Going from Physical to Virtual One of the things that I sought to find out at the start of using LinkedIn discussion groups back in 2008, as well as social media, was about the value of virtualisation for a number of prospective contracts I was looking at. This was because there were a lot of [...]
A well-known joke from my school days was “Preserve wildlife – pickle a squirrel”. That’s what we call a “point solution” – a narrowly targeted fix for a tiny part of a much larger problem. Similar point solutions are “nature conservation areas” and the various specific countermeasures we’ve developed against the ways attackers have found [...]
Too unruly for the Office of Tax Simplification to handle, IR35’s red blemishes are being covered over by a sticking plaster. Following publication of the Office of Tax Simplification’s review of small business tax, the government has decided to retain IR35 as abolition would apparently put substantial tax revenues at risk. The government promises improvements [...]
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Introduction As a further development of the “open practice” technology networking concept that it has trialled with its group on LinkedIn, and which has attracted a mix of over 400 UK and European IT contractors, contract recruitment agencies as well as businesses interested in IT contractors, the 7C Alliance is now looking to take sharing [...]
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For those seeking to reach the pinnacle of their profession, being effective at public speaking is an art form that they need to master as much as what it is that they do. It is therefore not enough to be able to “walk the walk” when you want to be the best – you must [...]
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In the course of people I have met online in the last year, I have had great pleasure to make the acquaintance of Anand Subramanian (or “AS” to his colleagues). Anand Subramaniam is a Professional Service Consultant, focusing in the value chain arena, and – as shown in the table below – has brought together [...]
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Background to Partnership with ITIL Weblog 7C Alliance has recently been seeking definitive sources of ITIL study materials and reliable ATOs for members to use in one of it’s latest Skills Knowledge Improvement Programme (SKIP) projects. As there are a lot of different packages and ATOs out there, and few sites online that bring training [...]
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