Larger organisations may find it easy to embrace e-commerce, but many SMEs have to be more cautious when looking ahead, says Penny Wiseman
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Local government buying group the Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution (CPD) has signed a distribution and warehousing deal with online education portal Schoolsnet.com. The Schoolsnet site offers library information, news, sport, homework and revision and help for teachers. The CPD was founded in 1971 and underwent a management buyout in 1995.
Defence and aerospace group BAe Systems has signed a two-year £1.5 billion extension to its 10-year outsourcing contract with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). The original contract was signed in 1984 and will now run to 2006, covering BAe’s UK and US operations. CSC will manage the group’s IT systems including procurement, servers and desktops and Internet services.