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RSS compass in newsTwo-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]
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]
Abbey National picks up data centre award
News Abbey National's Life division has won the Compass 1998 award for the fastest rate of improvement in a UK data centre. Compass, an IT operations consultant, assessed 342 IT installations before making its choice. [22 Jun 1998]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Companies still fail to get to grips with this 'IT malarkey'
News CEOs across 14 different countries were interviewed for the survey by the London Business School and Compass Management Consulting. Andy Chestnut, head of consulting at Compass said: "I don't know what crystal balls they're using, but how can you... [20 Jun 2001]
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]
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]
Mobile phones pose real flight threat
News The research revealed that standard mobile phone use can cause a compass to freeze or overshoot its actual magnetic bearing. The Civil Aviation Authority has released research into mobile phone use on planes, warning of the serious effects that it... [02 May 2003]
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]
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]
