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Cloud computing: hype, business enabler or infrastructure cost play?

Author: Andy Mulholland

Publication: Computer Business Review

Date: 28 November 2008

Following CBR’s cover feature on Cloud Computing earlier in the year, Andy Mulholland, Global Chief Technology Officer at Capgemini, takes a closer look at the implications of this new paradigm for enterprise IT.

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Africa: The last growth frontier

Author: Andrew Baxter

Publication: Financial Times

Date: 17 November 2008

Consulting firms are reporting steady or strong growth in their African businesses, albeit starting from a small base. Jawad Shaikh, a vice-president in Capgemini’s telecom, media and entertainment consulting practice, comments.

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Capgemini eyes growth in challenging 2009

Author: Dominique Vidalon

Publication: Reuters

Date: 13 November 2008

Capgemini confirms its objectives for 2008 and is confident on 2009 sales growth.

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Internet sales expected to rise by 15% this Christmas

Publication: The Guardian

Author: James Meikle

Date: 10 November 2008

The latest figures from Capgemini and the industry e-retail body Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) highlights the continued growth of online shopping.

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West Sussex Council signs Capgemini to support change programme

Publication: Computing

Author: Bryan Glick

Date: 29 October 2008

Capgemini will be supporting West Sussex County Council in the next phase of its business transformation programme.

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Sustainability is key to supply chain development

Publication: Logistics Manager

Author: Staff

Date: 4 June 2008

A new study by the Global Commerce Initative and Capgemini has revealed a strong link between sustainability and the future supply chain of consumer products.

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Britain has highest fees in world for overdrafts

Author: Emily Pykett

Publication: The Scotsman

Date: 29 May 2008

The UK's high street banks are charging the highest unauthorised overdraft fees anywhere in the world. Paul Pullinger, head of retail banking for Capgemini Financial Services UK, is interviewed.

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Money for nothing?

Author: Paul Pullinger and Paul Willis, Capgemini

Publication: Financial Adviser

Date: 15 May 2008

It's not the way UK retail banks would have wanted it, but bank charges are the subject of public debate following a high court judgement last month which threatens to undermine long held charging policies. So what is likely to replace them?

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Capgemini Q1 results remain on track

Publication: Ovum

Author: John O'Brien

Date: 8 May 2008

Ovum comments on Capgemini's

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Ahold USA unveils details of business transformation

Publication: Retail Week

Author: Joanna Perry

Date: 11 April 2008

Capgemini is working with Enabler Wipro to help Ahold USA on a long-term consulting and systems integration project.

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Capgemini is profiled in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers

Author: Sarah Merson

Publication: The Times

Date: 28 February 2008

Capgemini has been profiled as number 98 in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers.

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Capgemini to target expansion through aquisitions

Publication: Financial Times

Author: Maija Palmer

Date: 25 February 2008

Paul Hermelin, CEO, Capgemini Group speaks to the Financial Times on plans to bolster its consulting business.

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Capgemini eyes more India buys

Author: CNBC-TV18

Publication: Moneycontrol.com

Date: 25 February 2008

Pierre-Yves Cros, Vice President - Group Director of Strategy and Transformation, Chair of UK Country Board talks to the Indian press on a strong outlook for Capgemini in 2008.

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Capgemini profit shows major growth

Publication: Computing

Author: Martin Courtney

Date: 21 February 2008

Capgemini enjoyed a 50% year on year surge in net income in 2008 to €440 million.

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Building a Global Powerhouse

Publication: Business Week

Author: Steve Hamm

Date: 15 February 2008

Paul Hermelin, CEO, Capgemini Group talks to Steve Hamm, senior writer, BusinessWeek on the success of 2007 and the outlook for 2008.

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Integrated seasons on IRB table

Author: Staff

Publication: Planet Rugby

Date: 22 November 2007

International Rugby Board (IRB) aims to establish a blueprint for the future growth of the game at a forum managed on behalf of the IRB by Capgemini, the international IT services and business consultancy company.

