9 IT outsourcing mistakes to avoid

As IT outsourcing moves well into its third decade, IT decision makers have made great strides in maturity, managing to avoid some common and costly pitfalls of the practice. As clients enter into their next-generation outsourcing deals today, they’re doing a number of things right, says Randy Wiele, managing director with KPMG’s Shared Services and…

Wal-Mart CIO repackages IT service as a product

The proliferation of consumer technologies is shifting the way CIOs are delivering technology services to their businesses. Nowhere is this more evident than at Wal-Mart Stores, where CIO Clay Johnson is delivering IT as products rather than as projects or systems. Wal-Mart’s culture change underscores how traditional companies are following in the footsteps of companies…