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CRM
June 2014
Leonard Klie |
Ovum Expects Home-Based Agents to Soar by 2017 The annual growth rate is twice that of the brick-and-mortar contact center outsourcing market.   |
CRM
May 2008
Christopher Musico |
And They're Off! Offshore, that is -- and nearshore, and homeshore. When it comes to outsourcing contact centers, it's a whole new horse race. |
CRM
March 1, 2008
Christopher Musico |
Re-shoring Contact Centers A rise in customer dissatisfaction with offshore contact centers has many companies looking to relocate closer to home. |
CRM
September 2012
Leonard Klie |
Outsourced Home Agents Market to Double by 2015 Technical support, communications, and media verticals will see the most growth. |
CRM
February 2004
David Myron |
Hot Spots You've decided to outsource your contact centers. Now the question is, to where? We evaluate the fastest growing nearshore and offshore options. |
CRM
August 2004
Jason Compton |
Making the Right Call Choosing the right call center outsourcing option for your business. |
Inc.
January 2006
Stephanie Clifford |
Outlook 2006: Outsourcing Because outsourcers are becoming increasingly specialized, businesses should look for a call center where reps are trained in a particular industry. |
CFO
October 1, 2009
Josh Hyatt |
The New Calculus of Offshoring For years the offshoring boom was driven by one factor: savings. Today the decision is much more complicated. |
CRM
March 2010
Lauren McKay |
The 2010 CRM Service Awards: Service Leaders -- Outsourcing Analysts praise Convergys' "seasoned management team" and its "overall strong value proposition." |
CRM
March 2015
Leonard Klie |
The 2015 CRM Service Leaders: Contact Center Outsourcing Information Services Group recently reported that 77 percent of contact center operations are still being performed in-house, but outsourcing of those services has been gaining momentum. |
CIO
June 1, 2006
Susannah Patton |
Answering the Call Everyone's had a bad experience with a call center. But now companies are investing in advanced technologies and at-home agents to connect with customers, not put them on hold. |
CRM
February 2003
Ramin Ganeshram |
Outsourcing -- Making the Right Call There are three main types of call center outsourcers. Which is best suited to your business? |
CIO
November 14, 2012
Stephanie Overby |
IT Services Get Closer to Home IT chiefs find that domestic outsourcing (as opposed to offshoring) is becoming more attractive as it delivers advantages such as agility, speed and innovation |
CRM
February 2012
Leonard Klie |
Congress Moves to Cut Off Off-Shoring Proposed legislation would prevent United States firms that off-shore contact center jobs from receiving government funds. |
CIO
September 9, 2010
Michael Overly et al. |
Offshoring: Ways to Reduce Your Risks When Congress, States Threaten Restrictions Proposed bills in Congress and in state legislatures aim to discourage offshoring, but you can use your contracts to reduce the risk to your company if such measures are enacted. |
CRM
July 2014
Leonard Klie |
The 4 Key Customer Service Omnichannel Considerations Contact centers have deployed new technologies in silos; integration is difficult but not impossible. |
Global Services
October 1, 2008
Avinash Vashistha |
Top 50 Emerging Global Outsourcing Cities They are not Bangalores or Makatis yet; but they could get there sooner. There are nine new entrants and six dropouts from the 2007 list of the top 50 global outsourcing cities. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 26, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Outsourcing Questions and answers about bank outsourcing. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Gaining the Outsourcing Edge Whether they consider outsourcing applications, infrastructure or business processes, insurers have a myriad of reasons to contract out portions of their operations. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 1, 2007
Nancy Feig |
New Rules for Bank Outsourcing and Offshoring New deal models and business imperatives, as well as opportunities in emerging markets, are inspiring banks to reevaluate the types of outsourcing and offshoring arrangements they make. |
Bank Technology News
August 2003
Karen Krebsbach |
Outsourcing: Fighting a Giant Sucking Sound Banks face backlash on IT job exports overseas |
CRM
April 2008
David Jastrow |
The 2008 CRM Service Awards: Outsourcing Customer service outsourcing comes down to comfort; West retains the crown. |
CFO
May 1, 2007
Randy Myers |
Going Away The doubts that finance executives once had about offshoring are quickly disappearing as savings and process improvements become too good to pass up. |
CRM
April 10, 2015
Leonard Klie |
AT&T Breach Puts a Spotlight on Contact Center Fraud Outsourced contact centers implicated in cell phone scheme involving data for 280,000 customers. |
CRM
June 2006
Coreen Bailor |
7 Strategies for Partnering With Outsourcers Overlooking these simple outsource partnership practices may scrap any hope of delivering a seamless customer service experience. |
CIO
September 8, 2010
Stephanie Overby |
Outsourcing: Brazil Blossoms as IT Services Hub CapGemini's $300 million bet on Brazilian outsourcer CPM Braxis is another sign of a sizzling South American IT services market. But much of the activity remains focused on serving local Latin American customers rather than winning over U.S.-based clients. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 15, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Perspectives: Outsourcing Various bank executives weigh in on outsourcing issues, such as strategy, data security risks, specialized services, and emerging markets and how nearshoring fits into the outsourcing picture. |
