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‘E’ for Effort, Efficiency and E-Texas

Steve Gust

Like everything else in the Lone Star state, e-government in Texas has some king size ideas on serving the public with cost savings for the taxpayer. Bill Eggers, who is staff director of e-Texas for the Comptroller's office, sees the

Outsourcing Alliances in a Knowledge-Based Economy

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

The emergence of the new economy is likely to drive outsourcing in new directions. The ability to manage alliances may be the key to outsourcing success in a knowledge-based economy. That's how Robert Klepper reads his crystal ball. Klepper, a

Finding Marcus Welby in Texas

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Selecting a health care provider is tricky today because there are so many choices. To ensure the 1.8 million people enrolled in the Medicaid program in Texas have help in making that important decision, the Lone Star State decided to

Erin Brockovich Meets Top Gun Sales

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

The Every Woman's Company needed 30 top salespeople nationwide for the roll out of its financial seminars for women. The company signed Erin Brockovich (the real person, not Julia Roberts) as its spokesperson. But the company found out quickly putting

The Pitfalls in Becoming a BPO

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

ASPs have proven they are an efficient and cost effective way to share expensive applications. The most successful ASPs have made customer service a bedrock of their business. So it's natural when a good client asks an ASP to help

Anatomy of an Outsourcing Decision

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Why do companies outsource today? Until the arrival of the Internet, the answer was clearly cost. But the new economy is making new demands. How has a world moving at Web speed altered the way companies decide to outsource? (outsourcing)

Seamless International Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

The buyer and the supplier are just five hours apart by car. But from a business standpoint, they couldn't be farther apart. The customer's management grew up in capitalist western Europe. The suppliers' formative years were spent in Communist eastern

Should You Do What You’re Doing?

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Road guards are people who try to keep you from making changes. Some have root rot because they have been in place so long. But I like to change and improve things! states Jim Jones, head of reengineering at Warner

Email, Not Phone Home

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Today cybercafes allow the kinder to email home from anywhere. Ryan Byrne formed Globe Drifters in September, 1999, to make it even easier for student travelers to keep in touch...

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