Met Police hands £250m to CSC in IT outsourcing carve-up The Met Police has handed £250m in contracts to CSC, part of its potentially risky plan to carve up large chunks of its IT in the hope that outsourcers can do a better job. The contracts are for a £155m end user computing deal to provide managed desktop services, storage over the next five years; and a £95m hosting deal to …
What they hope for:
"The plans promise to shave off £200m over three years and cut ongoing IT costs by 30 per cent. The grand plan is to replace the multiple creaking systems with a 'tower' run contract model – with one supplier overseeing the separate components."
What they'll likely get:
"The plans promise to add £200m over three years and increase ongoing costs by at least 30%.
The grand plan is to have anything that might work."
"French outsourcer Atos will integrate the various chunks of the Met's IT,"
You 'ave a leesonse for zat minkee?
Well there's no need to worry about whether or not the outsourcers are competent or not. They've included Atos - the people who certified people on the point of death as fit for work. They know for certain the outsourcers are not competent!
Also shows their opinion of the general public, that they'll give more work to those buggers.
It amazes me that outsourcers can continue pulling this same set of tricks over and over again. You would think businesses and government agencies would have caught on by now.
It's always more expensive in the long run, it usually results in lower levels of service, and people still continue to think it's the magic cure for all IT ills.
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