Manufacturing outsourcing move. Intel chips are already being manufactured by TSMC, amid inhouse issues for US firm

Manufacturing outsourcing move. Intel chips are already being manufactured by TSMC, amid inhouse issues for US firm
Russia was the likely culprit of the damaging SolarWinds supply chain compromise, multiple US intelligence agencies declare
Foxconn is reportedly moving the manufacturing of some iPads and Macbooks out of China to Vietnam, at the request of Apple itself
More job cuts are looming at Big Blue as employees of Global Business Services division are warned of headcount reduction
Amid talk of iPhone 12 supply shortages, Apple puts key supplier Pegatron on probation for breaking supply chain rules about workforce
US Department of Defense confirms Microsoft’s JEDI award, but AWS calls it a “politically corrupted contract award” and lambasts US President Donald Trump
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More bad news for Microsoft, as it is reported the Pentagon is requesting permission to reconsider parts of its decision to award JEDI contract to Azure
Long serving CEO and chairman of Big Blue, Ginni Rometty, is to retire on 6 April, and will be replaced by cloud boss Arvind Krishna
Spain’s Banco Sabadell sign $1 billion deal with IBM for it to manage the bank’s IT and cloud systems for the next ten years
Chinese factory that makes Amazon Echo speakers and Kindle readers probed for workforce violations
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Capgemini will look to simplify House of Fraser’s IT ecosystem
Barclays gives boost to London’s fintech community post-Brexit as it seeks to work with startups on future of banking
Nvidia will supply the tech, while Bosch provides the sensor electronics for autonomous vehicles
The centre allow the government to draw on private-sector expertise and vice-versa.
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