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In face of falling sales, IBM profits rise by 5%

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Published on Wednesday, 30 January 2013 08:57
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In the face of of having a fall in sales by 2%, IBM has gained benefits of investing in growth markets which in turn has given them profits of 5%. IBM has a wide range of products and services, along with a large reach for market. This had made IBM’s performance a decent amount of the investment in IT worldwide. IBM supposed that technologies such as business analytics software and cloud computing reached 13% and 80% growths in sales. IBM’s Smarter Planet portfolio of smart technologies had made 25% further sales compared to last year. The sales had risen in regions of the world where economic growth is taking place, such as the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China. IBM look to further their investment to deliver innovations for enterprises such as big data, mobile solutions, social business and security. They also plan to invest in new and upcoming markets as well reaching to new clients. Breaking down IBM’s results, the final three months of 2012 showed its software business increased sales while its services and hardware offerings made fewer sales. Hardware sales from IBM's Systems and Technology division were worth $5.8bn for the quarter. This was 1% lower than the same time last year but revenues rose 4%.

Union fights effort to privatise Lottery

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Published on Friday, 18 January 2013 08:46
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The union AFSCME Council 13, that represents state lottery employees, is not taking Gov. Corbett's move to privatize its operations very lightly. AFSCME Council 13 is pursuing a strong attack against outsourcing the profitable lottery in the courtroom, the Statehouse, and the streets. There has been a display of a particularly edgy or some might consider it to be excessive, billboard that appears near the Capitol, piercing the British firm as they are solitary buyer for the lottery, which bestows 100 percent of its profits to programs that are for seniors. The billboard displays an illustration of a pig in a suit with a Union Jack on its collar, holding a vacuum cleaner that is extracting dollar bills out of a purse belonging to an elderly woman. The Council 13’s message is definitely portrayed as they are suing the state to stop the privatisation move. The union stated that lottery profits, which now generates at $1 billion, would weaken in the first three years under a private manager, as millions would be redirected to the firm in profits as well as incentives and bonuses that could and should be spent on Pennsylvanians whom need it most.

LLR Partners Investment to fuel substantial growth for IT and telecom sourcing advisory leader Alsbridge.

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Published on Monday, 14 January 2013 11:15
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Alsbridge, the global leader in data-driven benchmarking, outsourcing consulting and network advisory services for CIOs, has introduced today that it has received an investment from private equity firm LLR Partners. The financing will be used to support Alsbridge's continued growth plan, driven recently by its attainment of Telwares, a leading consulting firm that provides network optimization and transformation services to clients worldwide. MHT Partners served as exclusive advisor to Alsbridge on both transactions. Alsbridge has created a solution to assist companies with strategic value and save outgoings from their technology and telecom vendors. The partnership with LLR presents new relationships, capital and strategic guidance to support that vision. The partnership provides Alsbridge the flexibility to swiftly take advantage of additional acquisition opportunities and reform the benchmarking, outsourcing consulting and network advisory platform as Albridge continues to grow.

TSSLinc Becomes Part of Avnet

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Published on Friday, 04 January 2013 12:54
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Arizona based Avnet Technology solutions have announced that they have acquired Californian IT outsourcer TSSLinc in a move designed to enhance and expand Avnet’s existing service offering.   TSSLinc is based in San Jose and have been providing outsourced installation, training and  technical support consulting services since 2004. The addition of TSSLinc will allow AVnet to provide their customers with integrated end to end IT support.

US Loses a Aecond AMRI Drug Discovery Facility to Singapore

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Published on Tuesday, 04 December 2012 16:12
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AMRI US OutsourcingIn a recent announcement Albany Molecular Research Inc (AMRI) has announced the closure of its Bothwell site as part of its ongoing SMART SOURCING strategy. The move sees the closure of the leased facility in Washington and the transfer of the new drug discovery work to its existing Singapore facility.Thankfully not all the jobs are going overseas.The companies Albany laboratory will take over the structural analysis work, previously delivered by the Bothel facility.A company spokesperson gave shifting market preferences and cost reduction as the rationale behind the move.24 staff will be affected by the closure of the Washington site.

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