December 6, 2012 1:41 PM
Profile: Bryan Glick
Capita, Government IT, local government, mutualisation, Outsourcing, Shared services
Does outsourcing work? Does anyone actually know?

So, does outsourcing work? Can anybody actually provide a definitive answer, even after two decades of often knee-jerk outsourcing in organisations of all sizes across the UK?
The biggest focus on this question is underway in the local government sector. Councils in
September 16, 2011 10:28 AM
Profile: Bryan Glick
Banking, Cloud Computing, Outsourcing, Shared services, Strategy
Banking reform should be a boost for UK IT skills – but probably won’t be

As one of the biggest users of IT in the UK, the way the financial services sector deals with the recommendations of the recent Independent Banking...
September 17, 2010 11:44 AM
Profile: Bryan Glick
CIO, Collaboration, councils, Government IT, Intellect, local government, Shared services, Socitm
The localism opportunity for local government IT

There's always plenty of talk about IT in central government and how the impending spending review will affect big Whitehall projects, and as a result sometimes IT in local government can be a little neglected.
I wouldn't claim to be an expert in local government IT, but I've had a very...