All IT articles
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Partnerships & AlliancesBT wants a billion pounds “minimum” from Microsoft deal
Microsoft beefs up its position within BT’s enterprise ecosystem with formation of an updated strategic partnership . BT aiming for a nine-figure revenue target from “ complicated ”, “ big ” deal . Software giant separately acquires BT spend‑tracking partner Suplari .
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone eyes corporates with Unisys tie‑up
Group launches Digital Factory , offering digitalisation support and integration services for AR/VR, big data, blockchain, edge compute, and IoT. Move chimes with Business:2025 growth strategy.
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Strategy & Change
Telefónica’s Rao hails bold approach to customer tech refresh
CTIO highlights ‘co‑creation’ role played by partners such as Salesforce.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Open Telekom Cloud goes full Circle
T‑Systems’ infrastructure‑as‑a‑service offering adds Circle partner benefits packages, with spend‑based reward tiers. Not a one‑way street, says Partner Manager Ulf Mayer, who is looking for commitment from customers.
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Strategy & Change
Vodacom to unify network and IT functions
Push for efficiencies encompassing rework of network and IT platforms, alongside major skills and capability upgrade. Following 2020 reorg, CEO Joosub concentrating heavily on extracting value and savings out of Group assets and operations. Programme likely to see cloud-based overhaul of Vodacom IT stacks and network functions. ...
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Vendor Voice
Celfocus: Agile mindset and precision key to digitalisation
In an interview with Telefónicawatch , Paulo Trigo, CEO of European telco SI Celfocus, outlines a belief that operators must think more nimbly as they engage in strategic transformation programmes. IT implementation needs greater influence to enable digital transformation. Agile is more than a buzzword and ...
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Interview
Openreach Tech team powers UK fibre build
CTIO Colin Lees shares impact of tech overhaul on network build. More effort on provisioning and repair in three-year transformation project. Openreach owns IT and Network strategy decisions; BT Digital and BT Networks are key suppliers. Three-supplier strategy for FTTP advances with Adtran, Huawei and Nokia. ...
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Strategy & Change
New home for DT’s eastern European and Russian IT units
Internal IT functions brought within domain of Technology Innovation Head Claudia Nemat. Potentially consolidation-focused move comes with Deutsche Telekom IT in midst of transformation and efficiency drive.
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Suppliers & SCM
Ricoh flags widening Vodafone role
Longstanding IT services partner expects to have more opportunities in areas such as digital workplaces, data and analytics, and cloud infrastructure.
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Operations
ISS on track to resolve DT deal setbacks
DT’s FM partner incurred one‑off costs in 2020. CEO confident that DT contract will be “moving towards breakeven” in 2022. ISS shedding subsidiaries as part of new OneISS strategy. Former DT procurement chief joins ISS as head of German division.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: T-Sys trumpets ServiceNow success
T‑Systems backs out of Toulouse; digital solutions partner Flexperto gets picked up by RGI Group.
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Partnerships & Alliances
BT keeps foot in Boots door with deal extension
Global secures win for its Dynamic Network Services portfolio as it expands relationship with WBA in a key industry vertical. Pharmacy branch deal underlines appeal of Cisco’s Meraki hybrid cloud offerings, available through BT Connect.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions presses refresh
Deutsche Telekom’s Hungarian IT solutions unit placing increasing focus on growth areas such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
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Suppliers & SCM
O2 heads down under for customer tech refresh
Australian software provider Hansen joins gang of suppliers working on German OB’s wide-reaching digital transformation. Vendor sees potential to expand its footprint to other Telefónica geographies . O2 front -loads licence purchases.
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Interview
Openreach pushes ahead in journey to agile
CTIO Colin Lees discusses three-year transformation project across IT, network, and processes to support FTTP rollout. Independent Openreach Technology division treads in parent’s tech footsteps. Adopts agile development where it can and organises into Tribes and Squads . Data strategy seeks “ single source of ...
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Strategy & Change
As past nightmares recede, BT’s Jansen eyes health sector growth
Jansen optimistic on prospect of digital solutions reviving BT fortunes with the NHS. BT recruiting to support its NHS win back activity, as hundreds of millions of pounds are made available for health service IT upgrades, with increased focus on security.
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People
Deutsche Telekom IT lets employees choose their own managers
Group’s agile working frontrunner Deutsche Telekom IT to act as internal prototype for a new method of filling management positions.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Wipro and Tech‑M back grand designs for O2 architecture
O2 aiming to halve product development times and shave a third off IT costs with a radical simplification of its IT architecture. Tech Mahindra and Wipro sharing responsibility as mass market and business systems separated. Salesforce also flagged as an example of the opportunity to adapt off‑the‑shelf ...
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom to ‘new‑skill’ nearly a third of workforce
VP, Digital Transformation Bruné highlights skill upgrades as fundamental to success, pushing “ new‑skilling ” to top of the Group’s strategic priority list. DT aims for 30% uptake of up‑skilling programme by 2024.
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Strategy & Change
BT turns to disruptive AI veteran in pursuit of Ambition 2030
Airtel CIO Harmeen Mehta bringing even greater AI advocacy and a ‘big tech’ frame of mind to BT’s new Digital division. Philip Jansen looking at bigger picture beyond fibre rollout as he sees Group’s future in delivering a UK platform for software‑defined services.
