The five most important pieces of information on outsourcing that I have found this week in my travels through the web. Insourcing – an increasingly popular option: There is a number of large organizations and advisory firms that will tell you that insourcing of currently outsourced IT is a viable option. While some organizations...
Take 5, February 25, 2011
The five most important pieces of information on outsourcing that I have found this week in my travels through the web. Outsourcing Relationship Management: Although a number of outsourcing buyers and providers achieve a base level of cost savings through their arrangements, recent research (from Deloitte Consulting, Forrester, and CIO magazine, to name a...
Take 5 , February 18, 2011
The five most important pieces of information on outsourcing that I have found this week in my travels through the web. Managing Complex Outsourcing Relationships has never been easy—in a recent Vantage Partners survey, 71% of customer and service provider respondents say they begin facing challenges within a year of contract signing. Half also...
Windows 7 Upgrade – What Your Vendor Doesn’t Want You To Know
Thinking about upgrading to Windows 7? Your hardware vendor is thrilled! It’s a bonanza for him. Here’s what I read in ZDNet today. Microsoft’s Windows 7 arrived in late 2009 and kicked off a PC upgrade cycle that’s expected to last a few years. Windows 7 got Microsoft back in the game among...
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Virtualization – is there still any doubt?
Replace 10 to 25 existing servers with 1. One. Uno. Saves money. Saves space. Saves resources. It’s like someone handing out free money. It’s like the line from the Godfather – “an offer you can’t refuse”. And it’s better for the planet. You use a whole heck of a lot less power, metal, cooling...