Information Technology: Government Could Save £8bn By Choosing Second-User Hardware
The new government has announced the areas that it has identified for dramatic cuts in public spending. One of the most effective reductions should be derived through more professional, better-managed government IT spending.
IT Disaster? What IT Disaster? And What D'You Mean "We're Not Insured For It"!?
You are an established, reputable, medium-sized corporation. A year ago your board decided to upgrade your existing computer systems by buying a 'unified package', 'lightly-customised', from a 'solution provider'.
Case Scenario: Failed Insurance Agency Software Implementation
An property and casualty insurance agency acting as a managing general agent for several insurance lines sold through sub-agents throughout the United States had agreed to license a comprehensive agency management system from a developer of such software specifically developed for managing general agencies.
Case Scenario: Business Software Patent Litigation
A distributor of products used in the health care industry invented a system and filed patents describing the system and associated methods.
Case Scenario: Failed Wholesale Distribution ERP System
A regional wholesale distributor of construction products was sold a manufacturing ERP system that the software developer and implementer claimed was capable of meeting its distribution needs.
The Role of the IT Expert Witness in Software and Systems Development/Implementation Contract Disputes and Litigation
Synopsis of a Talk given to the Association of Independent Computer Specialists
The Benefits of ODR in Complex Software Contract Disputes
Software implementation contracts are frequently terminated with the software rejected amidst allegations from both supplier and customer, e.g. software/database errors/deficiencies, faulty design, shifting user/business requirements. An important technical issue on which the IT Expert appointed in such disputes is asked to give an expert opinion is: what was the quality of the delivered software and was it fit for purpose?
IT Expert and Counsel in Computer Software Disputes - Professionals in Harmony
The Negotiation Competition, now in its fifth year, is a contest open to all law students in England and Wales, designed to promote the skill of negotiation, a crucial component of ADR
Visibility Studies: On a Clear HD-Video You Can See Forever
The objective of this article is to report on the integration of improved video and related computer technology into existing, long-accepted visibility study preparation and presentation methodologies. The result has been an incremental extension of the types of visual environments which can be reproduced with substantial similarity for admission as visibility evidentiary exhibits in court
Recognizing Early The Signature Of Dispro - The IT Disaster Project
I spent much of a whole year recently investigating why a major IT outsourcing deal broke down, and had given rise to the largest software contract dispute yet seen in the English High Court
