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Investigating Outsourcing
An insider\'s view on the issues, trends and controversies around outsourcing and IT services.
February 2013
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Regrets they've had a few - the five big regrets of a troubled IT service provider
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 27 Feb 2013 -
What will happen to the multi-billion Aspire IT contract in 2017?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 22 Feb 2013 -
Are Nasscom predictions a sign of recovery or just more offshoring?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 20 Feb 2013
Gartner thinks 20 of the world's to 100 IT service providers will not exist as standalone companies by 2014 as a result of consolidation. They are likely toi be taken iver by another player before ...
One of my colleagues interviewed the new HMRC CIO this week. Mark Hall took over from the previous CIO Phil Pavitt late last year.One of the interesting things he said is that the Aspire contract. ...
The organisation that represents Indian IT services firms Nasscom is predicting a recovery in demand for IT services exports.Nasscom expects a recovery in sales growth with an increase by as much ...
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Is outsourcing risking security breaches?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Feb 2013 -
UK to help Indian cyber-crime defense to make offshoring citizen data safer
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 19 Feb 2013 -
Will software robots really decrease offshoring and increase UK jobs?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 18 Feb 2013 -
Report on Central and Eastern European nearshoring
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 13 Feb 2013 -
Will government crackdown on supplier tax regimes reveal true baddies or its own fallibilities?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 12 Feb 2013 -
Fear and loathing in Barnet - why public sector outsourcers and government need to be very afraid
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 11 Feb 2013 -
Has the UK IT industry imported its own cancer?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 08 Feb 2013
According to a global security study carried out by Trustwave 63% of data beaches are linked to outsourced IT system support.The report says that outsourcing in itself is not necessarily risky but ...
David Cameron is over in India with cap in hand as part of a taskforce to strengthen ties between the UK and Indian economies. With the huge growth being experienced in India it is wise to be ...
I have written quite a few articles about business automation software in the past. It seems that Intellect is now promoting the technology and embarking on a drive to help UK businesses understand ...
As I have written quite a few blogs about nearshoring IT to Eastern and Central Europe I thought this contribution from a nearshore firm would be interesting to share. It is a mini-report on ...
The government is set to introduce new rules to help it better understand the kind of tricks its suppliers are using to reduce their tax bills. It seems that the Cabinet Office will announce some ...
As you know Barnet Council's massive outsourcing program, known as One Barnet, is being challenged by a local resident and the High Court is getting involved.Here is the view s of Mark Lewis, who ...
I have been blogging recently about the impact offshoring is having on the UK IT skills base. I have had some comments from people working in IT. These views are often the most telling.Below is a ...
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Former Satyam business in a better position following Tech Mahindra take-over
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 07 Feb 2013 -
Will a private Dell be able to make progress in IT services?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 06 Feb 2013 -
The world is changing CIO tells IT suppliers
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 06 Feb 2013 -
Is local government outsourcing is taking its toll?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Feb 2013 -
Are IT captives back in vogue and will they threaten Indian offshore dominance?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Feb 2013
I caught up with the European boss of the combined Mahindra Satyam and Tech Mahindra Business, Vikram Nair. It was good to get an update form the company that was on its knees in 2009 after former ...
I sometimes forget that Dell has an IT investment arm. In 2009 it bought Indian IT services firm Perot Systems for £2.4bn. And let's face it the big hardware firms that have acquired services firms ...
I had an interview recently with Yann L'Huillier. He is global CIO at Tradition, an inter-dealer broker.Amongst other things he was telling me that part of his cost cutting has involved getting the ...
An article in the FT said the value of government contracts handed to the private sector has doubled in four years to £20bn. It is quoting figures from research carried out by Seymour Pierce. The ...
Captives go back a long time. Big businesses have been setting up operations to carry out business processes in low cost regions since the 1980s.Like offshoring work to an overseas supplier it is a ...