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Investigating Outsourcing
An insider\'s view on the issues, trends and controversies around outsourcing and IT services.
March 2014
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OFT's thinly veiled report to Tories that capitalism doesn't work
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 26 Mar 2014 -
Could Switzerland's IT services sector banish its Cuckoo Clock Image?
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 25 Mar 2014 -
Freedom of Information laws to extend to IT outsourcers
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 21 Mar 2014
Milton Friedman will be turning in his grave as a report published this week seems to imply that his laissez-faire economic stance doesn't work. The OFT's report into government procurement of IT ...
As Orson Welles in the Third Man said: "In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."Continuing the film theme, ...
It looks like the government will soon extend the Freedom of Information Act to private companies including IT suppliers to government.A recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report into ...
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Ukrainian IT industry calls on new government to invest time and money in it, despite troubles
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 10 Mar 2014 -
Why do large IT projects fail? Question inspires writer
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 08 Mar 2014 -
Preferred Supplier Lists (PSLs) are archaic and hold businesses back
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 05 Mar 2014 -
Every IT services firm wants to be Amazon's friend
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 04 Mar 2014 -
Don't let restrictive policies hold back your BYOD plan
- Emea Content Editor, Computer Weekly 03 Mar 2014
With all that is happening in the Ukraine it is easy to forget that the country has international businesses that need some of the government's attention.A contact of mine, Sam Kingston, is heading ...
A couple of years ago I did a series of blog posts featuring the views of experts on why large IT projects fail. I had 27 experts ranging from academics to IT services experts.I enjoyed the series ...
I met up with tier-two Indian IT services firm ITC Infotech for a catch-up on its progress in Europe. Back in June Hardeep Garewal, who is the head of Europe, told me some of the company's plans. ...
When the name Amazon comes up in a conversation with an IT services firm there is never a bad word said about the company. Amazon has become the go to company for raw cloud computing resources.Most ...
With BYOD promising so much I don't think any companies I have spoken to in the last year don't have a BYOD plan. The concept of BYOD and its benefits is easy to grasp, but putting it in place and ...