>On the other hand the window cleaning in this building is >done by a window cleaning company, but other external and internal >cleaning is done either in-house or by other companies who don't do >exterior windows.
Sure, but the point is that it's possible to establish clear lines of management responsibility and control when separating in that way. Most commercial buildings have sealed windows, so exterior window cleaning is typically a separable service. Mopping and sweeping within the interior of the building are not easily separable. Mere asset ownership isn't outsourcing, by the way. In principle at least the State of Maryland could hold title to the State of Montana's servers and data centers, and that wouldn't really matter for these purposes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
