Ok, who was it?

[DaveB]

Dixons websites take a little lie down

A spokesman for DSGi told us: "We had some routine maintenance last night which has caused problems - it looks like a few more hours work to get it fixed."

[DimPrawn]

Bob Shawadiwadi.

[swamp]

Blame the Indians.

[lightng]

I coded these sites 366 days ago and on the date of delivery I asked them if they wanted to take out an extra 2 years warranty.

They said no.

Fools.

[swamp]

I was right!

High-street electrical retailer Dixons Group (DSG) International is to outsource IT infrastructure support and software development to Indian IT company HCL Technologies in a deal believed to be worth around £150m.
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The five-year deal with HCL Technologies begins in February and will cover system development, application delivery, infrastructure support and maintenance for the DSG group, whose brands include Dixons, Currys, PC World and The Link.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement...9248201,00.htm


Blame the Indians

More work for UK contractors

[minestrone]

Still offline

Obviously Bob's team never planned a roll back strategy.

[Purple Dalek]

Still offline

Obviously Bob's team never planned a roll back strategy.

Yes, but look at the savings they've made!

And the unexpected bonus of free publicity for their website!

[Sysman]

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement...9248201,00.htm

Blame the Indians

Not entirely the Indians fault. From the Zdnet article:

Dixons CIO left the company last year after the board pulled out of a planned IT outsourcing deal with LogicaCMG at the eleventh hour because of concerns over cost and complexity.

Kevin O'Byrne, group finance director of DSG International, said in a statement: "This co-sourcing partnership will enhance our capabilities, drive innovation and improve our agility as we build our position as Europe's leading electrical retailer."

From that link:

According to one source familiar with the plans, Dixons will have to put its outsourcing plans on hold until next year.

"We only have one chance every year to do something of this magnitude, in the quiet time before the autumn, and we've blown that. We'll have to try again next year. Lots of people have left, others are working out their redundancy, and now we're going to have to work out how to undo that. It's all in the hands of human resources," the source said.

So, the CIO resigns, then the finance director gets together with HR, and between them they swallow whole the promises of an Indian outsourcer.

Par for the course, I'd say.