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Mutually beneficial? 23 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The market place for the delivery of public services could be set for another change next year with a 2014 update on the EU Procurement Directive potentially offering newly created mutual and social e...
Project Delusion 22 Aug 2013 | 07:32 pm
Projects have been running over-budget and late since the Pharaohs built their tombs. Since then, good practice has been published and qualifications have been established, so why do projects and prog...
Is cost-cutting killing your ITO relationships? 21 Aug 2013 | 04:46 pm
The UK economy has received a welcome boost in recent weeks with continuing signs that the recovery is gathering pace, but there is still a long way to go and this doesn’t reflect the wider European p...
What’s next for trader voice? 16 Aug 2013 | 09:43 pm
Financial services firms face the competing challenges of continuing to deliver enhanced services, meet new regulatory demands and reduce the total cost of ownership of voice trading solutions. Long e...
Beyond the Gantt charts: shifting the focus of change leadership 16 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
Everyone agrees that getting people to buy into a change programme is essential. No matter what project management model you follow, no matter what change management approach is used, we all acknowled...
OFT moves to investigate the structure of public contracting in the IT sector 15 Aug 2013 | 03:01 pm
On July 3, 2013, the UK’s competition authority, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), initiated a call for information regarding the supply of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services to t...
Damn the ideas: full steam ahead! 9 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
Have you ever considered that organisations are actually drowning in good ideas? Surely what all businesses crave are bright people putting forward lots of good ideas to improve their business and mak...
Making SIAM work 9 Aug 2013 | 03:11 pm
The degree of change required to transform service provision from a prime model to one that engages multiple suppliers is significant. The many strands involved mean that it is not a simple issue that...
Outsourcing and labour reform in France 8 Aug 2013 | 04:05 pm
A new law, published on 16th June 2013, is set to deliver significant reforms to France’s notoriously inflexible labour market. The continuing, and deepening, economic crisis in Europe, and in France...
Bringing innovation to sourcing for smarter business performance 7 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
As technology changes continue to accelerate, so do the expectations and ambitions of business leaders. With social, mobile, cloud computing and big data converging, business leaders are recognising t...