Outsourcing

NCC Members can ask relevant questions of the wider NCC membership, moderated by NCC. We collate the responses, where appropriate anonymise them, then publish the results on the website for the benefit of the wider Membership. Can you help with this question from a housing association? In light of ... read more..

July 2011 Best Practice Outsourcing Best Practice A guide to outsourcing based on the outputs of NCCs Professionalism Programme Cloud computing overcoming the key inhibitors an NCC Guideline These Guidelines define cloud the way a lay person might, then they drill down into the issues associated with ... read more..

Safe Outsourcing, in association with Leumi ABL, presents a series of half-day, free-to-attend seminars for recruiters considering their options in terms of invoice financing and outsourcing services for the back-office processes of payroll, billing and credit control:20 May, Leeds27 May, London17 June, Birmingham8 July, London14 July, ManchesterTo book use the ... read more..

The Mint Hotel, Manchester, 6 July 2011Pressures remain on IT budgets and will do so for the foreseeable future it is time for organisations to think more strategically about the role and impact of technology to deliver true business transformation with improvements to the bottom line the current steady ... read more..

Management StrategyBigger, smaller or non-existent? How will the IT department look in 2020? At the launch of this year's CI0 50, the UK's top IT chiefs considered whether the IT department will be a very different beast in a decade's time, or even existFollow this link ... read more..

outsourcing trends Ravi Pandey, senior vice president of NIIT Technologies UK, looks at the trends and factors that will affect outsourcing in 2011. IT outsourcing is now a mature practice that has gained widespread adoption as organisations look to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. The drive to achieve these goals ... read more..

Management Strategy Everything you need to know about outsourcing, both onshore and offshore, from pricing and contract negotiation to vendor management and ROI. UPDATED.Follow this Link ... read more..

cloud computing Cloud computing is arguably one of the hottest topics in computing at the moment. It seems from the evidence of the past few years though that this particular topic is about more than just hype. Sin John, distinguished engineer at Symantec, provides a fresh take on ... read more..

backsourcing As traditional offshore services continue to disappoint and organisations face having to reabsorb their IT development activities, nearshore providers in eastern European countries are stepping in. Not only are the cost arguments as strong or even stronger than traditional outsourcing, but the nearshoring model gives back a level of ... read more..

cloud computing All businesses who are thinking about embracing the cloud as their core IT service delivery route quite rightly should fully understand the risks as well as the well-documented rewards The main concerns centre around service reliability, accessibility and security of data stored in the cloud. Here, Mark Seemann, ... read more..

HP buys Vertica, joins Big Data party Less than a month after stopping support of its ill-fated NeoView data warehousing range, HP has acquired Vertica Systems to fill the gap for Big Data warehousing and analytics. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2011. This is ... read more..

Regardless of what region you may have found yourself in during the past two weeks, it is doubtful that the economic woes facing Ireland and the Eurozone have escaped your notice. Indeed, it appears clearer by the day that the long-anticipated economic recovery is shaping up to be a whimper ... read more..

outsourcingOutsourcing and offshoring trends have peaked and troughed over the last few years. As companies continue to seek to cut costs and free up resources to focus on their core competencies, outsourcing seems to have won back its appeal but is the outsourced route the wisest to take this ... read more..

Last week Rackspace open sourced part of its infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform in partnership with NASA. Though it is early days yet, this promising project, called OpenStack, already has the backing of 29 other companies including AMD, Intel, Dell, and Citrix.GOOD TIMING BETWEEN RACKSPACE AND NASA LEADS TO OPENSTACKAs Rackspace was ... read more..

HCLs approach to data center transformation is to use opex savings to fund technology transformation. This is an approach that favors the customers retention of assets and suits HCLs strategy of acquiring resources only when they genuinely add to its service delivery capabilities. Enterprises looking to get rid of ageing ... read more..

In the wake of a new Australian Prime Minister coming to office, some observers of the outsourced CRM market may have missed Vertexs purchase of Australian vendor PCI (to be rebranded under the Vertex name). In our view, this is a prudent business move on Vertexs part, considering the ... read more..

data centre management Alot has been written on the developments and trends in the data centre, particularly around virtualisation and Cloud Computing, green IT and the potential new market for service providers that will grow out of these new technologies and the need for associated advisory services. With the projected ... read more..

shared services case studyIntroductionThe challenges of working with multiple databases within any organisation are well documented. In the sensitive and data rich environment of the NHS, handling, managing and accessing multiple databases is a regular activity that drives the business forward. However, as databases organically grow and the demands placed ... read more..

green IT As part of our look at Greener and more sustainable IT Jason Meers takes a look at repurposing IT Save time and money by converting your old PCs and laptops into thin clients. IT seems that every 10 years or so the computer industry re-invents itself and gives us new ... read more..

Thursday, 25th March 2010at the Trafford Centre - Management Suite Morning Workshop: 9.15am to 12.30pm Afternoon Workshop: 1.45pm to 5.00pm 'If you are drowning in a sea of emails, this course will supply a lifejacket, life-raft and even a paddle to get you to calmer waters'. Toni Bright, City ... read more..

17th March 2010 When: Wednesday, 17 March 2010, 9:30am GMT Duration: 45 minutes Speakers: Warren Sealey, Technical Specialist, Symantec Hosted Services In an uncertain economic climate you need to make the most of your IT security budget. Cloud computing and SaaS security solutions are predicted to grow significantly ... read more..

IT users of every type have always pursued higher quality services and improved flexibility, scalability and transparency. Nowhere is that more true than when these IT users are in the market for remote management of their IT infrastructures.Infrastructure Outsourcing ... read more..

This document describes the perils, pitfalls, best practices and business benefits of data center migration.Data Centre Migration: ... read more..

The potential to leverage IT services and business information has greatly increased over the last decade. The concepts of joined-up IT and web services are powerful tools for business innovation. However, uptake of these technologies is often hindered by existing inflexible systems and high costs. A company's core systems are ... read more..

The network's the limit when it comes to making the most of the cloud In the grip of global recession, businesses are looking at 2009 as a year for cost-cutting. Facing substantially lower revenues, management boards are increasingly taking an active interest in how cost-efficiently business functions such as IT are ... read more..

Implications of the increasing use of web-based applications available in the computing cloud There are important security and compliance implications in delivering mission-critical applications as Web-hosted services. CIOs need to be very aware of the risks they face if they allow the organisation to float off into the Cloud, says Alan ... read more..

How are Cloud Computing, virtualisation and SaaS shaping the future of the desktop? Gone are the days where everything IT-related was confined to the 'computer room'. Over the last three decades, the boundaries of IT's reach have been removed with the advent of LANs, WANs and the Internet. The pervasive access ... read more..

The recession is prompting a growing number of companies to consider the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, leveraging low initial cost and a pay as you go approach to minimise costs and create a highly flexible operation. But how do the cost arguments stack up? In some areas, such as CRM, there ... read more..

Free report As the scale and importance of organisational data has grown and the regulatory requirements relating to data security have become more sophisticated, the market for off-site data, backup, and secure facilities has evolved to meet the growing needs. This research set out to address these issues and examined ... read more..

Expectation is often overlooked as a key element that is as critical to the nature of Managed Services as the service itself. Managing expectations, dispelling perceptions and enforcing reality help create a successful partnership between client and supplier, one of aligned vision and mutual respect. ... read more..