Investigating Outsourcing

April 2012

• Freudian slip by union reveals outsourcing organisation's perception

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2012

I covered a story today about job cuts at CSC. This was related to an announcement on Friday of an unexpected 600+ job cuts on top of the 400+ already announced.Within the story the union Unite has ...

• The UK must ensure that it is investing in technology and innovation.

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 20 Apr 2012

Just got this comment in on a survey I ran on my blog. It asked for people's views on the UK IT skills gap. You can still contribute below.This from a survey respondent: "We must ensure that the UK ...

• Barclaycard stick on card is unglamorous but appropriate technology

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Apr 2012

In a detour from my outsourcing coverage I attended a contactless payment innovation announcement from Barclaycard. This was being hailed as a technology that would enable contactless payments to ...

• 78% blame outsourcing for UK IT skills shortage

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Apr 2012

I ran a Google survey over the last couple of weeks to ask for peoples' views on the perceived UK IT skills shortage and the contribution to this from outsourcing. Outsourcing and particularly ...

• Headhunted Accenture director plans UK health drive

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Apr 2012

I recently met up with Ruth Ormsby. She is now a senior executive in Accenture's Public Sector operation. She has moved around a bit in recent years. She ran the NHS's Shared Business Service (NHS ...

• Has the outsourcing industry collectively conspired to strip its value?

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Apr 2012

I blogged yesterday about how quiet things are in the IT outsourcing market at the moment. I asked for peoples' views and have had some interesting feedback.Robert Morgan, director at sourcing ...

• Is it just me or has the IT outsourcing sector gone dormant?

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Apr 2012

Things seem to be really quite in the IT outsourcing sector at the moment. I was expecting the Spring to bring the shoots of recovery if you pardon my optimism and cliché.It seems that most the ...

• Cloud computing versus traditional outsourcing. Better or not?

  Karl Flinders - Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 02 Apr 2012

Last week in a blog post I asked the question: Do you think cloud computing is more beneficial to a business than traditional outsourcing?This was following an article I wrote about research ...