Global Services
May 1, 2008
Ed Nair |
The U.S. Slowdown: Survive & Thrive The global services industry had its best two quarters ever. And, the next few would be marked by measured optimism. A look at how customers and service providers plan to respond to a slowdown. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Making Successful Contact Industry experts answer questions about how contact centers fit into insurers' customer service and distribution strategies. |
CRM
August 1, 2009
Christopher Musico |
Serving Up Service Strategies Delivering quality customer service means making quality shots. |
CRM
January 2007
Coreen Bailor |
Home Bodies Cut contact center operating costs, reduce churn rates, and up flexibility -- a serious look at the at-home agent model. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2008
David Blanchard |
The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
David I. Sheinfeld |
The Commoditization Of F&A Outsourcing With finance and accounting outsourcing providers cropping up on every street corner, the pressure is on for companies to distinguish themselves and their offerings to stay competitive. |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Niche IT Service Providers Going forward, large IT service providers will acquire niche service providers to gain expertise in specific verticals or horizontals. |
CRM
July 2005
Coreen Bailor |
An Inside Look at Outsourcing The ink is dry on the contact center outsourcing contract. Now what? We take a look at five factors companies need to evaluate over the course of the agreement to ensure a smooth-running partnership. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
David Blanchard |
IndustryWeek's 2009 Salary Survey Comments on Manufacturing's Biggest Challenge: The Economy As part of the IndustryWeek 2009 Salary Survey, we asked the open-ended question: What is the biggest challenge facing the manufacturing industry today? |
CRM
November 2014
Leonard Klie |
Work-at-Home Solutions Are Transforming Call Center Operations At-home agents can be as productive, if not more so, as those in the contact center. |
Insurance & Technology
August 31, 2010
Matt Gunn |
5 Hot Outsourcing Markets While India remains a favorite destination for financial services IT outsourcing, five up-and-coming global regions are competing for business. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 29, 2004
Jim Middlemiss |
Riga to Manila to Mumbai More Wall Street firms are considering offshore outsourcing than ever before - and their choices are growing by the minute. |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Outsourcing's Not Growing Older, It's Getting Better The news about outsourcing in the global insurance industry is not that it has revealed its shortcomings, but that it has proven its reliability. And in doing so, it has matured into something beyond a mere cost-cutting play. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 1, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Contact/Call Centers No longer just about back-office servicing, contact and call centers now provide banks with an opportunity to nurture customer relationships. |
CIO
April 6, 2011
Stephanie Overby |
IT Outsourcing in Latin America: 9 Things Your Vendor Won't Tell You The Latin American IT services market is heating up, but buyer beware: There are hidden costs and issues that could affect your nearer-shore outsourcing deal. |
Global Services
July 11, 2008
Mukherji & Singh |
The Next Wave of Outsourcing: Remote Infrastructure Management The rapid evolution in remote server-management technologies and IT architectures, changes in customer behaviors and demand patterns, and developments in the provider and offshore supply environment is propelling the industry toward accelerated adoption of RIM |
ONLINE
Jul/Aug 2008
Ginsburg & Noorlander |
Investigating Outsourcing and Offshoring Research For 15 years, there have been discussions on whether or not to outsource research. You would think the issue would be resolved by now, but today we have more questions than answers. |
CRM
January 1, 2006
Colin Beasty |
The Bitter Taste of Offshoring Europe is setting an example of best outsourcing practices that American business might want to follow. |
CRM
April 2006
Bailor et al. |
The 2006 Service Leader Awards, Part 2 Agent-Facing Universal Desktop: PeopleSoft... SAP... Siebel Systems... Outsourcing Services: Convergys... EDS... TeleTech... etc. |
CFO
September 1, 2004
John Edwards |
The Farthest Shore As wages increase in one region, companies move their outsourcing farther afield. This search for new lands spells trouble for India. Look for increases in Africa, Europe, and even depressed manufacturing centers such as Detroit and Cleveland. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 18, 2008
Penny Crosman |
Wall Street Outsourcing to New, Exotic Corners of the Globe While India still rules the world of IT offshoring, China, the Philippines, Romania, Poland, Hungary, South Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia and even Iceland are starting to attract bigger pieces of Wall Street's IT action. |
CRM
May 2005
Coreen Bailor |
Making a Clear Connection Integrating your multichannel operations can seem like a near-impossible feat, but it doesn't have to be. Follow these strategies to ease your integration process and maximize your multichannel potential. |
CRM
January 2004
Jason Compton |
The Changing Role of the Contact Center Agent With the proliferation of online self-help and new call center technologies, agents are being asked to resolve more challenging issues or to transform themselves into salespeople. But are current agents, who primarily respond to basic service requests, right for these new roles? |
