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2010 in review: WordPress gives the Procurement Insights Blog a WOW Rating!
January 2, 2011
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers In 2010, there were 268 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 722 posts. There were 106 pictures uploaded, taking up […]
Posted in: News & Updates
Dinosaurs, Meteors and a Fork in the Road Awaits Us in 2011
December 30, 2010
When I was once again contacted by the Shared Services and Outsourcing Network asking me about my predictions for 2011 I must admit that my thoughts immediately turned to the significant changes in the eProcurement market landscape and how this might influence organizations in terms of their approach regarding the contemplation of outsourcing as a […]
Posted in: Commentary
To all our readers THANK YOU for making 2010 Memorable . . . Merry Christmas and All The Best for 2011!
December 23, 2010
Note: Use the following link to read about the history of this animation of Santa and his Reindeer singing White Christmas! 30
Posted in: Commentary
Oracle acquisition of PeopleSoft rated as one of the top 10 hostile takeovers of the decade
December 19, 2010
You have to love the oblivious nature of Enterprise Resource Planning “ERP” vendors who seem to operate in a world of their own without much regard for the clients they serve . . . or don’t serve given the high rate of implementation failures. Take for example Oracle, in which an August 28th, 2009 CIO […]
Posted in: Commentary
Memories of the dot com boom . . . before the bust
December 18, 2010
We recently began sorting through the accumulated memories of a wide and varied collection of pictures, clothes and other such items upon which the ideal garage sale is built. In short, trying to determine what of our junk would be considered a treasure to someone else. Interestingly enough, many of the items that we now […]
Posted in: Your Saturday Smile
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 […]
Posted in: Commentary
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 […]
Virginia’s Secretary of Administration provides a clear lens through which to view the breadth and diversity of her critical role in the Governor’s Cabinet
December 16, 2010
It is not often that you get the opportunity to talk with a true buck stops here person but, in the case of Virginia’s relatively new Secretary of Administration, not only were we able to talk with Lisa Hicks-Thomas, we were also able to gain interesting insights regarding her thoughts on a range of topics […]
Government fiscal policies show telltale signs of subprime 2008 meltdown
December 11, 2010
Given the recent announcement from Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Francis Maude telling vendors that the days of the overarching, big dollar – big budget IT/ERP initiatives is over, one could see why this decision by the UK Government is likely to trigger similar decisions by governments around the world. Nowhere is […]
Posted in: Commentary, Public Sector Procurement
Procurement Insights 
The Two New Books in 2011 That Will Forever Change Public Sector Procurement!
January 4, 2011
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On the PI Window on Business’ second show back in April 2009 I welcomed along with McEvoy Galbraeth and Anne Phillips, Stephen Bauld who at the time was Vice President for the Ontario General Contractors Association and author of the books “Leadership Or The Lack Thereof” and “The Municipal Procurement Handbook (two editions).” For those […]