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Mitigating Risk in the Race to the Cloud

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Ed Anderson, CompuCom's new chief strategy officer, shares his insights on who should move to the cloud, when they should move, and why. He also discusses how racing a sailboat and World War II history taught him important leadership skills.

How Two Partners Made the Largest Pan-European Finance and Accounting Engagement Work

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Unilever Europe has 80 factories in 24 countries. The division used 18 ERP systems and hundreds of different finance processes, which led to high costs and varying reliability. IBM turned the organization upside down. This contract is groundbreaking in the

How Outsourced IT Provided Wireless for the Citizens, Cut the Crime Rate, and Helped Minneapolis During a Crisis

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

This relationship captured the best in show award because it demonstrated excellence in partnering while revamping the city's IT infrastructure, including installing a city-wide Wi-Fi network. This new infrastructure played a crucial role in the city's swift response to the

How Process Rigor Helped Sun Microsystems Innovate

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

During the transition CSC had to move 55 percent of Sun's application development offshore, hire 450 employees in India during a national boom, and build two data centers in 60 days. Sun Microsystems expected CSC to produce immediate productivity gains

Early HRO Adopter Adjusts to Change and Strengthens Provider Relationship

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Prudential Financial realized it had to run HR like a business when it prepared to go public. Whenever there is a business challenge, the two partners use a technique they learned from transition: select one executive from each company to

How to Manage an Offshore Relationship During a Recession

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Four managerial concerns arise during a recession, which significantly impact the buyer and provider. A Stanford academic shares mitigation techniques.

How Sending Work to India and China Helped a Company Meet Customer Requests Quickly

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

USA Technologies had been sending its development work to China. This time it added India to the mix. The result: it cut time to market in half and enjoyed savings of 40 percent.

Trends in Factors Surrounding Achieving Cost Reduction by Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Outsourcing Center studied cost-reduction data from the 2009 Outsourcing Excellence Awards program. This article discusses the findings from that study including trends in provider selection criteria, factors that led to cost reduction, and the buyers' use of funds produced by

Eastern European Trends in Software Outsourcing Services

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Software service providers in Eastern Europe are at a crossroads. Here's a view of the current and future perspectives, advice on selecting a provider, and how to tell if an outsourcing provider is a follower or a leader.

SaaS Enables Next-Generation Inter-Warehouse Inventory Visibility for Supply Chain Management and 3PL Industry

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

The SaaS model has now been applied to a supply chain, warehousing, and inventory management solution. It's cost-effective, flexible, has a quick implementation, and resolves all the challenges that 3PLs and their customers face.

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