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The bridge
Sourcing & Procurement Matthew Buley Sourcing & Procurement Matthew Buley

The bridge

When large IT outsourcing engagements move from procurement into delivery, the work that determines whether the relationship thrives or fractures happens in the spaces nobody owns. The bridge is most valuable when it is least noticed. That is precisely why it so often goes unfilled, and why that absence is costly.

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Twelve years on, what the Horizon replacement tender tells us
Sourcing & Procurement Matthew Buley Sourcing & Procurement Matthew Buley

Twelve years on, what the Horizon replacement tender tells us

Computer Weekly confirmed this week that Accenture has joined IBM and DXC on the shortlist to replace Fujitsu’s Horizon system. This is the Post Office’s third attempt in twelve years. The same firms keep appearing. The interesting question is not who wins, it is why the shortlist is always so short, and what that tells buyers about the procurement and delivery model itself.

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You can’t manage what you don’t measure
Sourcing & Procurement, Cloud & Infrastructure Richard Wilcock Sourcing & Procurement, Cloud & Infrastructure Richard Wilcock

You can’t manage what you don’t measure

With the full impact of a post-Covid economic chill looming, many corporates are looking to optimise costs through rationalisation and cloud migration programmes. But in our experience, many companies are not measuring all aspects of on-premise IT spend, and as the old adage goes, you can't manage what you don’t measure.

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