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An overview of news, trends and research in the ICT industry in the UK:

Baker Tilly boosts IT advisory team with George Walker George Walker has been appointed to Baker Tilly’s Technology Consulting team as Associate Director. In his new role, he will be charged with developing the firm’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) offering,
13 July 2015
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
FTI Consulting launches its Ringtail Audio Discovery FTI Technology, the technology business segment of FTI Consulting, recently launched its Ringtail Audio Discovery.
01 June 2015
Demand for outsourcing to grow in the Netherlands IT outsourcing in the Netherlands is expected to grow over the coming years, with 49% of top IT spending organisations looking to outsource more in 2015 against only 6% of companies that expect a dec
27 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
Accuracy, MBCF and SDP advise Nordian - Ab Ovo deal Private equity firm Nordian Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Ab Ovo International, an IT-services firm based in the Netherlands and Germany.
04 May 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
Capgemini acquires technology firm Igate for $4 billion Capgemini has entered into a definitive merger agreement with IT services provider Igate. With a transaction value of $4.
30 April 2015
Experienced consultant Martin Howard CIO of Amedisys Martin Howard, alumnus of Alvarez & Marsal, EY, KPMG and Deloitte, has taken on the role of CIO at Amedisys. After the company came into controversy last year, the new CEO has started appointing new leadership, inclu
20 April 2015
Aecus: Firms embracing robotic process automation Robotic process automation is in high demand, reveals a recent study from sourcing specialists Aecus. A third of companies says it has already implemented smart software to replicate human activities, with a further 44%
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
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
Ex-Logica manager sentenced to 10 months in prison Last month Ryan Willmott plead guilty to charges of insider trading through which £30,000 of benefit was illegally derived.
03 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
Top 100 IT Services & Outsourcing firms in Benelux Minoc Media Services, a Benelux-based publisher with a focus on IT and technology, has released the 2015 finalists of its annual Smart Business Awards. More than 100 firms providing IT-related services in the region have been nominated across eight
31 March 2015
4 teams win PA Raspberry Pi coding competition Earlier this week PA Consulting Group organised the 2015-edition of its ‘Raspberry Pi programming’ competition, a programming challenge for pupils and students.
27 March 2015
TCS helps teachers to reduce digital skills gap in the UK IT services, business solutions and consulting firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed an partnered with The Tech Partnership and MyKindaCrowd to develop a new initiative, designed to help teachers encourage more young people into digital c
27 March 2015
Atos starts search for 100 ICT apprentices in UK IT firm Atos has reaffirmed its commitment to increasing apprenticeship opportunities for 17-24 year olds by opening its search to find around 100 new ICT apprentices in the UK this year. The apprentices will receive a combination of formal trainin
19 March 2015
Newham College and Capita extend IT relationship Capita will serve the IT needs of Newham College for another three years, in a contract worth £1.95 million. The deal sees the business advisory deliver its Capita Managed IT Solutions, which includes security management, disaster recovery, h
17 March 2015
Infosys acquires cloud services provider Panaya Indian IT-services giant Infosys has recently acquired Panaya, an American software as a service (SaaS) specialist. With revenues of over $8.25 billion and 165,000+ employees, Infosys is one of the globe’s largest IT-services and
17 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
Former Logica advisor guilty to insider dealing Ryan Willmott, a former financial manager at IT-firm Logica, has pleaded guilty to insider trading. In the run to the deal, he irregularly dealt with shares, taking a profit of around £30,000.
04 March 2015
Gartner: 10 technologies to impact education in 2015 As traditional educational business models are expected to be challenged by digitalisation, educational institutions need to consider technologies from outside their industry, research by Gartner shows. The global research and consulting firm lists
04 March 2015
TCS fastest growing brand in IT services industry Tata Consultancy Services, India’s leading IT services company, has been named the globe’s fastest growing brand in the IT services industry.
25 February 2015
Invest NI selects Capita for 5-year software support deal Northern Ireland’s regional economic development agency Invest NI has awarded Capita a contract to support its procurement, financial and business intelligence systems.
18 February 2015
Transport for London awards Atos six million contract Atos has won the bid to run the Primary Service Desk for Transport for London. The deal is worth up to £6 million and will run over a period of 3-4 years. Atos’ bid promises to provide a transformational way Transport for London provide
11 February 2015
FTI Consulting signs e-discovery software deal with IBM The Technology business segment of global business advisory firm FTI Consulting has signed a reseller agreement with IT giant IBM for its Ringtail e-discovery review and analytics software. By combining Ringtail with IBM’s StoredIQ software,
11 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
Corporate Integration Consultants advises on tech deal Private equity firm Écart earlier this month acquired a majority interest in the Dutch firm Minox Software. The deal was guided by Corporate Integration Consultants, a Dutch-based consulting firm that specialises in M&A in the IT and tec
22 January 2015
Capita launches engineering apprenticeship scheme Capita has launched an engineering apprenticeship scheme to develop much needed multi-skilled UK engineers. The scheme consists of a four-year training during which the apprentices learn all there is to know about Capita’s Intelligent Buildin
14 January 2015
Capita buys data storage specialist Solid State Solutions Capita has acquired data storage specialist Solid State Solutions. The merger will give the firm access to highly secure data centres required to take on government clients as well as broaden its IT sophistication with 30 professionals. The financi
07 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

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