The new professional and IT as a service

ServiceNow reports losses, but beats expectations. CEO aims for $1bn revenues in 2015 This article is sponsored by:

CEO Frank Slootman expects that in 2015 that the software-as-a-service service management company will hit $1bn in revenues by taking aim at the enterprise.

You versus the professional services firm: part 1 - branding This article is sponsored by:

The war for talent is back on – yet job seekers/job holders in the consulting/integrator space may think they’re caught in a time warp.

How independent advisors can change project outcomes - with Frank Scavo This article is sponsored by:

Independent advisors are a vital ingredient to enterprise project success. Here's some key tips for customers I pulled from a recent video chat with Frank Scavo.

Why equity management firms are raising their stake in IT's future This article is sponsored by:

Naturally shy creatures, equity management companies are snapping up IT vendors escaping the stock markets, giving them great influence over the potential development of everyone’s future business services, so they now need to open up

Virtual stocking e-book - Larry Dignan's life lessons to his daughters This article is sponsored by:

If you're in dire need of an electronic stocking stuffer, you could do worse than Larry Dignan's e-book, "Dear Daughters: What Dad Wants You To Know: Before you grow up, here's everything I've learned so far." Here's my holiday takeaways.

Father telling fairy tale to cute little daughter

Xerox's IT outsourcing disposal opens up the US for Europe's Atos This article is sponsored by:

Xerox has found a taker for its unwanted IT outsourcing business in a move that opens up the US to French provider Atos.

The pitfalls of becoming an HCM SaaS consultant This article is sponsored by:

Becoming an HCM SaaS consultant sounds nifty - but it's anything but easy. Fresh off our videocast, two SAP HCM pros who pulled off the SaaS consulting transition share their skills tips, and a wake up call to boot.

Accenture's digital foresight continues to pay dividends This article is sponsored by:

Accenture continues to benefit from getting skin in the digital game earlier than some of its rivals.

Unprofessional outsourcing decisions still haunt government digital future This article is sponsored by:

The UK government wants to break free of bad outsourcing contracts.
But IT decision makers are still signing new deals with the usual suspects, even when they're supposedly in purdah.

Education, not box-shifting, says CenturyLink CTO This article is sponsored by:

CenturyLink’s new CTO, Jared Wray, sees educating both end users and the channel partners that supply their needs as a core part of building out a cloud-delivered platform of services, as putting datacentres together becomes a five-SKU jigsaw.

Out of Africa - outsourcing's false dawn? This article is sponsored by:

Whatever happened to Africa's status as the next big thing in offshore locations for outsourcing?

How do we confront the data science skills gap? This article is sponsored by:

The data science skills gap is a real problem. Lessons from the cutting edge MSA program at NC State provide new answers to chew on. But can big data skills be cultivated at scale?

Subscription Economy drives the next evolution of the customer This article is sponsored by:

We are at the intersection where all companies need to turn brand into subscribers, says Zuora founder Tien Tzuo on the evolution of the Subscription Economy.