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Still confused about SAP support?

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve blogged before that many of the Forum’s SAP customers are confused about the changes that the ERP vendor is planning to make to its support contracts - changes that many IT chiefs think could lead to significant price hikes.

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BBC Headlines: Business confidence in Govt ecrime approach slumps

November 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

The formation of a new Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) in the UK may not be enough to restore damaged corporate confidence in the Government’s approach to combating high-tech crime – suggests a membership survey by The Corporate IT Forum, a business association of over 150 large, blue-chip companies.
The survey finds that whilst companies are […]

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SAP confusion escalates

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Confusion reigns around the changes that SAP has made to its support contracts - changes that could lead to significant price hikes for some users. Participants at a recent Forum workshop - all enterprise level buyers of SAP products - expressed confusion and frustration around SAP’s communications with them so far.

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Ten tips to improve benefits realisation

October 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

How’s this for a conundrum inside an enigma wrapped around a puzzle.

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More funding needed for ecrime unit

October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The Home Office has finally given its backing for a new central ecrime unit to fight cyber crime. Great news for long-suffering CSOs battling daily ecrime attacks but more work needed we think. The Home Office promises just £7m of funding to tackle an issue that the Home Office itself calls a ‘global menace’ - […]

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What makes a good account manager?

September 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Good account managers are hard to find but should treated like gold dust once discovered, this according to IT chiefs from 25 big businesses who met recently through the Forum to share their best practice experiences on this issue.Account managers are very often the public face of the IT department to the rest of the […]

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