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I wonder if the IT had been outsourced to one of the big consulting firms, whose business model is to claim expertise over an unfeasibly large domain and to hoo

I wonder if the IT had been outsourced to one of the big consulting firms, whose business model is to claim expertise over an unfeasibly large domain and to hoover up public sector contracts accordingly. Our local council had a very similar issue whereby their IT was likewise outsourced to one of these behemoths, and backups - in this case for the library service - were not being done correctly, resulting in the loss of a whole load of data.

tailspin2019 6y ago
> whose business model is to claim expertise over an unfeasibly large domain and to hoover up public sector contracts accordingly. The levels of incompetence and disorganisation often displayed by these “expert” companies never ceases to amaze me. It’s matched only by the similarly disorganised and incompetent procurement processes in public sector organisations. So I guess that’s how this “business model” (as you put it) continues to work... sadly!