Why ignoring the matter of intellectual property may come back to bite you. Intellectual property can sound like an esoteric subject and one that mos people manage happily to ignore most of the time. But it has some big implications. In days of old, capital appeared to rule. Big companies owned big things and lots…
Eavesdrop on a conversation between two senior IT staff of a fictitious company charged with the successful execution of an outsourced arrangement that has just passed its two-year anniversary. Gain an insight into the difficulties they are experiencing, their search for the root causes and their development of a plan to deliver targeted improvement. The…
Outsourcing contracts have long contained intellectual property clauses. How do old abuses and recent changes in technology and business influence these and what the parties should be interested in? Intellectual property (IP) has long been a difficult subject. Many have found to their cost that their rights differ from what they expect. The timing of…
The outsourcing market is in turmoil. Customers are frequently disappointed by what they see. CIOs mark the growth of shadow IT. Suppliers have delivered savings in the past but the business feels the manacles of inappropriate service. What can be done to restore order and performance? On 28th August 1963, Dr Martin Luther King stood…
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes effective on 25th May 2018. Those who assume that this is all to do with IT and Security are likely to have a rude surprise. Are you ready or is a serious threat hanging over you? St John the Divine prophesied the Four Riders of the Apocalypse: Conquest, War, Famine and…
The SIAM Professional Body of Knowledge has been published and is available free from here. William Hooper of Oareborough Consulting is delighted to have been part of the international team of SIAM experts who wrote the book. The Professional BoK and preceding Foundation BoK are practicable guides that support qualifications accredited by BCS The Chartered…
This webinar addresses building a strategic approach that is relevant and compelling to the business and manages the risks. The approach starts with the business and its interests. If you have been given the task of working out your organisation’s approach to SIAM and how to make it work, this talk is for you. A…
Outsourcing agreements come to an end, just as do some political treaties. What can those steering the perils of partition learn from each other? There are few experiences as visceral as the turmoil of politics. As a British citizen, I have taken my part and cast my vote on 23rd June, 2016. The comparison of…
Multi-supplier service is all the rage, together with its linking agent Service Integration and Management (SIAM). Wonderful in theory… How does one practically get multiple parties to collaborate towards a common end? It was recognised early in the development of multi-supplier models that there needed to be a unifying agent. A great deal of time…
The formation of a good sourcing agreement relies on clear thinking and agreement between the parties on what is to be done, why and how. The market and technology are changing so rapidly that the next agreement is likely to bear little resemblance to the last. How to make sure we ask the right questions…