April 2001

Negotiating the Best Deal For Your Outsourcing Buck

George Atis, Chairman, Outsourcing and Technology practice groups, McMillan Binch LLP

For a company considering an outsourcing transaction - IT or business process outsourcing (BPO) - there are ways to improve the chances of getting the best deal for your outsourcing buck.

Preparing for an RFP

Dr. Wendell Jones

This article summarizes some of the key considerations in the next phase. The goals of this phase are to develop a detailed analysis so you can determine the current costs for the function you are planning to outsource, analyze the

Twilight Time

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

The rumormongers and journalists who quickly pen sensational bad-news headlines would have you believe that Exchanges and B2B Marketplaces (last year's newest Internet darlings) all failed and died practically overnight. They pronounce judgments on why it happened: the hype made

SRM Alliances

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Supply and demand. This mission-critical component of business has shifted from price and availability to collaboration. Meta Group predicts the SRM market will be $32 billion by 2003. SRM tools enable supply planning so that there is instant visibility across

ASP in Brazil

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

When Brasilia, Brazil's capital, was built, one of the city architects suggested planting grass everywhere instead of paving sidewalks. People could walk wherever they wanted. Where natural paths emerged, the concrete would follow.

Aligning Interests

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Whiteside, the founder and CEO of netASPx Inc., an application service provider (ASP) based in Herndon, Virginia, says software vendors have to select one of three paths to incorporate the ASP method into their business model.

Healthcare’s Biggest Challenge

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Behind closed doors, discussions about the biggest challenge for both providers and payers in the healthcare industry are not about HIPAA compliance. It's about how to be profitable. Given the numerous industry problems besetting companies, revenue has been drastically cut,

High-Quality Impermanent Solutions

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Even a Fortune 500 company can fail. All it takes is a decision to invest dollars, time and people in the latest and greatest technological wonder. Sure, an Internet-driven world demands that executives quickly take advantage of innovations that technology

Digital Rights Management

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Born in August 1999, TrustData Solutions Corporation has already matured enough to take giant steps in the eSecurity arena. HIPAA experts agree TrustData's solutions are probably the most advanced technology today for allowing companies to enable HIPAA compliance.

Strategic Alliance Provides Missing Piece

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Exult, a human resources (HR) outsourcing vendor, faced a dilemma that is becoming increasingly common in the business process outsourcing (BPO) world. Exult's global 550 customers are outsourcing their HR operations to the Irvine, California pure play provider. Currently, Exult

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Twilight Time

SRM Alliances

ASP in Brazil

Healthcare’s Biggest Challenge

Strategic Alliance Provides Missing Piece

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