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UK gov gives nod for Universal Credit IT off-shoring
The employment minister said that though existing jobs would be kept in the UK, it would not stop contractors IBM and Accenture from creating jobs abroad. -
AMD nicks former Dell CMO Colette LaForce
LaForce, 39, has spent almost a decade in marketing and comms, with roles in a number of tech and venture capital roles such as Accenture. -
Indian government gets interest from chipmakers
A committee, set up by the DEITy to monitor the progress of the project, has asked Accenture to draw up a business proposal to enable the semiconductor firms take a final decision on investing in the project. -
IBM predicted to raise financial forecast
It has been a good time for software sales, with Oracle's software having a strong first-quarter too. Outsourcing firm Accenture also did a bit better than expected. -
Gadgets become the new socks
The Christmas present most likely to be returned to the shop to be exchanged for cash is not socks after all, according to the latest research by Accenture. -
IBM fails to impress the one percent
The cocaine nose jobs muttered that IBM should be doing much better particularly after Oracle and Accenture had good results. -
Nokia officially spins off Symbian
Following an agreement earlier this year to spin off the ailing OS to developers at Accenture, the deal has finally closed. It will see some 2,300 employees worldwide forced into the clutches of Accenture. They will make their move from China, Finland, India, the UK and the US. -
Nokia completes Symbian outsourcing deal with Accenture
Nokia has officially signed on the dotted line to outsource its Symbian software development services to Accenture. -
NHS IT debacle debated in parliament
The lucky four bidders- and we say that loosely - were Accenture; Computer Sciences Corporation, or CSC; Fujitsu and BT. They were known as local service providers, or LSPs. -
Nokia culls 7,000 jobs
4,000 staff will lose their jobs entirely at the world's largest, but troubled phone manufacturer. Most of the jobs will be lost in Finland, Denmark and the UK. Meanwhile, another 3,000 will be shipped off to Accenture - all of the Symbian software teams. -
Ministry of Justice signs £14 million, five-year cloud contract
It'll use Savvis' platform for its Enterprise Resource Planning system - the MoJ's system designed by Steria and put in place by Accenture which will look after financial IT such as payrolls, human resources and purchase, penned in for full operation early 2013. -
Capgemini announces audited 2010 results
Capgemini, the services and IT company, looks set to turn a profit on the back of public sector cuts. While cuts are not yet fully in effect, it has secured plenty of contracts including with Transport For London - as TFL plans to cut workers amidst a flurry of strikes - and saw a return to growth i -
IBM, Accenture, Capgemini lock up employees to stop attrition
Major IT companies in India are thinking hard about how they can retain employees - as the high attrition rate is back to a serious concern. Bigwigs like IBM, Accenture, Cognizant, and Capgemini are adopting a strategy of asking employees to serve a three months notice period. -
Three sentenced in US for IT fraud
Three people in the US have been sentenced to prison terms for their involvement in IT fraud which saw $3.4 million stolen from four state governments that were destined for consultancy group Deloitte and three IT firms: Unisys, Accenture, and EDS, the latter of which is now owned by Hewlett-Packard -
HP pays for kickbacks to DoJ but it's not guilty
Accenture blew the whistle on HP and other vendors. In its prepared statement, HP, now whiter than white, said the agreement meant it would take a hit of two cents on its financial third quarter. -
Accenture will give Indian residents ID cards
Accenture has been awarded a contract by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide multimodal biometric identification technology to its Aadhaar ID program. -
Seagate quietly reincorporates in Ireland
It's likely that Seagate has preemptively reincorporated to avoid increased scrutiny from regulators in both the US and the EU over places perceived as shady tax havens. Forbes reports that both Accenture and Ingersoll-Rand have both recently reincorporated in Ireland as well. -
Indian IT firms "exploiting employees"
TCS, HCL, Accenture, Wipro and Infosys would not be drawn on reports, although some of the companies claimed similar measures had been in place for years.
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