Tagged: Outsourcing
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Utility computing can cut IT costs, says report News
14.03.2006 Utility computing can deliver cost savings by reducing hardware spend by up to 40pc, a new report carried out on behalf of Horizon Open Systems by iReach estimates.Categories: CIOTags: Outsourcing -
Outsourcing and R&D fears are overblown News
06.02.2006 Concerns about the impact of outsourcing and R&D on product development are overblown, new research from Computer Associates reveals. The survey says resource optimisation in...Categories: CIO -
An industry in flux? News
09.12.2005 While there have been several well-publicised failures in the outsourcing arena in recent years, paradoxically the demand for such services seems to be on the increase. One of...Categories: BusinessTags: Outsourcing -
Indian IT outsourcer thrives in Ireland News
19.10.2005 An Indian technology entrepreneur based in Dublin with a 20-strong IT operations centre in India is capitalising on outsourcing opportunities in the Irish SME marketplace. The...Categories: BusinessTags: Outsourcing -
Vendors must be prepared to renegotiate outsourcing News
28.04.2005 Pressure from clients is increasingly forcing vendors into more flexible outsourcing relationships and many must be prepared to renegotiate outsourcing contracts, a Gartner...Categories: CIOTags: Outsourcing -
Perlico signs €3m outsourcing deal News
07.04.2005 Irish-owned telecoms firm Perlico is to outsource its network management to MCI in a three-year agreement worth €3m.Categories: BusinessTags: Outsourcing -
Case study: Small firm rethinks big News
07.03.2005 Outsourcing is often considered as something big companies do and that SMEs only dream of. But John Hackett, IT director of Arachas Corporate Brokers, one of the largest...Categories: CIOTags: Outsourcing -
The Friday Interview: Professor Joe Peppard, Loughborough University News
22.10.2004 Professor Joe Peppard ( pictured ) is not your typical management guru. He is not American. He is not over 70. He is certainly not full of from-the-trench type stories culled...Categories: Careers and EmploymentTags: Outsourcing -
Irish IT services market growth beats Euro average News
07.05.2004 Ireland’s IT services market is predicted to grow by 17pc overall this year, according to new research from IDC. This compares with overall average growth of 3pc in western Europe.Categories: Business -
EU should take advantage of nearshore IT outsourcing News
30.04.2004 Developed Western European nations should take advantage of nearshore IT outsourcing opportunities in eastern countries like the Ukraine and Belarus, a leading expert on...Categories: Business -
EDS narrows Q1 losses News
27.04.2004 Computer services outsourcing giant EDS has narrowed its losses in the first quarter to US$12m, but disappointed the market by lowering its 2004 earnings estimates on the back...Categories: BusinessTags: Outsourcing -
From Shannon to Chennai, there’s no stopping Compuscript News
05.04.2004 One of the implications of the information and communications technology (ICT) revolution is that business that has been up to now considered crafts has become more...Categories:Tags: Outsourcing, ICT Sector -
Outsourcing Part 3: Work at your relationships News
16.03.2004 Outsourcing is like a marriage — you’ve got to work at it if both sides are to get something out of the relationship. Unfortunately, like marriage, the rate of divorce is on the...Categories: CIOTags: Outsourcing -
Outsourcing Part 2: Taking a leap of faith News
11.03.2004 The anecdotal acceptance of Irish businesses being slow at adopting outsourcing is something of an urban myth. It’s widely accepted as fact that Irish businesses do not...Categories: CIOTags: Outsourcing -
Time is ripe for IT outsourcing News
28.01.2004 Irish companies can reduce costs, free up critical resources and increase profitability through outsourcing some or all of their IT activities, a seminar was told this morning.Categories: Comms -
Retailers most likely to opt for outsourcing News
13.01.2004 With business process outsourcing increasing in profile and dominating the technology agenda, tech analyst IDC has said that retail firms are most likely to go down this path,...Categories:Tags: IDC, Outsourcing -
Call centre sector to stay strong, new survey finds News
22.12.2003 The threat posed by low-cost economies to Ireland’s and Europe’s call centre industry is overstated if new data from IDC is to be believed.Categories:Tags: IDC, Outsourcing -
AIB awards multi-year IT contract to Siemens News
03.12.2003 AIB has awarded a multi-year IT infrastructure and maintenance contract to Siemens Business Services in a deal that will cover client/server and network equipment for all of...Tags: Outsourcing, AIB -
Bank of Ireland signs HP outsourcing contract News
28.11.2003 After much speculation and a heated industrial relations dispute, Bank of Ireland is understood to have formally signed a seven-year, €600m outsourcing contract with HP.Categories: Business -
HP claims return on investment from Ireland News
28.11.2003 Ireland was the least hit by HP’s restructuring since the computer maker’s US$21bn acquisition of Compaq and the company, which employs 4,000 people here, regards its return on...Categories: R&D