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Investigating Outsourcing
An insider\'s view on the issues, trends and controversies around outsourcing and IT services.
November 2010
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How to cut software defects to 0.012 per thousand lines of code with software Big Brother
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Nov 2010 -
China and Sri-Lanka try and get one over India in software testing
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Nov 2010 -
Capgemini recruiting its way into the public sector
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Nov 2010
I was with Chinese offshore software company Bleum last week. The company was updating me on its recent entry into the UK. We talked about China's advantages. I thought price would be the main draw ...
Testing software is critical because the cost of fixing bugs once the software is up and running is extremely high. As a result software testing is in demand and is a growing market. I recently ...
Hot on the heals of its appointment of former NHS shared business service head, Ruth Ormsby, Capgemini has appointed a policeman of 30 years to head its division focussed on serving police ...
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Report reveals Indian IT suppliers are getting a second wind
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 30 Nov 2010 -
E.ON makes it official with T-Systems and HP
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 29 Nov 2010 -
Immigration cap about point scoring, not improving economy with skilled immigrants the scapegoats
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Nov 2010 -
IT workers beware, Intra Company Transfers look likely to hit 30,000 in 2010
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Nov 2010 -
Is China a serious alternative to India for software development?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Nov 2010 -
Damian Green reveals just how IT firms will sidestep new ICT rules
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 24 Nov 2010 -
Has the government backed down on its immigration promise?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Nov 2010
Equaterra is about to announce the results of its latest survey of the performance of IT service providers working in the UK. The survey interviewed over 200 large businesses and analysed over 600 ...
German utility giant E.ON has made its outsourcing deals with HP and T-Systems public.As revealed in the blog almost a month ago the company has outsourced its datacenters and desktops to HP, with ...
In this blog I tend to write a lot about the immigration cap in terms of its lack of control over the use of Intra Company Transfers (ICTs), but there is another important story that becomes from ...
According to official figures from the Home Office, the number of Intra Company Transfer (ICT) visas granted in 2010 is likely to hit 30,000.This would be a significant increase on 2009, when just ...
I met up with Bleum today. This is a software services company that provides all of its services from China.I first met Bleum in May when it was embarking on its first steps into the UK market. It ...
I watched the Channel 4 news last night and found something within Jon Snow's interview with immigration Minister Damian Green very interesting.They were discussing the government's new rules on ...
The government has announced its immigration cap and from what I can see there will be no reduction in the number of workers coming form overseas on Intra Company Transfers (ICTs). Theresa May ...
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Home secretary to announce immigration cap at 3.30pm today
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Nov 2010 -
South Africa is a low cost call centre option with investment funds on offer
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Nov 2010 -
Offshore IT worker exemption from new pay threshold makes influencial UK IT figure angry
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 Nov 2010 -
Government set to lower pay threshold for IT workers on ICTs
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 Nov 2010 -
Could Atos Origin face direct peaceful action by a disability action group?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Nov 2010
At 3.30pm Theresa May will announce the immigration cap that will start in April next year. You can watch it live on Sky News here. Speculation has it that the government will set the limit non ...
South Africa, like India, is a former British colony with the English language spoken throughout. Like India it has a lower cost of living than the UK and lower wages. I met a group from South ...
I wrote a blog earlier today about the fact that the government looks set to exempt IT workers from the £40,000 pay threshold likely to be put on workers in the UK on Intra Company Transfers. IT ...
IT professionals were recently given a glimmer of hope with a proposal to set the minimum salary for immigrant workers in the UK using the Intra Company Transfer (ICT) route at £40,000. This ...
A Facebook group campaigning for better treatment of disabled people, known as Black Triangle, is to have its first ever meeting next week where members will discuss how to take its campaign ...