Richard Sykes
Biography
Since his leading outsourcing work at chemical giants ICI Richard Sykes has branched out to become an advisor to corporate board. His practice works alongside board level management to craft an IT strategy that delivers results.
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SMEs must go global for outsourcing
Small technology companies can enjoy the benefits of ‘brain extension’ as both clients and suppliers
Talking testing
Testing professionals are too concerned with technical design and execution processes, neglecting the strategic frameworks that will win the approval of the board
Co-surfing the transformation wave
Both vendors and enterprises face significant investment to survive the transformation to virtualisation. Why not work together?
Bringing testing on board
Beat the last-minute QA chaos
Time for action
Technology leaders have reported back on the G-Cloud initiative
The LaaS frontier
Labour-as-a-Service, the latest on-demand-delivered IT resource
The constantly evolving IT industry can learn a lot from more mature fields
Food for thought
Consulting's bum deal
Expertise industry is in danger of becoming a glorified recruiter
Cutting through the cloud
There is a great appetite for change in how IT is delivered, but how should you chart a course towards the cloud’s promised land
Rethinking globalisation
Our perceptions of key industry phrases often differ sharply with the reality of modern IT
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