mergers in comment and analysis
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment Indian outsourcers certainly have the cash - so why aren't they buying up their competitors? Saritha Rai finds out. They have accumulated piles of cash so you would think top Indian outsourcing firms such as Infosys Technologies and... [06 Nov 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile Price has been with e-skills UK since the beginning - leading the mergers that created the organisation in 2000, and steering it through its subsequent licensing as a Sector Skills Council in 2003. As CEO of e-skills UK,... [29 Sep 2009]
Naked CIO: Oracle and Sun - good luck
Comment Inspired by Oracle's recent bid to purchase Sun and mumblings about the difficulty to integrate their product sets, I recalled the challenges IT had in several companies I worked for when trying to integrate systems as a result of... [27 Apr 2009]
Legacy IT holding back insurers
Comment In Europe, where mergers and acquisitions have been historically more prevalent than in the US, the diversity and age of the technology in use is even more acute. Legacy IT is holding back the European insurance agency. [16 Dec 2008]
Legal Eye: Outsourcing through the credit crunch
Comment The IT challenge of rapid mergers and acquisitions As the economy heads into recession, it's time to delve into the legal implications of the downturn on outsourcing contracts. Lawyer Kit Burden offers a primer. [26 Nov 2008]
How financial turmoil will shape outsourcing
Comment For those firms undergoing mergers or acquisitions, there are some specific challenges to consider, particularly if there are existing outsourcing arrangements already in place. The current financial shake-up is changing... [14 Oct 2008]
John Thorp
CIO Profile His senior exec roles have taken him to Australia, Brazil, Europe and the US and he has developed a niche as a bit of a mergers-and-acquisitions specialist. John Thorp has been the group CIO for electrical retail group... [11 Jun 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Do great firms innovate?
Comment The sad thing about huge mergers and acquisitions is that it is well known that they destroy economic value. Microsoft is no exception and its bid for Yahoo! just emphasises its route to success, argues Martin Brampton. [20 Feb 2008]
How to write a killer CV
Comment Mergers and acquisitions A sharp CV really does count, says Cathy Holley of headhunters Boyden UK Global Executive Search - and certain facts matter more than your skills at tortoise husbandry. Office insights… ... [17 Jan 2008]
Tech can make or break a merger
Comment Here are five basic rules to help CIOs make mergers successful. Mergers can help drive corporate transformation and redefine competitive and technological cultures in an organisation. IT is vital to... [25 Sep 2007]
Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity
Comment There has been a raft of mergers and takeovers in the last few years, especially in the convenience store and DIY markets and Professor Joshua Bamfield at the Centre for Retail Research believes that the integration of... [02 Jul 2007]
Retail CIOs aiming to ditch legacy of IT complexity
CIO Analysis There has been a raft of mergers and takeovers in the last few years, especially in the convenience store and DIY markets and Professor Joshua Bamfield at the Centre for Retail Research believes that the integration of... [06 Jun 2007]
John Thorp
CIO Profile Thorp has a wide variety of experience in senior management and IT roles, specialising for several years in mergers and acquisitions. John Thorp joined FTSE100 consumer electronics retailer DSG International (formerly... [06 Jun 2007]
Rob Fraser, IT director, Boots
Comment Health and beauty chain Boots has become one of the most familiar names on UK high streets - a long way from the small herbal remedy shop it started out as under Sir Jesse Boot back in 1871. More recently the company has been facing... [25 Apr 2007]
Learn to love your network again
Comment After years of evolution through the ordered chaos of new technology roll-outs, as well as mergers, acquisitions and the need to marry disparate and dispersed offices and workforces, many businesses are unlikely to have... [26 Mar 2007]
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