Don't get too cosy, warns IT chief
29 August 2012
Purchasers should avoid becoming "too cosy" with their suppliers in order to ensure competitiveness, warned Mike Norris, chief executive of Computacenter.
"You have to keep us competitive and benchmark the hell out of us - keep us mean and keen."
The head of the IT firm then told the audience: "If you've been buying the same brand of PC for two years, you're paying more than 10 per cent more than you should be. If I bet 10 people that, I'd win more than I'd lose."
He also outlined how the current corporate...