Archived news items

News added: 5th December 2007

29th November 2006: Richard made a presentation at the Heliview Annual Outsourcing at Zeist, Holland on the theme Practical Strategies for Best of Breed Sourcing . View the presentation

28th November 2006: Richard chaired the IBC Legal Conferences event A Legal Guide to IT Outsourcing in China held at the Crowne Plaza St James in London.

27th November 2006: Richard presented the initial findings from the research project Strategies for Best of Breed Sourcing at a Leading Edge Forum Executive Workshop held at the Café Royale in London: llef.csc.com

16th November 2006: Richard made a presentation at the SQS AG Executive Meeting at Bensberg in Germany on the theme of Outsourcing and Offshoring: Independent Third Party Testing Services for Business Assurance. View the presentation

1st – 4th November 2006: Richard ran a workshop on the themes of Where the Value Is and The New Global Sourcing on board the ocean liner Oriana at the 17th City IT ~ The Financial Services Technology Forum. View the presentation

November 2006: The Leading Edge Forum published a piece by Richard in its November Journal titled New Life to the Professionalism Agenda. View the presentation

November 2006: Richard was an active member of the Intellect Working Group on Professionalism who’s Guidelines for Organisational Professionalism were published on 2nd November. www.intellectuk.org/markets/groups/corp_prof/default.asp

24th October 2006: Richard chaired the European Technology Forum’s 2006 Financial Services IT Summit ‘Decoding the Rhetoric from the Reality’ held at the Great Eastern Hotel in London.

10th October 2006: Richard made a keynote address of the Microsoft event Opportunity for Offshoring held at the London Stock Exchange, Paternoster Square in London. He presentation, themed Globalisation and Industry Trends can be read here: View the presentation

5th – 6th October 2006: Richard made the opening address of the BCI (The Business Continuity Institute) Symposium 2006; Putting Excellence into Practice. View the presentation

3rd – 4th October 2006: Richard was one of four Keynote speakers at the Software & Systems Quality Conference UK 2006: Best Knowledge for Best Practice in Quality. View the presentation

September 2006: Richard took an active role in silicon.com’s 2006 Agenda Setters exercise – he is now the longest serving member of the panel: www.siliconagendasetters.com/

26th September 2006: Richard chaired a panel session on Managed Services at silicon.com’s annual CIO Forum in London.

5th September 2006: Richard was one of the four speakers at a London Regional Evening Event of the British Computer Society: Global Outsourcing Today – GOT IT? View the presentation  

July 2006: Richard has an article published in the CSC Leading Edge Forum Journal: Enterprise IT and the Global Impetus for ‘Best of Breed’. You can read it here: View the presentation

12th-13th July 2006: Richard was the opening keynote speaker at London’s OutsourceWorld 2006 (see: www.outsource-world.com ) His presentation is now available here: View the presentation

6th July 2006: Richard chaired a meeting of Intellect’s newly merged Outsourcing & Offshore Group on the topic: 'Offshoring' or a 'Global Trade in Services'? The speakers were Phil Codling of consultants Ovum, Tony Clayton of the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), Professor Mari Sako of Saïd Business School and Mike Taylor, UK CEO of Evalueserve.  [Intellect events are open to its members – consider the benefits of membership! www.IntellectUK.org]

June 2006: Richard and co-author Mark Kobayashi-Hilary [ Wikipedia: Mark Kobayashi-Hillary ] signed a contract with the publishing arm of the BCS (British Computer Society) for a book to be published in early 2007 – it will be titled The Level Playing Field and will present the current rapid development of outsourcing and offshoring in a new business context.

June 2006: Intellect agreed to merge its Outsourcing Group and its Offshore Group into a single Outsourcing & Offshore Group. Richard elected to chair the new Group – his new management committee includes representatives from Xansa, Emerthames, Rave Technologies, Atos Consulting, Fujitsu Services, Northgate, Wragge & Co, Infosys, Alsbridge, HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services. www.IntellectUK.org

25th May 2006: Richard chaired a joint meeting of Intellect’s Outsourcing & Offshore Groups on the issues of: “Key Current HR Developments in Outsourcing & Offshoring: From Work Permits to TUPE”.  [Intellect events are open to its members – consider the benefits of membership! www.IntellectUK.org]

8th May 2006: Richard attended the one-day conference Prof IT 2006; Building a World Leading IT Capability, which saw the launch of a joint initiative by Intellect, the BCS (British Computer Society) the NCC (National Computing Centre) and e-skills UK to bring professionalism to the heart of the IT industry.  For details see: www.ncc.co.uk/profit [Richard plays an active role as a member of Intellect’s Professionalism Working Group, which has launched a set of guidelines on Organizational Professionalism: a current draft is attached here: View the guidelines

19th April 2006: The Leading Edge Forum (LEF) published its latest Executive Programme Report, written by Richard and entitled Delivering Sustained Competitive Advantage Through Information Technology Services. The report is available to LEF members. www.csc.com/aboutus/lef/index.shtml

