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Summary of Reports


 Citrix

 Harvey Nash

 IBM

 InterSystems

 Oracle

 RICS

 TeleWare

 WRQ



Management Briefings



 Market Overview | Part 2 | Part 3

 Outsourcing: Nick Andrews of ALS Consulting | Part 2

 Round Table | Part 2 | Part 3

 Best Practice: EDS alliances director Jacqui Simpson | Part 2

 Annual Consultants' Forum | Part 2

 IT Industry: Larry Smith of IBM

 Case Study | Part 2 | Part 3

 Ethical Issues: David Bailey of Impact Plus

 Market News: Sarah Underwood reports on the latest news in the consultancy market | Part 2

 Expert Opinion: Cliff Mills of PMP Research

Issue Summary

The increasingly demanding IT marketplace calls for greater alliance management skills among consultants and vendors, says Cliff Mills of PMP Research.

Coping with complexity

The continuing upheavals, mergers and acquisitions among consultants and systems integrators (CSIs) have forced CSIs to re-think their alliance strategies and take a much more pragmatic approach to the marketplace.

Organisations generally need to adopt new ways of thinking and to access and acquire skills they do not possess inhouse. CSI companies are no exception. The leading players are seeking economies of scale and turning themselves into global or at least pan-European service providers. This has been partly due to poor market conditions but also the need to become complex solution providers to address the demands of their client base.

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