Editor's Blog
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
OpenWorld sketch: Is Oracle a model for modern acquisitions?
Shock horror: Oracle could now be a model for how to manage huge acquisitions without scaring away those companies' customers. HP take note!
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Chancellor’s speech puts globalisation centre stage
Globalisation was at the heart of the Chancellor's conference speech this afternoon. Chris Middleton listened in.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Down-scything: the new buzzword
As the wheels fall off the Wall Street limo, HP has announced thousands of job cuts, says Chris Middleton.
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Why PA, and why now?
PA Consulting is sacked from its small Home Office contract, so why has no one been fired for much bigger data losses, blunders and scandals? Because egovernment would collapse, says Chris Middleton.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
ETS in the dock over SATS
Yet another outsourcing provider has appeared before MPs and claimed that its failures are rooted in the Government's contractual meddling. Who would work in public sector outsourcing now? asks Chris Middleton.
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Friday, September 05, 2008
Tory review of NHS IT misses the point
The Tories are reviewing NHS IT. Good news, says Chris Middleton, but why engage a society of IT professionals to do it?
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Obama makes offshoring a political football
Take one stadium full of 80,000 cheering supporters and one Democratic candidate for US president, and what do you get? Yup, outsourcing is a political football once again, says Chris Middleton.
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