Nothing has ever so extensively supported by the European Commission as e-invoicing. New legal regulations have been already adopted; priority has been put as the highest in the 2010i plan.
On the technology side, no barrier exists any more, even if an international standard is still missing and not ready. Studies are available for free, solutions [...]

When I read that Toyota was considering asking its European workers to do a three-day week (Times 4th March), my initial reaction was: “How benign. Instead of making 20-30% of staff redundant, this is so worker-sympathetic.” That was followed by: “Wouldn’t it be good if CIOs did the same with IT staff if the organisation [...]

Last year in England, the national school tests for 14-year-olds had to be abandoned amidst a sea of accusations and recriminations. The US company managing the testing of well over half a million school students was effectively sacked and the Education Regulator responsible for the testing process, QCA, was severely criticised on many fronts such [...]

So how can a supplier with technology expertise really add value to the relationship with their client? The normal answer might be to add value beyond just the IT knowledge alone. To know the business as well as the client, but I would suggest that if the supplier can understand the wider industry environment their [...]