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Risk Mitigation in Outsourcing in 2008

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

We spoke with industry experts to get their insights on mitigating outsourcing risks in 2008 and also looked at how buyers and suppliers are their own worst enemies when it comes to creating risks.

Trends in Outsourcing to Enable Client Organizations to Innovate in Their Businesses

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Nearly everyone is talking about innovation in outsourcing. In this article, experts share their insights on the hindrances and best practices surrounding innovation objectives.

2007’s Landmark Events and What They Auger for 2008

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

What a year! Wipro set up shop in the United States. This year's subprime mortgage mess will actually help outsourcing next year. And non-traditional suppliers won some big outsourcing deals. Here's what it all means and a guess at how

The Two Ways Offshoring Will Change Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Labor will be the driving factor that changes outsourcing in 2008. In the past, the megatrend was to use labor arbitrage wherever possible. Today buyers want to alter how they use employees, changing other services in which labor is a

HRO Predictions: How Consolidation, Standardization, and Gen Y Will Change the Market

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Industry consolidation continues full speed ahead. Standardization helps profit margins (finally!). The mid-market takes off (really!). Here are some educated guesses about what will happen in HRO next year.

An ICT Supplier That Works for Free!

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Telephones are sooo 1970s. The Salvation Army, however, is using phones in a very twenty-first-century way, thanks to outsourcing. And, the charity is saving significant sums, too.

BPO Innovation: It’s the Technology, Stupid!

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Innovation is outsourcing's new buzz word. However, it's a lot easier to talk about innovation than do it. SAP's Gianni Giacomelli discusses the techniques that work and the traps to avoid.

How a Swiss Company Selected Its Offshore Location

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Telekurs Financial, which provides real-time data to the world's largest banks, was still entering data manually. It clearly needed to offshore to speed up and improve the process. But where should it go? This is its story.

Deloitte Report: Offshoring in the Financial Services Industry "Forever Changed" by Globalization

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

A new report from Deloitte Consulting discovered financial institutions are reshaping themselves before our eyes. They will be forever changed by globalization, according to Peter Lowes. Fact: In 2001 less than 10 percent of the financial services industry had moved

The Russians Are Coming! Why IT Buyers Are Selecting Russian Suppliers Like EPAM

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Five years ago, India was synonymous with IT offshoring. Today, two areas are seriously challenging India's supremacy: China (position No. 2) and Russia (No.3). Read about the benefits of working with Russian suppliers like EPAM.

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