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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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OTC in a cold climate

Author: Christopher J Brown and Eric Mboura

Publication: Supply Chain Europe

Date: 12 November 2008

Christopher J. Brown and Eric Mboura, Supply Chain, Capgemini Consulting UK, explain why Order-to-Cash is finally getting a 21st Century makeover.

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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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More time and more judges for Awards

Author: Staff

Publication: Accountancy Age

Date: 24 July 2008

Tom Blacksell, CEO of Capgemini Consulting UK, completes a trio of big name signings for the 2008 Accountancy Age Awards.

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Up to speed

Author: David Ketchin, Capgemini

Publication: Accountancy magazine

Date: 01 July 2008

David Ketchin, Vice President, Finance and Employee Transformation, Capgemini Consulting, looks at how CFOs can learn from major business transformations

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Rich pickings

Author: Charles Batchelor

Publication: Financial Times

Date: 27 June 2008

Capgemini and Merrill Lynch's latest world wealth report indicates that the world's rich were not seriously affected by the global credit crunch, and will continue to gather wealth more rapidly than previously predicted.

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World's richest cut exposure to property and hedge funds

Publication: Financial Times

Author: Peter Thal Larsen

Date: 25 June 2008

Chris Gant, Head of Wealth Management, Financial Services, Capgemini UK explains that growing emerging markets are helping the wealthy.

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Millionaires defy the credit crunch as rich get richer

Publication: The Guardian

Author: David Teather

Date: 24 June 2008

The release of the 12th annual World Wealth Report by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini revealed the 'dollar millionaires club' grew by 6%.

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Cold April 'sees shoppers online'

Author: Staff

Publication: BBC News Online

Date: 22 May 2008

The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index suggests that UK shoppers, despite the drop in sales on the High Street, are still spending, but more judiciously.

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Collaborate to innovate

Author: Mark Samuels

Publication: Computing Business

Date: 21 May 2008

CIOs need to demonstrate how IT leadership is critical to business innovation. The article cites Capgemini's Global CIO Survey.

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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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Crunch fails to squeeze online spending

Author: Staff

Publication: Supply Chain Standard

Date: 01 May 2008

Figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-retail sales index indicate that online spending is still at a high despite falling consumer confidence and more restrictive debt.

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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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People on the move

Author: Newsroom

Publication: Financial Sector Technology

Date: 12 December 2007

Capgemini Consulting, the consulting business of Capgemini UK plc, has announced the appointment of a new Vice President, Kevin Simmons, to join its Finance and Employee Transformation Team.

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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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Who shares wins?

Author: Melanie Knight

Publication: Accountancy Age

Date: 18 October 2007

Melanie Knight, Head of Shared Services, Capgemini believes that an assessment of what adds value to a finance function is necessary to free up the retained function for a more strategic role.

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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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Fine tuned

Author: Sarah Perrin

Publication: Financial Director

Date: 01 September 2007

David Royle, the finance transformation service line lead at Capgemini Consulting, says that finance directors often have a vision for the role that they want finance to play but do not always articulate the said vision adequately. David Royle works with finance directors in order to help them establish and communicate their visions.

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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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