Cloud control - Part 2


	Cloud control - Part 2

JICWyllie

3-26-2009 6:32 AM

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JICWyllie says:

Isn't the UK government an inadvertant leader in this kind of outsourcing of IT knowledge? The results have been disastrous in terms of quality of service, vastly inflated costs and lack of meaningful innovation.

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