BT Global Services takes £1.5bn hit

BT has said it will cut another 15,000 jobs this year, equivalent to 10% of its UK workforce, and reported
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Microsoft licenses HealthVault for Canada

Microsoft has signed a partnership with Canadian telecoms firm Telus, which will become the first firm outside the US to
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GE to spend $6 billion on health tech

General Electric is to invest €4.5 billion ($6 billion) over the next six years in innovative healthcare technology, the firm
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Nijmegen chooses UltraGenda for scheduling

Belgium health scheduling software specialist UltraGenda has been chosen by St Radboud University Medical Centre (UMC) in Nijmegen to supply
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Treasury targets £2.3 billion annual IT savings

The Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Programme has recommended £7.2 billion of annual efficiency savings could be achieved on government IT and
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Government ‘remains confident’ in NPfIT

The Department of Health has said that it “remains confident in the potential of both Cerner’s Millennium and iSoft’s Lorenzo
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Philips healthcare catches cold

Dutch consumer and health electronics giant Philips has reported a fourth quarter loss of €1.47bn (£1.4bn) and will cut 6,000
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CfH on the brink of new deals with CSC and BT

NHS Connecting for Health is on the brink of signing new renegotiated deals with its two main remaining contractors, Computer
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US partners sought for Lorenzo Health Studio

IBA Health Group, the Australian parent company of iSoft, has made its first foray into the fiercely competitive US healthcare
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University Hospital of Bonn picks Agfa PACS

Agfa HealthCare has been selected by the University Hospital of Bonn to supply its IMPAX picture archiving and communication system
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