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Investigating Outsourcing
An insider\'s view on the issues, trends and controversies around outsourcing and IT services.
April 2012
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Freudian slip by union reveals outsourcing organisation's perception
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 23 Apr 2012 -
The UK must ensure that it is investing in technology and innovation.
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 20 Apr 2012 -
Barclaycard stick on card is unglamorous but appropriate technology
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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78% blame outsourcing for UK IT skills shortage
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Apr 2012 -
Headhunted Accenture director plans UK health drive
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 16 Apr 2012 -
Has the outsourcing industry collectively conspired to strip its value?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Apr 2012 -
Is it just me or has the IT outsourcing sector gone dormant?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Apr 2012 -
Cloud computing versus traditional outsourcing. Better or not?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 02 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...