/// Tag Archives: outsourcing
What Are The Outsourcing Options For Businesses?
January 20, 2012
The pace of change of technology causes problems for organisations of any size, but for the small to medium enterprise (SME) sector, it can cause...
Why Outsourcing Anxiety Is Misplaced
January 10, 2012
Outsourcing is often seen as a threat by an internal IT department but this anxiety is misplaced. On any given day, an IT department’s schedule...
Colocating IT: Removing Myths From Decision Making
December 22, 2011
In the current climate, businesses want to get the best possible IT services for the best possible costs. Outsourcing is often part of this: from...
Online outsourcing: A lifeline for small businesses
October 11, 2011
Virtual enterprises are becoming increasingly common around the world. Entrepreneurs are bootstrapping their businesses and relying on virtual, global teams to secure success. British entrepreneurs...
Why TEM is not a commodity buy
August 02, 2011
The past 10 years have witnessed the emergence of software tools known as Telecom Expense Management (TEM) solutions. A good TEM system can indeed tell...
The 5 golden rules for outsourcing success
June 14, 2011
The rush to embrace the outsourcing model started in the US with the Insurance Industry’s decision to promote commodity pricing and as everyone knows, when...
Making a case for IT outsourcing
May 24, 2011
Making the decision to outsource either some or all of an internal IT function is a complex and involved procedure. It will often involve detailed...
Outsource, Managed Service Or Cloud?
September 23, 2010
One has to make a clear distinction between outsourcing, managed service and cloud. Outsourcing is all about wholesale transference of internal competencies, responsibilities and assets...
With Three Young Children We Already Run A Cloud Model At Home
September 06, 2010
You might not think it looking at my photo, but I have three young children at home. 2.5, 1.5 and 0.5 years old. ...
Slow Recovery For UK And Irish IT Services Market
January 25, 2010
The guys with monstrous Excel files over at Ovum have dampened expectations of a quick recovery for the UK and Ireland’s IT services market by...
What Is Likely To Be High On The IT Manager’s Agenda For 2010?
January 15, 2010
How does the land lie, in light of the past 12 turbulent months, where IT departments have been forced to pull their metaphorical belts in?...
Supply Chain Disintegration: Protecting Against Supplier Failures
October 07, 2009
Kate Craig-Wood, MD of IT Hosting company, Memset, believes the best way you can protect yourself from IT suppliers going bust is by disintegrating the...
The Differences Between IT Outsourcing And Cloud Computing
September 14, 2009
I’m constantly being asked for my thoughts on the differences between IT infrastructure outsourcing and “Cloud Computing”. Flattering, of course, but I suppose that...
