mitigating and combating security risks, a recent research from Protiviti fi
27 April 2015
Atos: Shadow IT spend to increase by 20% in 2015 Shadow IT is an increasingly growing expense for companies, research by Canopy shows. The biggest drivers of this spend turn out to be back office needs for back-ups, file sharing and archiving.
09 April 2015
Gartner: DevOps toolset sales reach 2.3 billion in 2015 The sales of DevOps toolsets, tools to implement DevOps – a software development method that focuses on communication, culture and people – are expected to grow with 21% to $2.
07 April 2015
McKinsey adds SATMAP to Solutions business unit McKinsey Solutions, the data analytics and software unit of strategy consultancy McKinsey & Company, has entered into a partnership with SATMAP, a North American software specialist that provides contact center technology. With the alliance, Mc
02 April 2015
Off the shelf tech set to transform banking industry The development of new, off-the-shelf banking IT solutions is transforming the back-office of the banking landscape. On the back of more efficient and innovative platforms, new entrants are eyeing the opportunities in th
19 March 2015
Accenture: Combining digital technologies for success In order to benefit the most from the digital era, companies should jointly implement digital technologies instead of one at a time, research by Accenture shows. A unified approach will bring about a variety of benefits, including improved business
18 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
Amey strikes 78 million IT services deal with CSC Engineering consulting firm Amey has signed a 7 year agreement valued at $78 million with global IT Services company CSC, who will deliver next-generation IT services to the consultancy.
09 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
Unicorn and ENTSO-E deliver electricity platform Earlier this year the so-called ‘ENTSO-E Transparency Platform’ was launched, a platform that aims at boosting the transparency in the European electricity market. The platform was jointly designed and built by Czech origin/
26 February 2015
Capgemini Consulting: Big Data trends & challenges Although the belief among executives is wide-spread that Big Data will disrupt their industry in the next three years, only 13% has Big Data insights fully integrated into their business operations,
26 February 2015
Capgemini supports Office Depot with IT integration Office Depot has hired Capgemini to support the firm with post-merger integration support in the field of finance and accounting and IT. The new contract comes on top of the existing relationship between the two firms – Capgemini h
04 February 2015
Moorhouse: Moonpig security fiasco is a wakeup call Moonpig, a large supplier of personalised greeting cards, recently was faced with a serious cyber security flaw. More worrying is that the online company had more than 18 months to fix the flaw, without any subsequent action taken. Accor
20 January 2015
Digital leaders focus on growth instead of efficiency Digital leaders are on the rise, most visibly in the smallest but also the biggest companies, new research by Accenture shows. These leaders, dubbed Digital Transformers, not only use digital strategies to improve business efficiency, but as a tool
19 January 2015
Strategy&: IT failure contingency plan key for aviation Mid December, chaos erupted over the skies of the capital as a technical glitch in the NATS air traffic control system caused widespread cancelations and delays. This is not the first such glitch, almost a year to the date a similar soft
13 January 2015
McKinsey: Banks must invest in back office automation As banks follow the trend of digitalisation in the financial services industry, they should choose wisely the areas of investments, says consulting firm McKinsey & Company. In it's recent research, the firm shows that not all digital investment
12 January 2015
KPMG: IT failure costs average of 410,000 per incident The failure of IT systems are costing businesses on average £410,000 per incident, concludes consulting firm KPMG in a newly released report.
15 December 2014
Capgemini awarded contract by The Pensions Regulator Capgemini UK has been awarded a contract by The Pensions Regulator to implement and support an integrated case and document management solution that meets the organisation’s need for automatic enrolment of UK work-based pensions. p
02 December 2014
Deloitte investigates glitch in BoE payments system A glitch hit the Bank of England (BOE) last month, throwing its payments system flat and hobbling thousands of housing market transactions.
01 December 2014
CGI helps Oslo with modernisation of public schools ICT Oslo’s Agency for Education has hired CGI to modernise a large ICT system used by the city’s public schools. The new system will support more than 90,000 students and teachers in all of Oslo’s 172 public schools and lea
16 October 2014
Five IT consulting firms win EC contract of 350 million More than thousand IT consultants of among others KPMG and Sword Group will in the coming four years support the European Commission with IT advisory and support. The mega contract has a total value of €450 million, roughly £350 million.
07 October 2014
Accenture helps US Army with ERP advisory and support Consulting firm Accenture has been awarded two contracts by the US Army with a combined value of $53.
17 September 2014
PA Consulting: Early stage key for success of IT project Recently, there have been news reports of several write-offs at large IT household names. It seems we are trapped in a vicious cycle of failure, which is nothing new.
10 September 2014
Toyota Material Handling Europe outsources IT to CGI Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE), a truck manufacturing and material handling firm, has decided to outsource its entire IT operations to CGI.
27 August 2014
PA launches Raspberry Pi challenge for pupils & students For the third year in a row PA Consulting Group is organising its so-called ‘Raspberry Pi programming’ competition, a programming challenge for pupils and students. This year, PA is tasking entrants to ‘revolutionise people’
26 August 2014
Bank of Ireland outsources Group ICT to Accenture Bank of Ireland is planning to outsource its Group Technology Division to Accenture, a global management and technology consulting firm. According to expectations, 200 employees will move to Accenture’s outsourcing branch. The transaction, which
28 March 2014
Accenture takes over technical services firm Evopro Accenture has done a major acquisition in the IT-services and engineering landscape.
03 December 2013

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