Partner news

Outsourcing spend on the up: Gartner

Source: 
itservices cbronline
Date: 
09.08.2010

European organisations are expected to increase their involvement in outsourcing during 2010 with overall spending on external IT services also expected to rise, according to a new report from Gartner.

Capgemini renews two outsourcing contracts with General Motors

Source: 
Consultant News
Date: 
07.29.2010

Capgemini has won two long-term contract renewals with General Motors Holdings, LLC (GM) to provide application outsourcing services for GM’s Global Sales & Marketing and Dealer Systems by Capgemini America Inc.

IBM Posts 13% Earnings Gain, Raises Guidance

Source: 
Informationweek
Date: 
07.21.2010

Big Blue beats Street's expectations for EPS but revenue falls just short of estimates.

IBM on Monday reported solid numbers across most of its business lines for the second quarter and raised full year earnings guidance.
The company said revenue came in at $23.72 billion—shy of the $24.17 billion expected by Wall Street analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters but 2% higher than the same period a year ago. Net income jumped 9.1% to $3.39 billion, while earnings per share came in at $2.61, up 12.5% from the previous year.
 

Custom apps focus for UK ITO

Source: 
Outsourcingmagazine
Date: 
07.16.2010

A survey released this week shows that custom applications top the agenda for outsourcing amongst IT directors in the UK. The study, carried out by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Spain-based outsource provider Valueshore, says that 61% of the 200 IT directors questioned are either already outsourcing custom apps or planning to; some 50% plan to outsource maintenance of packaged apps such as Oracle.
 

 

IBM Announces $100 Million Health IT Program

Source: 
Informationweek
Date: 
07.15.2010

The initiative will drive IBM's cloud computing, data analytics plans across the healthcare industry to enhance evidence generation, service quality, privacy and new incentive models.