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As the various election campaigns splutter into life, and politicians of all colours try and explain how they will deal with the deficit, there is a sizeable groundswell of opinion forming that wholesale outsourcing of public services might just be the “silver bullet”. More…
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The ruling in the most significant IT Contract Law case of recent times has just been made and very interesting reading it is too!
I believe that the case will have far reaching implications for the selling of IT services and will lead to significant changes in the market place. More…
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With the rise of “Cloud” computing, there will inevitable be an increase in IT service contracts that are entered into online with very little and sometime no negotiation or contact between the customer and the supplier.
So what are the things to look out for when signing up to an on-line contract? More…
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The recession has increased interest in many different ways of saving money, but is one of the traditional ways of achieving savings, in itself, a waste of money? More…
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In a downturn most organisations will be looking at ways to reduce costs and IT Contracts are an obvious target. However, many people are finding that their contracts, which were written when the business was expanding, do not cater for circumstances when the business shrinks.
So how do you ensure that you have the right flexibility when you need it? More…
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When entering into a new IT contract it all too easy to focus on the exiting and interesting parts of the new technology or service and forget to establish what will happen at the end. Failure to address what happens at the end of technology agreements can have significant cost and service impacts.
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Almost 60 per cent of organisations in Western Europe will outsource more IT and business process functions in 2009, while renegotiation of existing contracts will rise to more than 60 per cent, according to a recent survey from Gartner, Inc.
So, outsourcing activity has risen as the recession has deepened, but is this the correct reaction, or are organisations just chasing cost reduction at any price?
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