Local touch – Global reach

This section features links to recent Sogeti media coverage and articles.

Browse through the links below to view a sample of the coverage we have received.  The links include Pdf articles, media files and links to external news sites.

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Astellas Ireland extends contract with Sogeti
May 2010 - Inside Ireland
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IT Innovation Key 2 Irish Recovery
March 2010 - IrishDev
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Change in management practices urged by Sogeti 
February 2010 - TechCentral 
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Business management should adopt Agile development: Sogeti
February 2010 - Silicon Republic
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TPI® NEXT – Test Process Improvement Improved
December 2009 - Testing Experience Magazine
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'Email is dead' claims IT expert!
December 2009 - Inside Ireland
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Technology plan could save Govt €150m annually
November 2009 - Techcentral
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Govt can save €150m on public-sector tech bill - Sogeti
November 2009 - Business and Leadership
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Sales Institute of Ireland Business Breakfast
October 2009 - Newsletter NI
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€2.2 billion for Public Procurement
October 2009 - Agenda NI
We recently sponsored a Sales Institute Northern Ireland Branch event at which Des Armstrong, Director of the DFP Central Procurement Directorate spoke. Read more

Flawed testing puts firms at risk
October 2009 - TechCentral
Many Irish organisations create unnecessary risk and cost by failing to implement end-to-end testing of software and systems. Read more

77% of users are not satisfied with software development
September 2009 - TechCentral
A new report by IT services company, Sogeti finds that speed of software development and quality still remains a major challenge for businesses. Read more

Business users criticise speed and quality of development
September 2009 - Silicon Republic
The speed of software development and quality still remains a major challenge for businesses, with 77pc of users unhappy with the speed and 50pc dissatisfied with the quality of software.  Read more

77% not satisfied with software development speed
September 2009 - Inside Ireland
A new report by IT services company, Sogeti has found that speed of software development and quality still remains a major challenge for businesses. Read more

Sogeti appoints Business Development Manager
September 2009 - Inside Ireland
Sogeti Ireland has announced the appointment of Patrick Marren as their new Business Development Manager. Read it here

Sogeti launch webinar series
July 2009 - Irish Dev
Sogeti has announced it is to launch a series of monthly online Webinars to help Irish IT companies cut IT costs, beginning on July 22nd. Read it here

Free online 'webinars' launched by Sogeti
July 2009 - Inside Ireland
IT services company Sogeti is to launch a series of free online 'webinars' to help Irish IT companies cut costs in the current economic environment. Read it here

Don't Stop the presses
June 2009 - Marketing Age
Newspapers all around the world are folding; some are going online, others blame online. So how can newspapers remain in the black and be read all over.

This article features commentary from Menno Van Doorn, Sogeti, author of MeTheMedia. Read it here

Talking the Talk
June 2009 - ComputerScope
Alex Meehan reports on a communications phenomenon that might be closer to your organisation than you think.

Menno Van Doorn of Sogeti and author of MeTheMedia, is interviewed in this article about a new media revolution. Read it here

Firms can cut software test times by 25pc
25 May 2009 - Silicon Republic
Irish companies can cut their software test costs by 25pc or more through outsourcing this function, a new report by Sogeti has revealed.

“Despite the enormous potential benefits, relatively few Irish organisations currently outsource the testing of existing or new software applications,” commented Daithi Holden, director of Test & Operations, Sogeti Ireland. Read more

10 Ways to Get More From Suppliers
06 May 2009 - Irish Dev
Sogeti Ireland has launched a report on ten ways for public and private sector organisations to extract more from their IT suppliers in a downturn.

The study says that a straight percentage cost reduction on all components of the organisation's IT budget is a quick and crude response to the need to "do more for less".  Read More

Can traditional media survive the third media revolution?
06 May 2009 - Silicon Republic
The first media revolution was characterised by newsprint, the second by radio, TV and internet. But the third media revolution, where professional media competes for attention alongside user-generated blogs, YouTube and Qik videos and Twitter, poses quite a conundrum.

According to Menno van Doorn, the author of a challenging new book Me the Media – The Rise Of The Conversation Society, mass media, thanks to Web 2.0, has become a new media mass led by individuals zapping information from Diggs to Tweets from their homes or on the street.

 In this third media revolution, media houses from newspapers to TV stations are struggling to compete and stay relevant, as the reader can opt to be informed by Facebook status feeds or by following Tweets on Twitter or RSS feeds on whatever they fancy. More details

Data Storage Outsourcing
March 2009 - Technology Ireland
Legislative and business continuity demands have fuelled massive growth in demand for storage solutions for sensitive data.     

This article quotes our Data Quality white paper and references Gary McSherry, Consultant at Sogeti. Read it here


New Cert for Software Testers
09 March 2009 - Irish Dev
As software testing is now becoming central to competitiveness for companies, the Software Skillnet has joined forces with IT services company Sogeti Ireland in the creation of International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) software tester certification

The course, which is part funded under the Skillnet programme, is the first of its kind to be held in Ireland and heralds the new standard of best practice for Software Testing Professionals. It will be accredited by the newly formed Irish Software Testing Board (ISTB) and gives access to the new Advanced Test Analyst Qualification under the ISTQB. More details

Bad data is costing Irish firms €10bn a year
22 January 2009 - Silicon Republic
Poor-quality data in IT systems is costing Irish organisations over €10bn per year according to Gary McSherry, a Sogeti data management specialist and author of the new Irish Sogeti report. More details

Declan Kavanagh interviewed on Newstalk FM's Right Hook about Outsourcing
October 2008 - Newstalk FM
Download and listen to this interview here (Mp3)

IT offshore outsourcing here to stay
04 Jul 2008 - Silicon Republic
Ireland has nothing to fear from outsourcing to lower cost countries and can still achieve its knowledge economy objectives.

A seminar held by Sogeti-owned Insight Test Services heard Ireland needs to embrace and not fear outsourcing to lower cost countries if it is to succeed as a knowledge economy in the new globally competitive environment. More details