A buyer's market
13 September 2012
Once the technology issues have been grasped, the purchaser's broad perspective can help them to make objective business decisions. Gordon Lloyd-West looks at the benefits
Spending on IT and related services has always tended to bypass the purchasing professional, falling instead to the IT department, finance, human resources and even facilities management. But this is changing. Ten years ago, IT purchasing would have mainly been about buying hardware, software and the odd contract for services, with almost all the serious work being...