IT Becomes a Tool for Business Transformation
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Business transformation becomes the No. 1 reason to outsource.
Research & Insight
Security
No Matter How You Slice It: Data Warehousing Solution
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The plane that crashed into the Pentagon wiped out every accounting record for the entire year for one military service. Data warehousing can rebuild those records overnight.
How the September 11 Attacks Changed Offshore Outsourcing
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Is offshore outsourcing safe in today's warring world? Here's what's happening in India, Russia and the Philippines.
The Original Mission Critical Application Becomes Even More Important as People Go Postal About Regular Mail
Jerri L. Ledford, Business Writer
The anthrax bacteria scare is causing many companies to turn to email, which has its own viral challenges. Suppliers fight the war to keep corporate email applications running.
Fewer HIPAA Headaches
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
April 2002. The impending deadline now shaping the future of privacy and security of patient information in the healthcare industry finds some organizations facing formidable challenges, for they must soon comply with the initial guidelines and standards set forth in
Outsourcing Payroll Check Printing Pays Off
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Employees get a sinking feeling when they look at their paychecks and they're wrong! If they believe the payroll department didn't calculate their overtime properly or deducted too much for their health insurance, the first thing they do is reach
Outsourcing Helps Trade Center Buyers Get Back in Business
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Outsourcing suppliers are responsive in a crisis. Forty-five minutes after the first plane hit the World Trade Center, Compaq executives were on the phone, putting together a triage of support for its eight financial clients with Recover-All contracts as well
No Room for So-So Performance
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Neither rain nor snow... You know the adage about the reliability of the U.S. postal system. Today we might transfer that goal concept: Neither viruses, nor bandwidth nor disk space will stop email! -- at least not for organizations that
Through the Looking Glass, Brightly?
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
We are at an interesting crossroads. The market is still tracking the promise of the ASPs although at a difference pace than we predicted earlier, adds Sanjay Katyal, senior director, marketing for PeopleSoft eCenter in Pleasanton, California.
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
As healthcare professionals strive to focus on their core competencies and become more efficient and cost-effective, they turn to outsourcing as a solution. Buenaventura Medical Group (BMG), a 50-doctor, multi-specialty group with five locations and 100,000 patients, made that decision