All IT articles – Page 9
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M&A
Celfocus sees opportunities to expand Vodafone account, post-sale
Former JV positive on go-to-market synergies, following full amalgamation with parent Novabase.
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Strategy & Change
T-Systems sees European spend cuts; remixes strategy
Pandemic prompts yet another strategic rethink at T-Sys. Division expects half of European business to cut IT spend. T-Sys doubles down on digitisation to help clients adapt. New strategy based around three-phase recovery. Exec denies 5G plans on hold in wake of COVID-19.
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Suppliers & SCM
T-Mobile US talks up IBM integration at Think Digital
Data Analytics executive Eskigun flags supply chain optimisation driven by IBM Cloud Pak for Data. IBM uses virtual conference to launch new Cloud Pak and Watson capabilities.
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Strategy & Change
Deutsche Telekom calls Camunda to orchestrate RPA and APIs
Camunda CEO: “RPA is a painkiller not a cure”. DT Service leans on business process management specialist to manage bots across multiple RPA platforms. Exec regrets not putting in place a process orchestration layer at start of RPA journey. Strategic goal is to shift from front-end RPA to APIs ...
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BT keeps Spanish foothold
While BT España has been offloaded, evidence of a new BT presence confirmed stated intentions to continue serving multinationals operating in the country.
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Telefónica Soluciones bags Spanish defence contract
Telefónica Soluciones, Telefónica España’s principal IT services subsidiary, was awarded a €4.89m contract from Spain’s Ministerio de Defensa.
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M&A
Vodafone exits long-time IT sherpa Celfocus
Portuguese partner brings Celfocus’ systems expertise in-house.
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Al-Saleh retained for next phase of T-Sys reboot
CEO gets a two-year extension as results hold up during overhaul. Deal positions 2022 as target year for emergence of revamped T-Sys. Cash flow production remains the big unticked box. DT confirms coming extraction of division’s network activities.
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T-Sys registers with Google Cloud
Another running buddy for refreshed enterprise cloud strategy.
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Suppliers & SCM
Makedonski Telekom chooses Stonebranch for IT systems
Makedonski Telekom (MkT) selected Stonebranch, a US-based IT automation specialist, to work on the operator’s charging and billing, fraud management, interconnect, and mediation systems.
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Safaricom, AWS partner on enterprise IT services
Safaricom partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on enterprise IT services
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ElevenPaths widens portfolio with Nozomi tie up
Partnership forged with cybersecurity specialist for operational technology and IT security services.
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Telefónica Empresas adds BMC Helix to cloud offer
Partnership with IT support management specialist expected to bolster Telefónica’s portfolio of cloud-based scalable solutions for the enterprise market.
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BT completes Spanish retreat
BT Group exits Spain after selling its ICT services business to Portobello Capital.
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Deutsche Telekom taps SAP for another ERP standardisation effort
Another engagement for familiar multi-sided IT partner. Project aims to give DT better speed, including on 5G and fibre rollout. No rip and replace — project focuses on standardisation.
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Amdocs gets on board with Vodafone Idea IT meld
Enabler retains place in VfI contract user systems.
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Strategy & Change
DTW19: Another Vodafone Group signal of coming partner platform refit
Vodafone recognises need for improvement in partner collaboration, to fuel 5G success. Chief Systems Architect looking to reshape IT, to help open-up while protecting “secret sauce”. TM Forum and University of Surrey among collaborators.
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Operations
BT Group scales new peaks with IT transformation expedition
The Da Vinci project is putting human-centric design at the core of BT’s IT approach, requiring a fundamental change in outlook for the telco. Higham’s programme helping BT cut IT costs by nearly 40%, while improving internal perceptions of the Group’s IT function through new services. Da Vinci approach ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
Google and telco: a beautiful budding relationship
Web services giant gees-up operator audience, stressing their go-to-market strength. Opportunities highlighted across network, IT, and services.