Justice minister blames unknown partner data centre issues for network disruption affecting courts and other MoJ services over the past week
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Thales Bids €4.76bn For Gemalto In Year’s Biggest Euro Tech Deal
Gemalto said it would back the offer from Thales, a week after the cybersecurity firm gave a lukewarm response to a lower bid from Atos
Blame Big Data, Not Bias, For The Premier League Fixture Schedule
Fans might complain but the Premier League and EFL fixtures are actually decided by algorithms, not conspiracies
BBC Agrees Enterprise IT Deal With Atos In Final ‘Aurora’ Project Contract
BBC says new contract will save a third on existing deal as corporation seeks to overhaul its IT state
Dell Technologies Boosts IoT Offering With New Products And Partnerships
Dell EMC World 2017: Dell Technologies turns its focus to the Internet of Things
One Year To Go: PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Will Be First ‘All Cloud’ Games
All Olympic IT systems will be hosted on the cloud and environments for 12 venues virtualised
Why Is The Met Police Still Outsourcing Multi-Million IT Deals To Huge Suppliers?
IN DEPTH: Sooraj Shah investigates whether there is any logic in 2016 for the Met to sign long-term deals with traditional vendors
Government Reviews Atos Contracts After Another IT Failure
Atos Government Contracts Worth £500m Face Review Following Latest Project Failure
BT, IBM, Accenture Win European Commission Cloud Contracts
ATOS, Cloud Team Alliance also get a look in as EC splashes £27m on four year cloud deals
Cognizant, NTT, Atos ‘Competing To Acquire Perot Systems From Dell’
Three major business services companies are in the running to buy Perot Systems as Dell seeks to reduce its post-EMC acquisition debt load
Xerox Sells Outsourcing Business For £670m
Atos set to triple in size in US, Xerox wants to focus of ‘faster growing’ divisions
Atos To Acquire Fellow French Outfit Bull
Keeping it in the French family, IT services giant Atos is to acquire compatriot Bull
Atos Quits £500m Government Disability Testing Contract A Year Early
French company Atos is walking away from major government contract following concerns over its disability testing procedures
AT&T Is First Olympic Tech Partner To Criticise Russia’s Anti-LGBT Law
Team USA partner AT&T becomes first Olympic partner to criticise laws, as scrutiny on Samsung, Atos and Panasonic increases
Paralympics Sponsor Atos Hits Back At Disability Protesters
BRITAIN: Paralympics sponsor Atos is facing a disability protest this week over its role in deciding which benefit claimants are fit to work
Disability Rights Website Blocked
BT customers were unable to acess Black Triangle’s website for six months
Olympic IT Systems Face Final Hurdle
Atos says final technical rehearsal to take place next week.
EDF Outsources British Data Centres To Atos
French energy company EDF moves British data centres to the email-hating French services company
Atos Signs a Five Year Deal with the Department of Health
The company behind controversial Work Capability Assessment will continue working for the NHS
Atos Orgin To Abandon Internal Email
A giant French firm has said it will ban the use of email systems for internal messages within two years
Why Do Virtualised Servers Need Real Support Staff?
Long term, virtualisation and the cloud will be less labour-intensive than today’s IT, says Peter Judge. But in the short term users will need their hands held
Atos To Buy Siemens’ Services Arm For £720m
Merger of Atos and Siemens creates a European services giant second only to IBM