Supplier management

Contract law does not assume an obligation of good faith. How can all parties ensure fair play?

Britain likes to think of itself as a nation of justice and fair play. Surely, you might think, the concept of 'good faith' must be one of those fundamental principles of fairness, like the laws of cricket or the Queensberry Rules, that we exported to the world? read more

End-user computing must be thought about holistically

Ask anyone in the industry about the future of end-user computing and the chances are that the response will major heavily on smartphones and tablets, and perhaps BYOD in relation to these. read more

New OS isn't expected to ever reach 50% adoption in workplace PCs, according to the IT research firm

Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research. read more

Research has found that companies are running on average at least five instances of SAP

Enterprises are running on average at least five instances of SAP and should be using the introduction of HANA as a catalyst to consolidate into one global platform and save billions of dollars, according to the latest research from HCL Technologies. read more

Out with the analysts as startup turns to IT professionals and end users for insight

Chicago-based startup G2 Crowd thinks it has come up with a disruptive alternative to the hegemony of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant - ditch analysts and ask IT professionals what they think instead. read more

Customers will need a 'serious reason' to be in new UK site

European Salesforce customers will need a 'serious reason' to be hosted in the cloud giant's new UK-based data centre, which is due to open by 2014. read more

The product now runs on the new BlackBerry 10 OS devices

Tibco is revamping and extending the mobile access to its Tibbr enterprise social networking software, adding support for more smartphones and tablets, and upgrading its mobile user interfaces and functionality. read more

Driven partly by cutting costs and improving flexibility, outsourcing is alive and well in the UK

A subtle evolution is underway in the world of outsourcing. Client satisfaction levels are starting to increase; portfolios are starting to be rebalanced; and motives for outsourcing are starting to shift. read more

Joomla 3.1 also comes with a refreshed user interface and speedier installation

Administrators of the Joomla open source content management system and blogging platform can now tag their content so it will be better indexed and automatically routed to the correct locations on their websites. read more

Six new business leaders have been appointed to work alongside government departments

The government has announced the appointment of six 'private sector experts' as crown representatives to work alongside departments to squeeze further savings from suppliers. read more