United Utilities claimed it did qualify for the VAT exemption by having its call centre agents place bets on behalf of Littlewoods punters, but lost the original tribunal hearing in late 2003 and a High Court appeal earlier this year.
They would rather take an integrated offering that they can run in-house - a "package of manageable boundaries and low cost support", according to Spiby. David Spiby, director of strategy global SMEs solutions at Avaya, told silicon.com that SMEs...
IBM has signed a £35m deal with UK travel agents TUI, a contract which marks the latest in a line of successes for its lucrative services arm, IBM Global Services. The outsourcing deal will see 20 TUI employees move over to Big Blue, which will now...
Computer Sciences Corp - US Datamonitor said that clients are increasingly looking at smaller outsourcing agreements rather than mega-deals. The largest IT services vendors are growing below the overall market rate - with a few exceptions, most...
The Meta Group's findings were based on interviews with Global 2000 companies, and evaluates companies such as Andersen Consulting, Cambridge Technology Partners, Computer Sciences Corp, EDS, Ernst & Young and IBM Global Services.
Avaya shares fell 17 per cent yesterday after the network equipment maker said first quarter results will be poorer than expected. Shares dropped to $10.35, after Avaya said it is likely to report Q1 2002 revenues of $1.3bn, compared with analysts...