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Global IT Debt: A “New” Buzz Term For IT/ERP Vendor Avarice

December 17, 2010

First up is a new report from Andy Kyte, a Gartner fellow, in which he estimates that “Global IT Debt” will total $500 billion in 2010, with the potential to jump to $1 trillion by 2015. Those are big numbers, but what does Global IT Debt mean? “The cost of clearing the backlog of maintenance… [Read more…]

UK Government “revenue party over” announcement re large IT/ERP projects long on intent but short on execution

December 17, 2010

Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, speaking at a meeting attended by 31 major government suppliers including BT, Hewlett Packard, IBM and CapGemini, claimed that large-scale bespoke IT systems – many of which have gone significantly over budget in the past – would henceforth be replaced by less expensive and “off the shelf” offerings. So opened… [Read more…]