15th April 2008
Ian Prince speaks on the Outsourcing panel discussion at INSIGHT 2008
Ian Prince spoke on the Outsourcing panel discussion at INSIGHT 2008, the International Legal Technology Association conference held on 15th April 2008 at the Hilton More Place.
The conference featured leading technologists and business strategists from the US and UK, and we attended by CIOs, operational managers, lawyers, litigation specialists and in-house legal departments.
The panel session was well attended and was marked by active participation from the audience and cross fertilization of ideas between UK and US firms.
The consensus that emerged was that outsourcing and offshoring are now at the top of most firms’ management agendas and look likely to remain so. A wide range of views were expressed, with some participants believing that outsourcing and offshoring is the way of the future, and others concerned about organizational impacts.
Joining Ian on the panel were Joy Heath-Rush (Director of Applications) at
Sidley Austin, Geoffrey Beedham (VP & Chief Counsel) at British Telecom, and
Nigel Blackwood (IT Director) at Wragge & Co., and included those who have
outsourced their IT services and those who have done the same with some of their
legal services. They noted trends for the future and shared their success
stories and potential pitfalls to avoid.
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About princeOMC
princeOMC works with companies with challenging service environments, including the legal and financial industry sectors, to realise the benefits of outsourcing and offshoring. Its clients have a high requirement for service flexibility and responsiveness, high service visibility to the business, and complex service and application portfolios.
The consultancy differentiates itself through a highly customised and collaborative approach to outsourcing that stresses confidence building and strong post-contract relationships rather than heavy procurement processes or governance that is largely dependent on SLAs. It aims to deliver better solutions, lower cost of entry, lower risk, and faster benefits realisation through this approach.
Customers advised for IT, Business Process and Knowledge Process Outsourcing/Offshoring including Remote Infrastructure Management, the 3rd wave of outsourcing.
For more information visit www.princeomc.com
About ILTA
ILTA is the premier peer networking organisation providing
information to members to maximise the value of technology in the support of
the legal profession.
For more information visit www.iltanet.org