[Info-vax] IBM Layoffs

[David Froble]

Kerry Main wrote:

> Outsourcing has many faces .. one model is based on outsourcer
> simply taking over mgmt of the existing tech/staff resources at the 
> existing DC.  

But, does the new IT management really understand the required tasks? 
Do they have the same desires as those who's main task is to see the 
company prosper?

> Whether the business case works or not really depends on what
> the C level decision maker wants to accomplish i.e. reduce staff 
> costs while Increasing OPEX with a monthly charge may make sense 
> to him. 

Sometimes those C levels you write about are bean counters, not someone 
who knows the business.  Need I mention Robert McNamara?

> Since staffing is typically 60+% of most IT budgets, reducing staff 
> costs is the real issue under the covers when C level execs start 
> talking about "moving to the cloud".

And when they save a few dollars, and the company later on fails?

Every business that actually "makes" things should have a rule.  "No 
bean counters or lawyers in a position to make decisions."  Usually they 
are incompetent to do so.