Outsourcing has increased and developed immensely in scope, sophistication and ambition over the last twenty years - and continues to evolve. Information technology outsourcing is potentially highly complex and risk-laden, especially for the fast growing areas of business process and transformational outsourcing, and where whole departments or business areas are outsourced. Decisions taken by the customer at the outset have long term ramifications: they need to ensure that the processes are flexible enough to deal with change, maintain necessary levels of security, avoid abandoning management of key resources and prevent costs spiralling out of control. It is essential to have a good contract to meet such challenges. All these issues and others, such as intellectual property arrangements, the complexities of transferring staff, property and other assets, tendering procedures and performance monitoring, must not be ignored and are addressed in the second edition of Rachel Burnett's successful Outsourcing IT. Whether you are a supplier or a customer, it is vital to have a properly negotiated formal contract if you are entering into an outsourcing arrangement. A good contract needs careful planning and this book provides a comprehensive guide to the whole process. Well-planned and well-structured outsourcing arrangements, by well-informed and well-advised customers, are far more likely to work for both customer and supplier alike and Outsourcing IT - The Legal Aspects: Planning, Contracting, Managing and the Law is the perfect place to start.

Outsourcing IT - The Legal Aspects: Planning, Contracting, Managing and the Law

Burnett, Rachel

Reference

Routledge

Whether the reader is a legal adviser, Information Technology (IT) supplier, or IT purchaser, this fully updated third edition will ensure an edge in negotiations. Formerly titled Drafting and Negotiating Computer Contracts, the book covers a wide variety of IT contracts. Each chapter provides an outline of the structure and contents of the contract, followed by sample clauses, drafting notes, and checklists. Uniquely, it enables the development of a contract from scratch by focusing on key points and producing a skeleton draft before a fully worked draft. It has been fully updated since the previous edition to include: cloud computing; package contracts, where several products and services are sold, licensed, and supplied from a single source under an umbrella or master agreement; and UK privacy legislation. A CD-ROM of UK precedents is also included.

Drafting and Negotiating IT Contracts: Third Edition

Klinger, Paul

Business

Bloomsbury Professional

This briefing takes into account relevant legislation and case law. For all points of the law and critical distinctions, you will find crystal-clear explanations and guidelines to a host of case studies illustrating the law and its application.When you sit down to draft a contract today you have to think of so many issues. For example, more cases are now being argued with reference to the Human Rights Act: how might your contract be interpreted in the light of it and what are the dangers of infringing it? The distinction between exclusions of liability and limits of liability can cause problems, as of course can the difference between best endeavors and reasonable endeavors. These and many other vital questions are all covered in this expert Briefing.

Commercial Contracts: Legal Principles and Drafting Techniques (Thorogood Reports)

Business & Money

Economics

The law on remedies for breach of contract is technical and complex, built mainly from legal precedent. This Report aims to provide advice, guidance and remedies for those who deal directly with contracts and contractual problems (in businesses and other organizations) as well as for those whose work is affected by the contents of a contract. It is relevant for drafting and negotiating contract terms as well as for problems arising from performance of the contract. Who should read this report? - In-house Lawyers - Commercial and Contract Directors - Litigation Practitioners - Practitioners bringing and defending claims, and those drafting and negotiating contracts.

Commercial Litigation: The Consequences of Breach of Contract - Damages and Other Remedies (Thorogood Reports)

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Outsourcing IT - The Legal Aspects: Planning, Contracting, Managing and the Law

Outsourcing IT - The Legal Aspects: Planning, Contracting, Managing and the Law

Drafting and Negotiating IT Contracts: Third Edition

Commercial Contracts: Legal Principles and Drafting Techniques (Thorogood Reports)

Commercial Litigation: The Consequences of Breach of Contract - Damages and Other Remedies (Thorogood Reports)