Sourcing in a Multi-Vendor Environment
Duncan Pithouse considers some of the principal contractual issues arising when implementing a multi-sourcing strategy….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
The Future Regulation of VoIP services
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) remains a hot topic. Mike Conradi and Travers Symons consider the current OFCOM consultation and the implications of likely regulatory developments….
Virtualisation and software warranties
Anna Cook gives a heads up on the potential of virtualization software to have a very real effect on software agreements….
Open Source Software: An Opening Resource
Andrew Katz explains what open source software is, why it matters and provides starter signposts, indicating the ways in which it is likely to influence your IT law practice….
AIM Acquired by Computer Software Group
Computer Software Group plc (“CS Group”) announced on 2 May that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire AIM Group….
The Next Ten Years
This is an edited transcript of the 2006 SCL Lecture given by Professor Richard Susskind OBE, which has created enormous interest. This version covers only four of the six headings covered in the Lecture itself….
Tikity-Boo
On the back of another set of impressive trading figures, Laurence Eastham chatted to senior Tikit management about the development of the company and its future….
Processing, Unfair Processing and Compensation
Renzo Marchini summarises and comments on the important judgment in David Paul Johnson v The Medical Defence Union Limited [2006] EWHC 321….
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When “Good Enough” May Be Best
Anna Cook examines the difficulties arising from defining what the customer wants from outsourcing and services contracts. She suggests that there may be a lesson to be drawn from the approach taken in many software development contracts….
Payment Mechanisms in Outsourcing Agreements
Outsourcing transactions have increasingly sophisticated payment options. Kit Burden looks at developments in payment mechanisms….
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