Editor's Blog

Where next for telcos who want to be IT services providers?
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

What do the recent struggles of BT Global Services and T-Systems tell us about the provision of converged IT and telecoms services, asks Jessica Twentyman?

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Why today’s Rio Tinto LPO deal spells bad news for ‘magic circle’ firms
Thursday, June 18, 2009

Mining giant Rio Tinto isn't just handing over back-office tasks, but substantive legal work, too.

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Apples for oranges?
Friday, June 12, 2009

Foreign exchange rates matter in offshoring deals, but too many organisations shy away from the issue, says Jessica Twentyman.

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Wish you were here? Probably not.
Tuesday, June 02, 2009

List of the world's riskiest outsourcing locations published in the 2009 Black Book of Outsourcing - and it makes for fascinating reading, says Jessica Twentyman.

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Where in the world is “the new Bangalore”?
Thursday, May 28, 2009

Pinpointing the next big hub for offshoring is a dicey business, says Jessica Twentyman. What questions do prospective customers need to be asking?

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Some thoughts on the Indian general election
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

In India it's now time for new prime minister Manmohan Singh to deliver on his promises. Jessica Twentyman asks what this is likely to mean for India's IT outsourcing industry.

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IT outsourcing: mind the (skills) gap
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Jessica Twentyman, sourcingfocus.com's new editor-at-large introduces herself to the community and looks at new research from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants saying that 'as many as a third of UK jobs at multinationals will be “shipped abroad” by 2015'.

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Does RBS’ future lie in outsourcing?
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

As economic woes pile up, RBS has announced thousands of UK back-office job losses. Is this code for a switch to an outsourcing model? asks Chris Middleton. And talking of nationalised banks, what are Bradford & Bingley up to?

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Chris Middleton is away. The Editor’s Blog will return week beginning 6th April.
Friday, March 27, 2009

Chris Middleton is away. The Editor's Blog will return week beginning 6th April.

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Whitehall’s “illegal” database campaign
Monday, March 23, 2009

A report claims that 25% of 46 Whitehall databases are "almost certainly illegal" while 29 others may also be. Chris Middleton considers the implications.

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