The UK Trade Union Congress (TUC) has voted to call for an end to private finance initiatives (PFI) and public-private partnerships (PPP). The TUC General Council's statement on the subject was carried following a debate yesterday afternoon.
Sun Microsystems will today announce a series of new initiatives to keep itself at the centre of ecommerce. Chief executive Scott McNealy is expected to announce measures including discounted hardware bundles for service providers and the 'Suntone...
Gartner estimates that 20 to 30 per cent of the IT professional services spending comes from budgets held by lines of business managers rather than through the IT division of the company. In periods of economic uncertainty, enterprises become...
Computacenter will be responsible for systems installation and maintenance, a desktop refresh for 4,000 PCs and a sever consolidation programme. It will also help free up valuable IT staff time enabling us to focus on new web-based initiatives and...
Mike Parton, CEO of Marconi, said in a statement: "The new leaner organisation that we have announced today allows us to maintain our product roadmaps, focusing our research and development expenditure on our key product lines whilst making...
In a nutshell, shared services are about the consolidation of a set of services common to multiple business units, such as HR or finance and accountancy. Well, news broke earlier this year that private companies stand to reap profits of £3.3bn from...