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Google: It pays to make ads work
News Happily for Google's moral compass, the company's effort to make money is pointed the same direction. Media companies should see Google not as an enemy but as an ally trying to make advertising work on the internet, chief executive Eric Schmidt... [12 Jun 2008]
EDS customers advised to look for price cuts
News Compass Management Consulting, which helps broker outsourcing deals between companies and providers, says the combined HP/EDS company's desire to hold onto existing clients in the wake of the deal will leave it open to demands to improve service... [21 May 2008]
Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals
News Lacklustre controls on spending over the full lifetime of government outsourcing contracts are leading to "poor value for money" because public sector organisations are lured by low upfront costs, claims Compass Management Consulting. [04 Apr 2008]
Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts
News Buyers have forced discounts of up to 23 per cent on outsourcing deals during the first two months of this year, a study by Compass Management Consultancy (CMC) has found. Compass claims that many clients are renewing deals in order to get short... [11 Mar 2008]
Offshore call centres more costly than in UK
News The UK's financial services (FS) companies are failing to save money and are undermining customer relationships by sending UK call centre jobs overseas, according to a recent study by consultancy Compass Management Consulting. [28 Jun 2007]
Two-thirds of outsourcing deals end early
News Consultants Compass analysed 240 outsourcing contracts, with a total value of £3.3bn, over the past two years and found 65 per cent of those valued at more than £20m unravel before running their full term. [25 Apr 2007]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in outsourcing
News Local government IT body Socitm claimed councils that have outsourced their IT don't perform as well as those running an in-house service, while figures from consultancy Compass said two-thirds of outsourcing deals are failing due to a lack of... [20 Dec 2005]
IT hiccups hamper passport issuing at embassies
News The rollout of the Compass system began in 2001 but the NAO said "progress has been slow, mainly due to a lack of resources for training and installation". Embassies and consulates are struggling to issue passports because of weaknesses in their IT... [24 Nov 2005]
Government IT projects can work, says LogicaCMG boss
News In an interview with silicon.com, LogicaCMG UK chief executive, Guy Warren, pointed to the Compass case management system the company is installing for the Crown Prosecution System as an example of "how you can get it right" with IT projects in... [27 Oct 2005]
Two-thirds of IT outsourcing deals fail
News The statistics, provided exclusively to silicon.com by management and outsourcing consultancy Compass, reveal that around 59 per cent of all outsourcing contracts fail. Andy Chestnutt, MD of Compass Management Consultancy, told silicon.com that... [26 Jul 2005]
Hate crime growth tracked by prosecution IT
News The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is using its £200m Compass electronic case management system to allow it to track the rise in racial, religious and homophobic hate crimes in the UK. The Compass system was introduced by the CPS to cut down on... [14 Jul 2005]
Outsourcing can triple desktop support costs
News Management consultancy Compass conducted a global desktop study over four years to the end of 2004, and found that outsourcing can result in hidden costs through the increasing amount of self-support end users are forced to undertake. [27 Jun 2005]
Samsung shakes up 3D movement phone
News Movement also features in another of the SCH-S310's novelty features - the phone packs a magnetic sensor-based compass. South Korean electronics giant Samsung has launched what it's claiming is the world's first movement-controlled handset. [13 Jan 2005]
£200m e-crime government investment pays off
News The Compass system will make the lives of legal workers easier by giving them online access to case histories and outstanding warrants across the country, as well as tracking information and keeping witnesses and victims more up-to-date with the... [19 Apr 2004]
UK firms still 'unprepared' for IT disasters
News Research by Compass Management Consulting of 55 companies in the FTSE100 found that while 98 per cent have a business continuity plan (BCP) in place, 58 per cent have still suffered an "IT disaster" in the last five years. [09 Jan 2004]
