http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbFri, 03 Jul 2009 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236763/an-in-depth-look-at-roi.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236763/an-in-depth-look-at-roi.htmThis white paper from Riverbed looks a range of ways a company can save money.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236752/lloyds-offshoring-skills-concerns-point-to-industry-wide-problem.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/03/236752/lloyds-offshoring-skills-concerns-point-to-industry-wide-problem.htmConcerns are growing that the UK could be left with a shortage of IT skills at all levels if it continues to send development work overseas.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:37:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/02/236743/business-outsourcing-is-on-life-support-bosses-told.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/02/236743/business-outsourcing-is-on-life-support-bosses-told.htm Commoditised outsourcing is no...Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:40:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236724/lloyds-cuts-thousands-more-jobs-but-halts-offshoring.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/01/236724/lloyds-cuts-thousands-more-jobs-but-halts-offshoring.htm The Lloyds Banking Group is cutting an extra 2,100 jobs. The cuts will be in the bank's operations and wholesale banking operations and...Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:09:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/30/236696/suppliers-anger-over-wasted-nhs-bid.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/30/236696/suppliers-anger-over-wasted-nhs-bid.htmExecutives at some IT suppliers say their companies have wasted money bidding in an open competitive tender when an NHS foundation trust had already chosen to buy the Cerner electronic patient records system.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236677/rackspace-installs-cloud-services-for-uk-customers.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/29/236677/rackspace-installs-cloud-services-for-uk-customers.htm Rackspace is installing a cloud computing capability on its UK servers to provide British customers...Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:18:32 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236638/it-strategies-for-navigating-the-approaching-economic-downturn.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236638/it-strategies-for-navigating-the-approaching-economic-downturn.htmThe negative drumbeat in the financial media has been increasing in intensity over the last several quarters. The bursting of the housing market bubble and the subsequent seizing up of the credit markets in the US and across the globe have been the lead stories.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:22:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236630/lloyds-tells-it-contractors-to-accept-15-pay-cut-or-leave.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236630/lloyds-tells-it-contractors-to-accept-15-pay-cut-or-leave.htmLloyds tells IT contractors to accept 15% pay cut or leave.Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:40:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236627/indian-suppliers-to-acquire-western-capability-from-banks.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/25/236627/indian-suppliers-to-acquire-western-capability-from-banks.htm Citibank and UBS...Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:19:10 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236296/calculating-the-true-cost-of-email.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236296/calculating-the-true-cost-of-email.htmUnderstanding how much your current email system costs, and how that all adds up, is the key to making changes, and to providing a better service for your users. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:53:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236607/oracle-shrugs-off-downturn-by-increasing-software-revenues.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/24/236607/oracle-shrugs-off-downturn-by-increasing-software-revenues.htm Oracle's revenue for 2009 has grown 4% to $23.3bn, showing that businesses are still buying enterprise software licenses and renewing maintenance contracts...Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:31:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/23/236587/case-study-how-wow-saved-money-by-switching-to-hosting.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/23/236587/case-study-how-wow-saved-money-by-switching-to-hosting.htm Accountancy services firm The Wow Company has saved money and improved its operations with a hosted file management platform and an improved messaging system. The...Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:41:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236465/how-to-save-60-on-your-it-support-bill.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236465/how-to-save-60-on-your-it-support-bill.htm With many businesses looking at ways to slash IT budgets, now is the time to take a close look at support contracts. Businesses are paying...Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:00:24 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236459/how-retailers-can-cut-it-costs-and-improve-end-user-support.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236459/how-retailers-can-cut-it-costs-and-improve-end-user-support.htm Peter Walker, CEO of Cyntergy, a UK-based, 24/7 service desk for the retail and hospitality markets,...Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:07:59 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236444/asia-turning-the-tables-on-the-conventional-wisdom-of-outsourcing.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236444/asia-turning-the-tables-on-the-conventional-wisdom-of-outsourcing.htm The routine outsourcing of core elements of business by European and North American companies to developing economies in Asia has had a dramatic macro-economic...Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:31:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236442/indian-it-supplier-will-buy-big-european-competitor.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236442/indian-it-supplier-will-buy-big-european-competitor.htm One of the major Indian IT suppliers will buy a major European competitor within two years as consolidation...Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:52:02 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236439/legal-input-is-vital-to-meet-data-privacy-challenge-of-outsourcing.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236439/legal-input-is-vital-to-meet-data-privacy-challenge-of-outsourcing.htmFor firms and organisations embracing offshoring and outsourcing, the challenges of data privacy and data protection are real.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:22:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236438/balancing-cost-and-risk-for-outsourcer-information-assurance.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236438/balancing-cost-and-risk-for-outsourcer-information-assurance.htmIn the film Meet the Parents, the character played by Robert De Niro unveiled his new invention dubbed the nanny camera. It had a motion-activated camera positioned within a teddy bear that would record the babysitter for later viewing. Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:22:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236437/remember-you-are-outsourcing-process-not-legal-responsibility.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236437/remember-you-are-outsourcing-process-not-legal-responsibility.htmIntuitively, the belief is that security risks are raised when outsourcing or offshoring. But, if you analyse it, I doubt that there is any real increase in riskMon, 15 Jun 2009 16:21:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236436/get-in-early-to-mitigate-outsourcing-data-risks.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/15/236436/get-in-early-to-mitigate-outsourcing-data-risks.htmOutsourcing and offshoring have been part of the business toolset for some time. The security risks associated with outsourcing and offshoring should now be well understood and easy to mitigate. 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