ISoft and Torex Announce Merger Plans
iSoft and Torex, two of the UK’s leading health IT firms announced this week that they intended to merge to create the UK’s largest provider of healthcare information systems able to play a leading role in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS and be a leading player internationally. The two companies said […]
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EDS Signs $142m Deal for NHS Directory and e-Mail Service
IT services multinational, EDS, has finalised a $142m (£91m) deal to develop and deliver a full e-mail and directory service for NHS staff. EDS was first announced as the preferred bidder for the contract in May when the company was chosen ahead of Syntegra, the networking arm of British Telecom. The new service will give […]
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Tight Timetable Set For NHS Technology Procurement
A newly published summary of the planned procurement strategy for delivering the national NHS IT programme ‘Delivering 21st Century IT Support’ makes clear that the strategy will depend on contracting out key components of the programme to consortia of suppliers led by heavyweight Prime Service Providers (PSPs) at both the national and regional levels. What […]
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EDS is Preferred Supplier for NHS National e-Mail
EDS was named by the NHS Information Authority this week as the new preferred supplier for the NHS national e-mail service. The IT services multinational, which also handles substantial projects for the Inland Revenue and the Department for Work and Pensions and other government departments, was chosen ahead of Syntegra, the networking arm of British […]
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