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Balancing Trust and Accountability

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Trust plays a crucial role in government outsourcing. Adrian Moore of the Reason Foundation says that the less tangible things are, the more important trust is. In outsourced infrastructure projects, trust is less important. A project to construct a bridge,

Watertight Plan

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Plainfield's Town Council decided to use Competitive Government Strategies, Inc. as its consultant for the procurement process. They had seen its president's success when he had implemented in earlier years the privatization of the operation and maintenance of the Indianapolis

Scaling the Hurdle of Trust

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Been there, done that is not a trite phrase to Skip Stitt, founder and president of Competitive Government Strategies, Inc. His consulting firm assists cities, counties, states and private-sector not-for-profit organizations on outsourcing and privatization. From experience, he knows it's

Netsourcing: the Life Blood of an ISO

Steve Gust

Larry Marcus, president and chief executive officer, of NY based MiracleNet.com knows that his service needs to be up to par when it comes to being an ISO. There are simply too many others out there. AOL, EarthLink and MSN

The New BPO Mantra: Get In, Get Out

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Swart, the president of Intell-a-Pro, Inc., a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm based in Amelia, Ohio, feels tools now becoming available on the Net will allow companies to reduce labor intensive areas in their business processes...

Web Watch Dogs

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

It's 4 a.m. Do you know if your Web site's working? If the Web site resides on a NaviSite server, you can leave the worrying to them. If one of its experienced trouble-shooters notices that something is not quite right

The Importance of Infrastructure: When Going Down Can Mean Going Under

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Internet businesses depend on their Web sites being available when their customers are. Downtime is expensive because a customer that clicks away can be lost forever. When a Web site is down, an ecommerce company loses revenue, brand recognition and

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

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

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