2002 Strategy & Process Research Archive

94 per cent of Irish sites fail to meet minimum accessibility standards

Published: Sun Dec 1st, 2002  |  Posted By: David Moore

A two-year survey of 159 Irish websites undertaken by Dr Barry McMullin at Dublin City University (DCU) has found that 94 per cent of the sites failed to meet the minimum standards for accessibility as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). "The study should be a wake-up call for government, for public agencies, for private companies, organisations and individuals," said Dr McMullin. We couldn't agree more.

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Outsourcing source of happiness?

Published: Fri Nov 1st, 2002  |  Posted By: David Moore

Only 8 per cent of IT professionals in a recent InformationWeek survey say their outsourcing relationships exceeded expectations, while 20 per cent says they haven't lived up to expectations. Offering good pointers on how to manage an outsourcing arrangement (it always takes more management time than you think), the survey also shows that US companies are not looking for strategic thinking or innovation from their big-name consultants. "A lot of outsourcing strategy is take my mess and run it for less," says one consultant. Sounds familiar.

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Irish eGovernment uptake twice that of the UK

Published: Fri Nov 1st, 2002  |  Posted By: David Moore

Good news for public sector websites in Ireland - a worldwide survey has concluded that uptake of online government services here is twice that of Great Britain. The 2002 Government Online Study conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres analysts is based on interviews with over 29,000 individuals across 31 countries. However, most visitors to government sites aren't using them to make transactions - looking for information continues to be the major reason for visiting.

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