This is coming full circle for GM - they, not long ago, bought EDS and had all of their IT run internally. It got so uncomfortable, they had to separate EDS out to not much avail because of the stranglehold EDS had gotten on GM's operations.
Having in-sourced IT can work, but it takes a lot of work to make sure you don't end up with just a boat load of B & C players that become complacent and work just hard enough to keep the status quo.
I suppose since GM has now experience both ways they can make it work this time. They are hiring many of the same old EDS (now HP) employees though [1] - hopefully they'll turn the old mindset around and be succesful in getting things done the way they intend to.
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This is coming full circle for GM - they, not long ago, bought EDS and had all of their IT run internally. It got so uncomfortable, they had to separate EDS out to not much avail because of the stranglehold EDS had gotten on GM's operations.
Having in-sourced IT can work, but it takes a lot of work to make sure you don't end up with just a boat load of B & C players that become complacent and work just hard enough to keep the status quo.
I suppose since GM has now experience both ways they can make it work this time. They are hiring many of the same old EDS (now HP) employees though [1] - hopefully they'll turn the old mindset around and be succesful in getting things done the way they intend to.
[1]http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20121018-712331.html