News added: 31st July 2006

22nd March 2006: Richard spoke at Data Centres Europe 2006 on the topic: “The Rise of Multisourcing”. View the presentation

20th-21st March 2006: Richard spoke at CSC’s Leading Edge Forum event on ‘Creating the Digital Enterprise’. www.csc.com/aboutus/lef/index.shtml

1st-2nd March 2006: Richard chaired the second day of the UNICOM two-day conference in London on ‘The Challenge of Relationship Management as Outsourcing Goes Global’. He made the opening Keynote presentation on the first day on the topic of: ‘A New Professionalism in delivering the Outsourcing Offer’. View the presentation

23rd February 2006: Richard chaired a Joint Meeting of Intellect’s Outsourcing and Legal Affairs Groups: “Win Win or Ding Dong? Approaches to negotiation - relationship building or traditionally adversarial?” [Intellect events are open to its members – consider the benefits of membership! www.IntellectUK.org ]

20th-22nd February 2006: Richard, a member of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), attended the 2006 Outsourcing World Summit at Orlando, Florida. www.outsourcingprofessional.org

13th February 2006: Richard chaired an invited meeting at Intellect’s offices on the topic of: “The Danish/Bangladesh SME Offshore Initiative”. The challenge for the evening was “Why were 13 Danish IT companies at Bangladesh's SOFTEXPO 2005? And why might the explanation be relevant to the UK ICT SME sector?” The guest speaker was Amarnath Reddy, of the Danish Embassy in Dhaka – his presentation can be read here: View the presentation

16th January 2006: Richard, together with Prof. Mari Sako of the Said Business School at Oxford, made a short invited presentation at a British Computer Society Thought Leadership Debate at the Royal Society. The issue for the evening was: The Knowledge Based Economy – what can the UK do to avoid losing out to the Far East? www.bcs.org

9th January 2006: Richard proposed the motion that “This House Believes Technology Does Not Matter” at the monthly Shaping Tomorrow Financial Services Club meeting at Lloyds in London. Speaking against the motion was Mr. Michael Baume, CIO and Chief Risk Officer, Allied Irish Bank. www.shapingtomorrow.com

27th-29th November 2005: Richard attended SoftExpo2005 in Dhaka, Bangladesh at the invitation of BASIS, the Bangladesh IT Industry association. He led a workshop on the business development of ‘offshoring’, and was keynote speaker at a seminar of senior business and government leadership on the development of the Bangladesh positioning in the international ‘offshoring’ marketplace. View the presentation

24th November 2005: Richard facilitated a dinner workshop on the topic of Innovation for IBM’s CIO and Business Technology Forum.

27th October 2005: Richard was a featured speaker at an Intellect/Welsh Development Agency ‘After 5’ seminar – his presentation was titled Changing Contexts of Outsourcing’. View the presentation

14th October 2005: The De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill on Sea on the UK south east coast re-opened to the public – with 10,000 visitors over its first three-days of celebrations. Richard chairs the not-for-profit Trust that has been responsible for this Grade 1-listed icon of the architectural Modernist movement since 2003. It had been closed since mid-2004 for a major £8m programme of refurbishment and new build. The Pavilion’s facilities include several art galleries, an auditorium/theatre that can seat up to 1,000, a restaurant that sits eighty, a bar, café, shop. A major regional centre for the contemporary and performing arts, and for arts education, the Pavilion is open to the public every day, with an extensive (and at times challenging) programme of events. For all details visit: www.dlwp.com

3rd October 2005: Richard was the after-dinner speaker at the UK Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Pension Service IS/IT senior team conference dinner in Newcastle. He addressed the conference theme of ‘New Ways of Working’.

27th – 28th September 2005: Richard was a featured speaker at CSC’s US Executive Forum at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Chicago on the ‘The Future of the IT Organisation’. http://www.csc.com/aboutus/lef/index.shtml

7th-8th September 2005: Richard was a faculty member at the Clare Creativity Conference 7th-8th on the issue of Talent Management. . www.silverbulletmachine.com/creativity_conferences/2005/index.html

1st September 2005: Richard took part in his fifth ‘Agenda Setters’ panel at the news service silicon.com, helping identify the 2005 top 20 key influencers of the ICT revolution. Richard sits on an Editorial Board for silicon.com. www.silicon.com

4th-5th July 2005: Richard was the opening keynote speaker at the UNICOM conference on "Regulatory Requirements, Compliance and Emerging Standards in Outsourcing and Shared Services". He spoke on: 'Market Opportunity/Requirement: Outsourcing with Regulatory Compliance'. View the presentation

30th June 2005: Richard chaired an evening workshop on New Zealand as an ‘offshoring’ location. The sponsor was New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, and the evening was held at New Zealand House. www.nzte.govt.nz

