The darker side of outsourcing went on display in the high court yesterday when media group BSkyB launched a claim for over £700m compensation from former supplier EDS. The US specialist was brought in to run the broadcasters customer service system in 2000, but was stripped of the £48m/year contract in 2002 after attempts at renegotiation broke down.
Sky falls on EDS with biggest outsource compensation case
Posted by Alan Shipman in Strategy & Planning, IT & The CFO on Wed, 17/10/2007 - 08:58
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The Bottom Line: Britain still great for business
Political strategy needed to show that Britain is still great for business, says Richard Thomas
"Out of one side of his mouth, Gordon Brown is saying he will make Britain an attractive place to invest, but out of the other he is clobbering higher earners with 50%, which sends out the opposite message.