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Good, better, best

Author: Andrew Stone

Publication: The Sunday Times

Date: 11 November 2007

Consulting projects can deliver rapid returns on investement, cut costs and leave an organisation in a position to further capitalise on these improvements. This was exemplified by the work that Hamish McKechnie-Sharma, Capgemini, carried out for the Metropolitan police which saw its procurement processes improved and costs cut. The work carried out by his team has already saved the Metropolitan police up to eight per cent across many procurement categories.

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This year's MCA Consultant of the Year champions - and the ones who came close

Author: Staff

Publication: Sunday Times

Date: 11 November 2007

The Management Consultancies Association has launched the first ever Consultant of the Year Awards in order to find the best performers in six service-line categories and three career stages. Hamish McKechnie-Scharma of Capgemini was the winner in the 'Performance Improvement Consultant of the Year' category, while Capgemini's Nigel Green was runner-up in the 'IT Consultant of the Year' category.

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Council's 83m IT system – ‘a phenomenon’

Author: Richard Youle

Publication: South Wales Evening Post

Date: 7 November 2007

The chief accountant at Swansea Council has praised the authority's new computer system which was part of an GBP83m systems upgrade carried out by Capgemini over a ten-year period. Most of the rest of the remaining sum of GBP65m is to be spent on council IT staff wages and maintenance costs.

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How to move forward from guesswork to hard facts

Author: Stephen Pritchard

Publication: Financial Times

Date: 17 October 2007

Capgemini's Vice President and Global Leader of Business Information Management, Eddie Short says that 'it is a challenge for more organisations to create a business intelligent system to optimise their enterprise performance.

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Clinging on just a little longer

Author: Alan Cane

Publication: Financial Times

Date: 19 September 2007

Gilles Camoin, Head of Business and Information Strategy, Capgemini Consulting comments on the life-span of a CIO in a medium sized company.

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Wake up to the benefits of shadow IT

Author: Andy Mulholland

Publication: Computer Weekly

Date: 10 August 2007

Andy Mulholland, Capgemini's Global Chief Technology Officer explains the benefits of shadow IT and how IT directors must ensure that the technology is responsibly managed and secured.

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All change

Author: Alex Blyth

Publication: Financial Director

Date: 12 July 2007

Capgemini's recent 'Trends in Business Transformation' survey in co-operation with the Economist Intelligence Unit found that western European businesses have implemented seven major transformation programmes over the past three years.

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Travel Plans

Author: Cath Everett

Publication: Computing

Date: 21 June 2007

As the use of public transport increases, IT will play a vital role in keeping the system going. Simon MacWhirter, transport account director at consultant Capgemini comments on investment in specialised IT systems and safety considerations, as well as providing customers with real-time information.

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Shrinking differences

Author: Martin Classen and Peter Reilly

Publication: People Management

Date: 14 June 2007

An article by Martin Classen, Vice President of Capgemini Consulting in Germany, and Peter Reilly discussing the Capgemini Consulting HR Barometer. The barometer indicates management development and talent management as key future issues.

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Tread carefully in the jungle

Author: Ian Jordan

Publication: Financial Times

Date: 20 November 2006

Tips are given on choosing a consultancy successfully, especially in light that the industry is unregulated. Ian Jordan, Head of Capgemini Consulting, suggests international consultancies understand the cultures, finesse and delicacy of the change management required to implement something homogenous in a very heterogeneous market.

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Consulting transformed to be a business within a business over at Capgemini

Author: Mick James

Publication: Top Consultant

Date: 28 June 2006

How a pure consulting offering can sit alongside a wider range of service offerings has been a much discussed conundrum these last years. Doesn't independence suffer? Isn't attraction of staff diminished? Top-Consultant.com's management consultancy columnist, Mick James, spoke with Ian Jordan, Capgemini's UK head of consulting, and discovered their approach to building a consulting business within the wider service offering.

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