News Analysis
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Cloud Services find silver lining
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
Earlier this year, advisory firm Gartner released figures which projected that 2010 would see global cloud services revenue reaching $68.3bn; a 16.6% increase from the $58.6bn recorded in 2009.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
State of mind: a bipolar affair
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
In the midst of the budget adjustments, the re-shaping of the NHS model, talks on immigration and the PM’s visit to India it has been an interesting few weeks for the outsourcing community.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Growth or recession? That is the question
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
Figures: we are inundated by them. Constantly bombarded with interpretations and statistics, sometimes it can be hard to make sense of it all.
For example, figures from the US point to a very plausible double dip recession, whereas the messages from the UK have been mixed, to say the least.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Exam results keep rising but pupils taking relevant subjects continue dropping
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
Hot on the heels of the recently announced A-level results, this week’s release of GCSE results indicated a rise in the pass rate – for the 23rd year in a row.
But if students are getting smarter, why is it that options/subjects such as languages and ICT have seen a drop in the number of pupils taking them?
In today’s multicultural/multilingual world, technology filters into all aspects of life; so does it make sense to opt of the subjects which could very well determine (or at least significantly influence) future job prospects? By Francinia Protti-Alvarez
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Suppliers: going, going, gone?
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
Recent media reports have been insisting that a number of suppliers have been ‘going bust’ this year. But how accurate is this?
Yesterday’s online editions of The Guardian, The Telegraph and the FT – amongst others - reported a 47% increase in the number of public sector suppliers affected by the degraded economic environment.
The figures derive from research attributed to accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy, which claims that H1 2010 saw an increase to 168 insolvent companies, up from 114 in the same period last year.
However, it would be interesting to put that 47% increase into context. By Francinia Protti-Alvarez
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Failing out of the future?
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
A-level results are out - rising to another record high of 97.6% while an unprecedented 27% of entries achieved an A.
I don’t want to burst the celebratory bubble but…
Notwithstanding how indicative the rise in A-marks is of the quality of the graduating classes or how students will be able to afford university if indeed they get a place, what worries IT firms is the low marks received on technology related subjects.
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Outsourcing away
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
India already holds at least 50% of the global outsourcing market, and has become the world's back office where Western firms set up call centres, number-crunching and software development outlets to cut costs.
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
Double Dips: not as exciting as you may think
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
All things considered, this has been a successful week for the outsourcing community, with a spate of newly signed projects and announcements arriving in all of our inboxes on a daily basis to warm the cockles of even the most hardened doom-and-gloom monger.
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Friday, July 30, 2010
Of expectations and legal battles in outsourcing
by Francinia Protti-Alvarez
In recent weeks, IBM has been in the news the other side of the Atlantic as it tries to respond to two legal cases brought against it.
It is interesting to note how, despite the maturity of the outsourcing sector – particularly in the US - it seems as though the issue of managing relationships and expectations is a skill that has not yet been perfected by the industry.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Public Sector Sourcing Success
by Morgan F
A report this week from Deloitte has questioned local councils’ ability to manage IT outsourcing contracts effectively. The research also claims that councils' mega-outsourcing days are numbered. sourcingfocus.com looks at where councils are going wrong and why does this mean the demise of large IT outsourcing deals?
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