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  Thursday, 1st November, 2007
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Business & Consultancy News
Ernst & Young BAS re-emerges with 100% annual growth
Our management consultancy columnist, Mick James, this week talks to Steve Varley, head of Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services UK, about his desire to create a big business that doesn't do "big firm consultancy" like the old Ernst & Young.

Consultancy is such a topsy-turvy world these days. Firms that were only yesterday considered brash and new are now mature old oaks, while venerable old names have re-emerged as sprightly young saplings.
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Forthcoming events

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Accenture SAP Careers Evening
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Strategies for Success in professional service firms
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November 2007 - London

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EMEA IT outsourcing deals up by €1 billion
Leading outsourcers in EMEA have reported stellar performances in Q2 2007 by closing 84 deals worth over €5.4 billion, according to Forrester Research. This is significantly more - an increase of €1 billion in aggregate deal value, and 19 deals - than the same quarter in 2006. Full article >>>
Transport for London chooses IBM as new Congestion Charge service provider
IBM wins contract, bidding against incumbent Capita and Thales A hales Alliance consortium, comprising Thales Information Systems, Accenture and Vertex Data Science. Full article >>>
Presentation videos – watch them online

The 11 consulting presentations given at this year’s Consultancy Careers Fair are now available for readers to watch online.
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Programme and project leaders to debate risk management at new conference
Leading figures from the private and public sector are gathering in London next month to debate how to de-risk their major programmes and projects and manage uncertainty. Full article >>>
TCS to expand operations in South Africa
The new subsidiary, TCS South Africa, is to serve as a hub for southern and central Africa. Full article >>>
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Thought Leadership
Greening the data centres - how far will environmental regulation go?
With a power requirement of anything up to fifty times that of equivalent office work space, data centre operators and owners should be well aware that this wave of regulation and legislation is likely to have a disproportionate impact upon them.
(Alex Rabbetts - Migration Solutions)
Customers and shared service centres and customers
A new book that describes the Dutch SSC market describes how the real challenge for SSCs involves genuine integration of their own processes with those of the customers. That is the only way to generate real customer satisfaction. (Atos Consulting)
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Consultants' Forum
Industry vs. Consultancy
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