Is it still possible for major consulting firms to really differentiate themselves from one another? BearingPoint are striving to do just that, as this week's interview demonstrates.>>>>>
Confident technology CEOs are shrugging off economic and security worries and focusing inward to strengthen their companies and increase growth, according to Deloitte's 2005 CEO Survey of the fastest growing technology companies in North America as ranked on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500.>>>>>
BearingPoint has been awarded by the County of San Diego a three-year, $31 million contract to develop and implement a custom-developed integrated property tax system.>>>>>
Computer Sciences Corporation has been awarded the 2005 IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Award for "Best Use of IBM Technology in a Business Solution by a Global Consultant and Integrator Business Partner".>>>>>
Although Six Sigma programs totalled only 5 percent of all performance improvement initiatives undertaken in the past three years by companies surveyed in a major study, the statistically rigorous approach to operations excellence may be in for major growth this year.>>>>>
Computer Sciences Corporation has signed a five-year, $17.6 million contract with China Pacific Property Insurance Company (CPPIC), the second-largest property and casualty insurer in China with 26,000 employees and 1,700 offices throughout the country.>>>>>
LogicaCMG opened its Waterton offices in Bridgend this month as part of an investment programme announced last year, which is to create more than 750 new jobs by 2007.>>>>>
If we picture ourselves in the year 2010, looking back on the last decade of developments in the consulting market, there are a number of trends that are bound to stand out.>>>>>
BearingPoint’s announcement that it will likely have to restate at least the first three quarters of fiscal 2004 and will have to report material weaknesses in its internal financial controls was pushed to the background by the naming of a new CEO to head the company.>>>>>
David Bailey, Joint Managing Director of Impact Plus, a leading independent management consultancy in the financial services and public sectors, has been elected president of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), the trade association for UK-based consulting firms.>>>>>
In the most recent METAspectrum report on managed security services in Europe, Ubizen, a Cybertrust subsidiary, received the highest ranking in both performance and presence criteria.>>>>>
French automaker Renault has outsourced the bulk of its IT operations to Atos Origin, Computer Sciences Corporation and Hewlett-Packard in five-year contracts worth €587 million ($789 million).>>>>>
Could Open Source prove to be the next big money-maker for the world's consulting giants? To date only IBM has really got behind open source, so there could be quite a “land grab” in the coming year as more firms seize its potential.>>>>>
The UK consulting sector is booming again, with official figures this week showing firms achieved year-on-year revenue growth of 15% in the 12 month period to end 2004.>>>>>
This week saw Accenture engage in a new initiative to dispel the notion that consulting is a man's game and to attract more women into their business.>>>>>
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP played host to more than 600 “at risk” high school students across the country, as part of “School to Work Day” last week.>>>>>
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP has been named to Training magazine's 2005 “Training Top 100” list, a national survey of organizations that excel at human capital development.>>>>>
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