Banks are gearing up to process single European payments area (Sepa) transactions for their business customers in readiness for the Eurozone clearing system, which comes into effect in January.
They may seem to poach your best staff, change technology standards on a whim and make contracts impenetrable, but it is hard to run an IT department without talking to IT suppliers.
UK defence company BAE Systems has signed a deal with IT outsourcing supplier Wipro to develop a range of aerospace systems and establish two technical development centres in India.