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Global Services
March 6, 2008 |
Enabling Better Business & IT Alignment What will set apart great business leaders is the ability to adapt to and manage change well. Here are some tips for selecting and managing multiple IT service providers   |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Bob Cecil |
Deals for the Next Decade of Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Increased buyer savvy paves the way for notable shifts in deal structure. |
InternetNews
June 3, 2010 |
The Long Road Back for IT Outsourcing IT outsourcing providers suffered as much or more than any other sector during heart of the economic meltdown and pundits say the recovery won't happen overnight. |
Global Services
September 12, 2008
Philip Fersht |
The Parameters of Evaluating Sourcing Advisory Firms Third-party advisers assistance might be one of the reasons behind the increased level of satisfaction between you and your outsourcing partners. Here's what you should look for before engaging in a pact with these intermediaries. |
Insurance & Technology
August 6, 2008
Chris Murphy |
BPO Continues to Evolve Knowledge process outsourcing, or KPO -- in which service providers take over high-level tasks requiring professional judgment and industry experience -- looks to be the next frontier for the outsourcing industry. |
CFO
March 1, 2011
Janet Kersnar |
Outsourcing Matures, Slowly To make outsourcing deals succeed, CFOs still need to ask plenty of questions -- and demand more flexibility in contracts. |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Deal Structures Business the world over is getting savvier -- and that also goes for outsourcing, as market trends today portend some notable shifts in IT and Business Process Outsourcing deal structures for 2010. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Phil Fersht |
Judgment Calls The worst mistakes companies make when they evaluate outsourcing -- and how to avoid them. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Lisa Ross |
Department Procurement: Try Adding Procurement By outsourcing finance & accounting and procurement together, you can fan the flames of powerful synergies that will go straight to the bottom line -- while helping to improve operations. |
HRO Europe
Oct/Nov 2007
Tim Palmer |
HRO Buyers Rethink Choices: Big or Small, Multi- or Single-process? Like everything else in life, context will determine the right decision. Do your homework and create a strategy that best suits your needs. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Room for Improvement Insurers should be more aggressive in managing outsourcing's risks and reaping its rewards as part of an overall sourcing strategy. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 22, 2005
Paul Allen |
The Evolution of Outsourcing Though most trends in the financial services industry tend to be U.S.-led, fund management outsourcing has been more of a U.K. and continental European phenomenon to date, with a raft of high-profile deals hitting the headlines in the past two years. |
CIO
April 15, 2011
Stephanie Overby |
Don't Buy Into the Cloud-Based Call Center -- Yet The fully cloud-enabled call center is a few years off, but that isn't preventing vendors from pitching their "call center in the cloud" solutions. Here's what's really available today and five questions you should ask before signing up. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Chris Gattenio |
Ask Chris: This month, she examines how companies maximize third party advisor (TPA) involvement in outsourcing their F&A processes. |
Global Services
October 27, 2008
Imrana Khan |
The Uncertain Global Economy A recent survey conducted by AMR Research with support from Global Services reveals that outsourcing sector will see minimal impact of the financial turmoil. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004 |
Transforming Your Business Through IT and Business Process Outsourcing Insurance is a risk management industry, and its approach to outsourcing should be consistent with its nature. Risks are to be managed, not fled from. |
Global Services
August 14, 2008
Phil Fersht |
Dodging the Outsourcing Landmines With growing reliance on their providers to deliver, greater scrutiny by boards and their auditors, and such, driving change deep into firms, execs governing outsourcing relationships have become a lightning rod for criticism. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Speaking Out on Outsourcing Study shows more companies are now willing to outsource procurement tasks. |
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 |
Global Services
December 2, 2008
Phil Fersht |
How to Structure and Execute Your Outsourcing Strategy Entering into an outsourcing engagement is not a decision that should be hurried. Here's how to take an organized approach to designing your global outsourcing strategy. |
Food Engineering
April 1, 2008 |
Outsourcing requires homework There's no doubt that outsourcing can save money and take the pressure off several business tasks -- if executed properly. But many companies don't do homework first, according to this Deloitte Consulting 2008 report. |
Bank Technology News
December 2004
Holly Sraeel |
Outsourcing Gets a Closer Look. But is It Different? The strategic value of outsourcing has always been the source of some debate in banking. The question is, "Is it different than in years past?" Good question, and the answer depends on the size of institution. |
National Real Estate Investor
July 1, 2005
John C. Maher |
It's a Brand New Ballgame for Outsourcing Real Estate Outsourcing is certainly not a new concept to real estate. What is new is the extent to which outsourcing is being used by Global 1000 companies to improve the performance of key internal business functions such as finance and accounting, supply-chain management, human resources and real estate. |
HRO Today
Jul/Aug 2008
Andy Teng |
Department Market Trends: Study: Multi-process HRO Continues Downward Slide NelsonHall quarterly report finds HRO and BPO in general accounting for smaller piece of overall outsourcing industry. |
