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Day: February 14, 2007

London 2012 Olympics launches e-Procurment/Tendering Service

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) this month launched a new e-Tendering and planning service to assist businesses compete for up to 2,000 contracts. ODA Chief Executive David Higgins said: "The London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games can be a showcase for world class business as well as sporting performance. We want to ensure businesses can see the opportunities in advance so they can prepare to bid. We also want to make the contracting process straightforward, consistent and simple." The website identifies current, future and past opportunities in addition to FAQs. Once again, do share any information you have on…

Yuuguu launches new Beta and new website in addition to coverage on Vecosys

Remember these two guys? They are going from strength to strength. They reported a triple whammy recently, i.e. new website, new release and coverage on vecosys by Sam Sethi. I have been a user of Yuuguu from almost the beginning. Sam does a good coverage of the product, so I will not repeat it. About the new website: Great strap line: See together: Be together. It would be interesting to hear how this came about. It makes perfect sense – makes the proposition very clear – catchy. Anish/Phil make sure you protect it. Website is structured better – blog is…

2012 London Olympics – Accenture wins back-office contract – what about Document Exchange?

According to computing magazine, Accenture has beaten BT Global Services, IBM and LogicaCMG to win the lucrative contract to run the back-office systems of the The London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Locog). Accenture will integrate Locog’s systems and services to create a platform which will drive the planning of the games. The integrated system will provide a single repository for all new and recorded data used in the planning process of the London Games across functions including finance, accounting, facilities, ticket allocation, scheduling, personnel and procurement. The deal will not cover the Games’ time operating systems…