KM and the Changing Legal Environment
Juliet Humphries and Justin Harness reflect the views expressed at, and thoughts arising from, a recent KM Group meeting on KM and Commoditisation….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Renegotiating Outsourcing Deals: Why, When and How
Kit Burden looks at one of the tricky aspects of outsourcing deals….
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Relationships, Contracts and Expectations: An Unholy Trinity
Richard Hawtin looks at one aspect of outsourcing deals that can cause problems….
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Hyperlinking
Alex Newson gives an overview of the legal issues from an EU & US law perspective. This is an updated version of the original article, taking account of the appeal ruling in Perfect 10 v Google….
‘Greater Force’ – or a Good Excuse for Non-performance?
Christoff Pienaar looks at force majeure and its effect on contracts. Bearing in mind that force majeure clauses inserted into outsourcing and IT services could seriously undermine a customer’s disaster recovery plans, the concept of ‘greater force’ needs to be very fully understood….
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SCL Questionnaire on OGC Standard Contracts
A chance to influence OGC standard contracts for SCL members….
E-disclosure, Needles and Haystacks
Alex Charlton and Matthew Lavy recount their recent experience of e-disclosure in an article that might well be entitled ‘E-disclosure: Where it went wrong (and how we can fix it).’…
Standard Contracts – Supporting the Government’s Transforming Procurement Agenda
John Kenyon highlights the advantages of the OGC standard contracts….
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A Benchmark for Benchmark Clauses
Growth in the use of benchmarking has been more than matched by moans and groans about the process and the anomalies it can throw up. Neil Barton applies his wide experience to offer advice on improving the drafting and implementation of benchmarking clauses….
Public Sector Procurement of Next Generation Networks
In March 2007, the OGC published new guidance and standards for the procurement of Next Generation Networks by the public sector. Callum Sinclair looks at the background and drivers behind the production of this documentation, gives an overview of the content and considers how it fits together with existing OGC guidance and model contracts for ICT procurement….
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