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IFA appointment boosts tech know-how

News It is currently in the process of integrating its network of advisors, providing them with the back office systems that will connect them with Lighthouse's product providers. Lighthouse Group has more than 600 advisors and runs five operational...

Tags: director, board, integration, finance

[27 Jul 2007]

<strong>IT</strong> projects foundering in legal quagmire

IT projects foundering in legal quagmire

News Suppliers would like to improve the way they analyse and reduce risk," said Mulley, "but at the moment they're not bringing in legal advisors until right at the end of the process. Despite the survey's findings, Conway added that suppliers shouldn...

[10 Oct 2000]

Harbor Capital Advisors Turns the Tide With Sage CRM SalesLogix

whitepaper Harbor Capital Advisors (HCA) is the adviser and investment arm of a family of 12 no-load mutual funds that offer actively managed portfolios of stocks, bonds, and money market securities with combined assets of approximately $17.2 billion.

Tags: capital, marketing, investment, securities

[22 Jan 2007]

Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts

News President of the Internet Security Advisors Group, Ira Winkler, said: "The statistics are basically that we're screwed. Ronald Teixeira, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, said: "Botnets are, I think, the biggest threat we...

Tags: isps, law, fbi, security

[10 Apr 2008]

Women receive EU plaudits for high-tech endeavour

News Giavrri's expertise in networking made her one of the leading advisors to the EC on the subject. Many of the former winners over the last ten years have progressed to board director roles within major European organisations.

[17 Jul 2000]

Outsourcing tipped to give UK Plc £4.2bn profit boost

News Phil Morris, director at independent outsourcing advisors Morgan Chambers, agreed with the short-term financial impact of an outsourcing deal but warned that organisations need to focus on the longer-term benefits to avoid problems further down...

Tags: uk plc, outsourcing

[29 Jun 2005]

<strong>IT</strong> directors bypassed as the board appoints contractors

IT directors bypassed as the board appoints contractors

News But Craig Redbond, director of IT chiefs' association - The Information Group - disagreed, saying that IT directors have inside information which makes them more applicable than outside parties as advisors to the board.

[04 Dec 2000]

Capita loses £50m council <strong>IT</strong> contract

Capita loses £50m council IT contract

News The County Council and Capita are now working with advisors to agree details of contract closure arrangements. Simon Pilling, executive director at Capita, said in a statement: "It is clearly disappointing that Norfolk County Council has chosen to...

Tags: norfolk, capita, outsourcing

[21 Jul 2003]

Boardroom brief: Offshoring - how to get it right

Comment But in many boardrooms a complete shift in mindset is needed as the sourcing situation becomes more complex, according to Phil Morris, founding director and COO at outsourcing advisors Morgan Chambers.

Tags: offshoring, kpo, bpo

[29 Aug 2006]

Time to address those outsourcing misconceptions

Time to address those outsourcing misconceptions

News Key steps - widely in line with other expert advisors - should include: Dean Davison, Meta Group VP and director Outsourcing and Service Provider Strategies, warns vendor selection or negotiation shouldn't be an organisation's first step.

[01 Jul 2003]

'DIY' offshore outsourcing on the increase

News Outsourcing advisors TPI said that large companies offshoring to low-cost locations such as China and India are increasingly setting up their own operations, known as 'captives', rather than using external service providers.

Tags: offshoring, outsourcing

[08 Aug 2005]

Swinton Insurance gets chatty with IP tech

News Around 3,000 advisors are already benefiting from the technology and the ability for staff to make free calls between Swinton branches and offices is estimated to generate savings of around £100,000 per year.

Tags: swinton, customer service, contact centre, voip

[21 Feb 2008]

Devil's Advocate: Fortune telling spam

Comment Generally, by the time investment advisors have figured out that a particular share is going up or down, it is too late to do much about it. They emphasize that most investment advisors have been reluctant to tell investors when to sell.

[06 Aug 2002]

Clicksure launches global ecommerce 'kitemark'

News Clicksure has accreditation from the Dutch government and has appointed a board of independent advisors to oversee its regulations and policies. With the global boom in ecommerce, Clicksure managing director, Christopher Upton, claims there will be...

[29 Sep 1999]

Liverpool Victoria signs £26m deal with EDS

News The system to be developed for Liverpool Victoria will allow it to give its independent financial advisors a flexible electronic process for submitting life protection applications which will replace the existing manual processes.

Tags: tele-underwriting, liverpool victoria, eds

[06 Sep 2005]

Outsourcing savings are "unrealistic"

News Outsourcing cost savings have been massively over-hyped with the actual cost reduction averaging just 15 per cent, according to new figures from sourcing advisors TPI. Duncan Aitchison, managing director of TPI, said 15 per cent is not only a...

Tags: tpi, outsourcing

[13 Apr 2006]

IBM bags world's top outsourcing spot

News Just last week, however, the latest quarterly figures from outsourcing advisors TPI showed the worldwide outsourcing market is experiencing a slowdown, with the total value of contracts for the first three months of 2007 down by a third compared...

Tags: ibm, iaop, outsourcing

[24 Apr 2007]

Leader: Dell wants blade runners

Leader: Dell wants blade runners

Leader A number of start-ups this publication has spoken to over the past few years have gone straight to Dell for hardware, bypassing resellers and other channel advisors. Craig Sears-Black, marketing director at Isotrak, said: "All we need [from a...

Tags: enterprise it, blade servers, dell

[16 Nov 2004]

Re:Viewing 2002 - A year in broadband (Part 2)

Re:Viewing 2002 - A year in broadband (Part 2)

News Blair appointed a number of dedicated broadband advisors to ensure every area in the UK is represented in its fight to secure high-speed web access (see http://www.silicon.com/a54198 for more). May began on a positive note with Oftel's director...

[19 Dec 2002]

2,500 people to test ID card biometrics

News But the Home Office also adds an almighty get-out clause at the end of the market-sounding document saying that as the information is preliminary and subject to change "no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by the Home Office or...

Tags: home office, id cards

[20 Oct 2005]

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