George Weston Foods has abolished its local chief information officer position held by Frank Coogan, with the executive departing after a "comprehensive review" of its IT activities.
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With the big contracts signed and sealed, the mid-tier outsourcing market is primed for increased competition and growth, according to industry pundits.
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Everything from cleaning to IT development work is outsourced by governments these days, but should security clearance processes, which dictate what access a person has to government information systems, be included in that bundle?
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Once a system has been outsourced, what is there left to do internally? Plenty of strategy according to Faye Powell, whose appointment eight months ago ushered in a new era in terms of the way government departments relate to their IT service providers.
One in 10 IT departments will disappear over the next five years as outsourcing and the commoditisation of technology continues to increase, according to Gartner.
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Most companies view outsourcing as a good way of cutting costs and don't ask for input from the IT department when making such decisions, according to research released this week by Unisys.
Companies' desire to retain control over mission-critical or complex IT projects as the economy slows is having an impact on outsourcing decisions, according to a recent survey.
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The exploding costs of fabrication facilities, combined with the technical hurdles of the next generation of chip design seem like unassailable hurdles for the microchip vendors and manufacturers.
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