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CGI, the Canadian IT firm that is acquiring UK outsourcer Logica, has announced a fall in net income of 30% following the takeover announcement.

French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales.

Apple is to acquire finger print sensor technology company AuthenTec for $356m in a move to enter the mobile payments space

Advanced analytics technology adoption has been slow, but sports analytics has been brought to the fore with the London 2012 Olympics.

A report from the Communications Committee claims the government is ‘preoccupied with speed’ rather than focusing on the roll-out of broadband to more areas

Microsoft has announced it is revamping and renaming its free webmail service, which analysts say may be aimed at winning over users of Google's rival Gmail service

IT uses private cloud services to overcome data centre space/energy issues, but poor cloud standards lower cloud quality.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed by disabled charities for awarding £540m in contracts to Atos and Capita to test the eligibility of disabled people receiving benefits.

Royal Bank of Scotland will pay £125m in costs related to computer problems in June that meant customers could not access funds

Almost all IT workers that use multiple automation technologies are having serious problems as a result of the need to process more jobs, according to a Forrester survey.