26.01.2011 - BancaStato’s decision for Avaloq of B-Source

The Ticino cantonal bank finally chooses a provider: B-Source wins, Avaloq is going to be introduced and replaces the present Olympic system of Eri. For the Ticino provider B-Source this decision means an approach to the world of the cantonal banks. ... (more)

24.01.2011 - Aurelius buys Getronics Europe

The Dutch telecommunication provider KPN sells its majority of Getronics Europe and Asia-Pacific to the German industrial holding Aurelius in Munich. The acquisition includes the European and Asian activities and, therefore, also the business in Germany and Switzerland. ... (more)

19.01.2011 - Publigroupe: desktops to Swisscom IT Services

The IT company Xentive of Publigroupe will outsource 59 desktops in the area mediasales and in its headquarter to Swisscom IT Services. There will be a change and unification of 1’000 devices. Furthermore, Swisscom IT Services provides a helpdesk and operates the support services. ... (more)

11.01.2011 - DB Systel renews and expands its Capgemini contract

The IT branch of Deutsche Bahn extends its cooperation with Capgemini: in the forthcoming seven years the provider will deliver service desk and monitoring services. According to Capgemini the contract ranges in the tens of millions euros. ... (more)

09.01.2011 - ING-DiBa continues with KORDOBA

The bank in Frankfurt sings an early prolongation with its provider KORDOBA about the value paper system K-GS. The new contract will last five years and KORDOBA operates the system together with the core banking system in two independent data centres. ... (more)

04.01.2011 - 28th of March 2012, Zurich: Outsourcing Experts’ Forum

The Outsourcing Experts’ Forum is an exclusive platform of the outsourcing community. The number of participants is limited to 250 people. The host Active Sourcing sees for a well-balanced ratio between the participants on the part of the user, resp. the providers, and allows a constructive dialog among experts. ... (more)

13.12.2011 - Mobiliar changes its provider

The insurance company now cooperates with IBM to get mainframe-as-a-service, the contract with T-Systems is not going to be renewed. There were no reasons mentioned for this provider change. As far as IBM informs there won’t be any changes or reductions regarding the personnel. ... (more)

13.12.2011 - Syngenta renews its HP contract

The agrochemical company signed a renewal with its provider HP: for the upcoming seven years Syngenta will receive cloud computing services from HP’s data centre and workplace services for its 26’000 employees worldwide. ... (more)

06.12.2011 - Hannover Rück: a five years contract for desktop services

The insurance company entrusts Computacenter with its 3’000 workstations worldwide. The whole desktop infrastructure is going to be renewed and, furthermore, the contract includes three managed workplace solutions. ... (more)

01.12.2011 - IT Outsourcing in the Swiss banking industry

In preparation of the «Finance Forum 2011» Active Sourcing conducted an extensive survey about IT outsourcing in the Swiss financial industry: a total of 100 banks were asked about their outsourcing behaviour. ... (more)

01.12.2011 - Active Sourcing: Sourcing Monitor Q3/11

The current market review of Active Sourcing shows as many IT outsourcing contracts as have never before been registered since the beginning of 2010. Also, the SMB sector is busy again. ... (more)

01.12.2011 - Active Sourcing: Handout Swiss Banking Premium 2011

In the current annual industries’ report about IT outsourcing in the financial industry Active Sourcing analyses the market. The handout serves as a precious instrument for the financial institutes’ search for the right provider. ... (more)