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Summary

Briefings



 Market Overview: Caroline Chappell analyses where the market is going next | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

 Research: Paul Connolly of research firm NelsonHall | Part 2

 Contracts: Technology lawyer John Warchus | Part 2

 Purchasing: Independent consultant and IMC president Judith Wainwright | Part 2 | Part 3

 Strategy Issues: Lorrie Scardino of research firm Gartner | Part 2

 E-Commerce: Dominic Monkhouse of Rackspace | Part 2

 Trends: Judith Jordan of research firm Ovum Holway | Part 2

 Market News: The latest news in the outsourcing and broader IT services market | Part 2

 Supplier Management: Ian Benn, Brass Consulting and Jill Pearcy, Unisys Ltd | Part 2 | Part 3

Supplier Profiles


 Atos Origin

 BT

 BT Openworld

 Capita

 Computacenter

 Fujitsu

 gedas

 ICS

 PinkRoccade

 Siemens

 Star Internet

 Syan

 Vistorm

John Warchus of law firm Shadbolt outlines the key legal issues for IT outsourcing users.

Checking the small print - Part 2 | Part 1

It is incumbent on you to check the detailed wording and any underlying assumptions on which these SLA promises are based, to ensure they are commercially (and legally) useful.

For example, in the case of an accounts/billing system or an electronic trading system where the system is only required for a specific period, it may be possible – by defining the guaranteed uptimes in a particular way – that the ASP will not be in breach of this guarantee even though the system is not available for all of the crucial period.

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