I wrote an article recently in silicon.com mentioning Steria in the context of how the UK government is likely to explore further offshoring once the election is complete.
Now the leader debates are underway and we are about to get a real taste of what the leaders say about the future of the public sector in [...]

Every time I write an article about cloud computing I always think it has landed at the right time. Just as green issues hit the top of the corporate and government agendas we have this new way of delivering technology that gives us better services, lowers costs and actually creates much less carbon.
I have been on [...]

As traditional working patterns change, a shift away from the traditional, 9-5 structure of office-based collaboration will be key to a more environmental-friendly way of running business.
However, remote working and ‘being green’ often seem to be in the same space of nice-to-have good stuff that is impossible to ask from a business trying to cut [...]

Perhaps the best example to use when talking about sustainability and performance is that of public sector organisations. Local government is a great example. Being part of the government they have to be seen to be green. They also have to work on a shoestring and provide a high level of service.
Recently, I was at the [...]

This year’s NASSCOM was noticeably more exciting than previous years - there was without a doubt, a much bigger buzz, taking us away from the heady double digit growth days to a more reflective, but nonetheless optimistic view of business models of the future.
This year focused more on re-defining the industry, looking at non-linear growth [...]

News that former Civil Servant Gerry Grimstone will review the possibility of creating private service providers from government departmental resources could change the outsourcing sector in coming years.
After being tasked with making money from government assets by the Treasury Grimstone is considering transforming the back office processing resources, of government departments, into private companies. These [...]

While the concept and aspiration of Green IT has become a much more prevalent topic of debate over the last two years the nature of the debate has in itself created a distraction from the full potential. For example technology vendors have increasingly used Green capabilities to promote their latest offerings and typically publications on [...]

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 [...]

President Barack Obama’s recently appointed Chief Information Officer, 34 year old Vivek Kundra, faces an enormous task as he is charged with helping the administration deliver its programme through effective deployment of technology.
He is currently on leave after the FBI raided the office he occupied in his previous role as chief technology officer for the [...]

A couple of weeks back, Leslie Gadman from London South Bank University posted a great blog here on Exchange. It dropped into the archive far too quickly because we had a lot of posts going up at that time, so I’d like to draw your attention to the original blog post once again, and also [...]