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TECHNOLOGY > Outsourcing
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Lancashire ICT leaders measure up against outsourcing
Measure by measure, in-house can be more effective
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Cloud computing: Tales from the front
While CIOs begin to embrace the emerging technology of cloud computing, experts say IT staff will be more likely to resist, says Bill Snyder.
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HP and IBM combine datacentre strengths
The two biggest computer companies in the world – IBM and HP – are proving they can save on datacentre space and energy through the power of consolidation
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Former ICI IT boss Richard Sykes sees cloud computing creating a ‘Services 2.0’ culture
After having helped bring business discipline to IT and outsourcing at ICI, Richard Sykes sees cloud computing creating a ‘Services 2.0’ culture
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Is outsourcing really outsourcing or distress sourcing?
In the rush to cut costs now many organisations are storing up problems for the future
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Beware outsourcing operations it’s no one-way ticket to financial paradise
Outsourcing operations to far-off lands may seem like a one-way ticket to financial paradise. But, as Geraldine Fox explains, taking shortcuts could lead to a hellish situation
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Fix and mix approach to offshoring
An optimised blend of onshore and offshore operations often delivers the best long-term results to a business
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Outsourcing predictions for 2008
From India to Eastern Europe what are the key outsourcing factors to consider
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Is innovative outsourcing a pipe-dream?
Debate over whether innovation and outsourcing are ever really compatible.
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Gordon Lovell-Read's CIO Lessons
How to hit the ground running
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Latest Concern Articles
People Leadership > Forging a Business Partner
CIOs reshape their IT culture to create an organization capable of partnering strategically with the rest of the business
Infrastructure Refresh > Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud
Sumner Lemon
Business Alignment > The future state of the CRM market
SaaS payment will push it to the fore of CRM adoption in current market
Managing Budgets > Business intelligence oils the wheels of oil sector profit
BI tools are essential the multiple facets of the oil industry and its recent profits
Security > Know thy customer
Emerging markets are pioneering BI usage in traditional sectors like the oil industry
Managing Customers > Provident Financial IT director Penny Jones on climbing obstacles
Provident Financial IT director Penny Jones has a wealth of experience in business technology, but worries over the place of women, young recruits and the effects of outsourcing
Compliance > Essential reading, books every CIO should have
Fact and fiction mesh for success
Resource Management > Virgin Rail, platforms for IT change
The rail industry never stands still, and Virgin Rail’s IT chief Francis Jellings knows that goes for the IT infrastructure as much as the rolling stock
Managing Change > Google: We are deadly serious about the enterprise
Search giant marks 10 years with renewed commitment to IT directors
Board Politics > Cracking IT vendor relations
It’s not easy to bend your supplier to your own will to get the products you need, but there are ways of making them talk
Latest News
AXA tech services CIO switches to Logica
New CIO to oversee major alignment project as he leaves the insurance sector
Indian outsourcers face fall out from credit crunch
Indian outsourcers will be hit by the the fall out of the credit crisis, analysts and trade bodies are warning, with software development likely to bear the brunt of the decline.
Daimler hands datacentre contract to Fujitsu Siemens
Daimler AG, the car giant, has consolidated its datcentre management contracts and appointed Fujitsu Siemens to manage 5,000 servers and 1,500 databases in its European Data Centre.
Lloyds TSB and HBOS merger leads to IT savings
Lloyds TSB £12.2 billion take-over of Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) could lead to IT job cuts, offshoring and technology savings, the banks revealed today.
Indian IT market will be $110B by 2012, Gartner says
India's IT spending will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8 percent to US$110 billion by 2012, according to Gartner. Most of that spending will be on telecommunications services and equipment which is expected to reach $82 billion [b] by 2012.
Articles In Other Technology Areas
Databases > Richard Sykes: It’s the humans, stupid!
Technology doesn’t just develop itself, and talent management skills are vital when it comes to innovative projects
Security > What CEOs want from their next IT leaders
A panel at the CIO Leadership event in Boston pooled thoughts on what CEOs want from their next IT leaders.
Business Applications > Gavin Michael: the Lloyds TSB Global villager
Commuting between Australia and the UK is just another challenge for Gavin Michael, the CIO of retail banking at Lloyds TSB
Internet/eCommerce > Why CIOs think developers are clueless
What do CIOs and IT directors want from their developers? A little bit of understanding and sympathy for the aims of the organisation that employs them, according to research carried out by CIO.com
Infrastructure > Five best practices for implementing SaaS CRM
Forrester discover the path to CRM satisifaction
Mobile IT > Can Web 2.0 save BI?
Business Intelligence 2.0, a world in which one of BI's original big promises is finally being met.
Communications > Groupe Danone North America CIO Jeff Hutchinson on videoconferencing
Jeff Hutchinson, North America CIO at food product giant Groupe Danone, explains how the firm’s innovation team develops solutions like videoconferencing
SOA > Andy Hayler: The innovation game
Identifying five recent enterprise software innovations is almost as difficult as naming five famous Belgians, says Andy Hayler