29th June 2005: Richard made a presentation entitled ‘Technology-Enabled Business Services’ at OutsourceWorld 2005. View the presentation

28th June 2005: Richard chaired a joint meeting pf Intellect’s Outsourcing & Offshore Group on the topic: 'Time to Call a Change in the Outsourcing Market?' Speakers were David Moschella, Global Research Director CSC and Frank Ilett, Partner, Deloitte Consulting. www.intellectuk.org

18th May 2005: Richard chaired a meeting of the Intellect Outsourcing Group on the topic of 'Tier 1 outsourcers stoop to conquer?' . Guest speakers were: Katy Ring, of the analysts Ovum; Nigel Hartnell, of the young venture Ffastfill; and Steve Peel of BT. www.intellectuk.org

20th April 2005: Richard chaired a joint meeting of the Intellect Outsourcing & Offshore Groups on the topic of 'Outsourcing, Offshoring & Globalisation: Can and Should Intellectual Property Be Protected? . Guest speakers were John Little, of the City law fim Simmons & Simmons; Sakate Khaitan, of the Indian law firm ALMT Legal; and Stephen Potter, Chair of the UK R& D Society. www.intellectuk.org

3 February 2005: Richard was one of three speakers at a breakfast seminar organised by the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists on Resilience in the City, entitled ‘Can the City Really Survive an Attack?’ The other two speakers were Martin Roberts, Head of Global Security, British Telecom and Charles Cameron, CEO, INTechnology.

26 January 2005: Richard chaired a joint meeting of the Intellect Outsourcing & Offshore Groups on the topic of 'UK Outsourcing & Offshoring - Important New Business Contexts'. The two guest speakers were Elizabeth Sparrow (on behalf of the British Computer Society) & Prof. Mari Sako, (the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford). Elizabeth and Mari were the prime movers behind two important study reports published in November 2004 that provided fresh commercial insight into the development of outsourcing and offshoring in the UK market. The reports can be found at: http://www.aimresearch.org/release/081104offshoringrpt.pdf?fbr=1101202538843 and www.bcs.org/BCS/News/PositionsAndResponses/Positions/offshore/offshorereport.htm

6 January 2005: Computing published an article by Richard ‘The Intermediary – A Force for Change’ View the publication

News added: 11th February 2006

16 December 2004: Richard chaired the Intellect Outsourcing Group's Xmas debate on the issue of: "Do the Intermediaries Add Value in the Outsourcing Market Place?" Speakers included Duncan Aitchison, CEO, TPI EuroSourcing; John Willmott, Managing Director, NelsonHall; David Barrett, Senior Partner of Simmons & Simmons, and Bryan MacDonald, Director, CIO & IT Director Practice Harvey Nash plc.

23 November 2004: Richard is a Trustee of the charity Humanity, which supports work devoted to tackling the issues of the digital divide and social exclusion. The 50th meeting of the Trustees was held on the 23rd November to celebrate the achievements of Kevin Carey, the Director of Humanity. He is now a member of the Digital Inclusion Panel, Office of the E-Envoy; a member of the OFCOM Content Board; NESTA Fellow in Accessible Broadcasting and Strategic Adviser to NESTA Futurelab; Hon. Research Fellow, HCI, City University; Chair, LBS4ALL Project Group and Chair, Stakeholder Group & Adviser DfES Cybrarian. For more information about the work of HumanITy - www.humanITy.org.uk .

News added: 18th November 2004

1-2 November 2004: Richard attended Axis Action Forum in Barcelona, an event for board-level seniors grappling with the wider issues of IT Security. The AXIS Action Forum is sponsored by RSA Security Inc, a leader in the IT & systems security field - helping organisations protect private information and manage the identities of the people and applications accessing and exchanging that information. www.rsasecurity.com. A white paper has now been published, based on the deliberations of the Forum in Barcelona. View the paper

News added: 26th October 2004

13th October 2004: Richard was the keynote speaker at two UNICOM conferences in London. He first addressed their conference on 'Outsourcing: Maximising Value and Minimising Risk' in London on the topic "Understanding Outsourcing Vendor Positioning for Advantage", detailing the radical change in progress within the outsourcing vendor community, and defining the ways that the well informed buyer will 'position for success.' A copy of his presentation is available on the 'Papers & Presentations' area of this site: papers & presentations  He then addressed their conference on 'Performance Measurement & Management' on the topic 'The Third Pillar of Basel II - A Wider Standard?', detailing the likely wider impact on the IT services industry of the new emphasis on professional operational & risk management created by the Basel II banking rules. A copy of his presentation is available on the 'Papers & Presentations' area of this site: papers & presentations

News added: 27th September 2004

Richard is the longest serving panel member of silicon.com's annual Agenda Setters exercise, in which the top 50 most influential players in the future of the IT industry are identified. See the list that he and his fellow panel members shaped - and make your own vote! http://www.siliconagendasetters.com