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Perspectives & Trends in IT Services

A nebulous 2009

 11 December 2008

The forecast for 2009 is cloudy, writes Information Age editor Kenny Maciver

Hired labour

 10 April 2007

HR automation attracts the business application consolidators' attention.

Accenture

 19 February 2007

Accenture still has a way to go to fully leverage the global service delivery model.

HP

 19 February 2007

Around 30% of HP Services' global workforce is now based in India.

IBM

 19 February 2007

Just how far has IBM gone in its quest to evolve into a "globally integrated enterprise"?

IT at your service

 20 January 2007

Transforming the IT function into a business service-centric operation begins with the hard graft of IT asset management.

Outsourcing 2.0

 20 January 2007

Huge, enterprise-wide IT outsourcing deals are losing ground as businesses look for greater control and value from smaller, more tactical IT service deployments.

Offshoring & BPO

 20 January 2007

The global business community has reached the end of the first decade-long wave of offshoring, and is now able to reflect upon the promises, realised and forgotten, of this global phenomenon.

UK companies favour multi-sourcing

 12 January 2007

Companies are turning to global sourcing models, dropping the ‘offshore’ and ‘nearshore’ labels.

Serving up software

 27 November 2006

The ability to link software provision to business demand is reliant on the sophistication of service providers.

In search of partnership

 25 February 2006

Companies that want to maximise the expertise of their IT service providers must seek more than project-driven relationships, say AMR analysts.

Hosted IP contact centres

 25 February 2006

The emergent market for hosted IP contact centres is showing considerable promise, according to consulting company Frost &Sullivan.

Europe's IT strategy "is failing"

 25 February 2006

Report says that Europe is not investing enough in IT - or using it effectively.

Waste not, want not

 25 February 2006

Battle-scarred by years of tight or cut budgets, organisations are being forced to squeeze the maximum value from their existing systems, software and services and eliminate wasted resources, using the latest asset management tools.

Sinking feeling

 09 February 2006

Why do so many outsourcing contracts run into trouble - and what can technology decision makers do to mitigate the risk of failure?

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