CIO
August 1, 2011
Stephanie Overby |
CIOs Lack Adequate Cloud Computing Knowledge Cloud computing adoption is increasing rapidly, but CIOs' ability to structure and manage these deals is not keeping pace. |
Global Services
September 23, 2008
Imrana Khan |
The Financial Crisis and Outsourcing The future of the BPO captives and outsourcing setups of banks is uncertain. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 13, 2006 |
Spending More Can Be Satisfying Research from an outsourcing and insourcing advisory firm reveals a direct correlation between an organization's satisfaction with its outsourcing efforts and how much it invests in outsourcing management and governance. |
HRO Today
Jul/Aug 2008
Atul Vashistha |
Is Global Sourcing an Item on Your Strategic Plan of Action? Survey examines what buyers are thinking when it comes to sourcing services on a global scale. |
Global Services
May 14, 2008 |
Bracing up for the Slowdown The impact of U.S. slowdown will not be as severe as it was during the dotcom bust; the outsourcing industry has matured fairly well in the past seven years. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2005
Thomas H. Davenport |
The Benefits of Business Process Standards A broad set of process standards will soon make it easy to determine whether a business capability can be improved by outsourcing it. The low costs and low risk of outsourcing will accelerate the flow of jobs offshore, force companies to look differently at their strategies, and change the basis of competition. |
CIO
May 10, 2012
Stephanie Overby |
5 Outsourcing Trends to Watch Deals are getting smaller, with new pricing models, while security and cloud computing become hot topics. |
HRO Today
May 2008
Jeff Miller |
Getting TBO Right: Listening to Client Needs Outsourced benefits services have reached new levels of maturity, but further research is needed to help buyers obtain exactly what they need. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Ross & Madden |
New Dynamics Emerging In the Mid-market FAO Landscape Outsourcing companies are increasingly seeking new business opportunities in what is called the "mid-market." |
InternetNews
January 9, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Outsourcing Market Will Remain Robust in 2008 Gartner predicts an 8.1 percent increase in outsourcing spending this year. |
Global Services
December 4, 2008
Masur & Baldia |
Outsourcing in a Challenging Economy: The Multisourcing Alternative Many companies today are increasingly recognizing the possible benefits of a newer strategy known as multisourcing, which may well be a particularly effective strategy in rough economic times |
Wall Street & Technology
March 19, 2007
Paul McDougall |
Big Surge for Bank Offshore Outsourcing, Deloitte Study Predicts Banks in the U.S. and other countries will dramatically increase the percentage of their IT budgets devoted to procuring technology services from offshore providers operating from low-wage countries, such as India and China, over the next three years. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 24, 2010
Steve Martin |
Is Banking Ripe for Outsourcing? Several trends in the outsourcing provider space are altering the outsourcing value proposition for banks. |
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. |
Wall Street & Technology
December 28, 2009
Michael Lobosco |
Evaluating Outsourcing Options The technology and capabilities of outsourced portfolio management systems offer functionality that is comparable to their installed counterparts. But not all outsourced solutions are created equal. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 23, 2005 |
Outsourcing for Operational Efficiency Regulatory pressures and an increasingly competitive market are forcing more and more financial institutions to turn to outsourcing as a way to improve their operational strategy, according to a recent survey. |
HRO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Neil McEwen |
Energizing the HRO Marketplace As multi-process HRO struggles during a lull in the market, providers need to figure out how to instill confidence into potential clients. Now is not the time for caution. |
IndustryWeek
April 21, 2010
Jill Jusko |
Avoid Outsourcing Headaches Open communication sets the stage for a more successful outsourcing relationship. |
InternetNews
August 29, 2005
Tim Gray |
Financial Service Providers Should Outsource More To improve the bottom line, financial firms should send IT work out. |
HRO Today
Dec 2007/Jan 2008
Monica Barron |
Optimism in the HRO Market With demand for outsourced services underserved and a new crop of providers ready to enter the market, look for growth to rebound in the new year. |
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. |
CRM
January 1, 2007
John Bostick |
The Soul Searching That Comes with Sole-Sourcing It's popular to say that consolidating one's IT outsourcing activities with a single provider means having just one throat to choke. But who is really getting strangled in the long run? Multisourcing is a better choice. |
Global Services
December 4, 2008
Andrew Efstathiou |
Revisiting Bank Sourcing in Troubled Times Can banks aggressively reduce cost with limited investment funds, managerial time, and limited growth prospects? |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Buy-side Sourcing Careers The real change between now and 2010 for outsourcing professionals is likely to be less in terms of what they do, and more in terms of the recognition of their role and its importance. |
CIO
October 19, 2012
Stephanie Overby |
Cloud Services Continue to Shake Up IT Outsourcing Industry Growth in business-provisioned cloud contracts, particularly in HR, could outpace traditional IT outsourcing, rattling traditional IT service providers. |
HRO Today
Dec 2007/Jan 2008
Andy Teng |
The Sound of Silence With the start of a new year the HRO market is reassessing outsourcing strategies and opportunities. Signs of a stronger 2008 are in the works. |
