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Is Outsourcing on the Wane?
Yesterday on InformationWeek's CIOs Uncensored blog, John Soat mused about the fate of outsourcing. 10 years after the practice exploded onto the business world, is sending work overseas growing more or less viable? Arguing for the continued viability of outsourcing is a recent InformationWeek article entitled "The...
Tags: It Operations, Outsourcing, Soat, Offshore Outsourcing, Information Technology, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-11-14
Collaborating With Customers in Product Development
To some, "new product development" means inventing something new. In reality, though, most new products are modifications of existing products or ideas. Sometimes, adding an element of service onto an existing product is also referred to as new product development.The power of new product development lies in the potential for...
Tags: Research and Development, BNET Editorial, Marketing, Research & Development, Product, Management, Business Operations, Strategy, Product Marketing, Product Development, Customer, New Product Development, risk, supplier, collaboration, knowledge, information technology, benefit, video, security
Articles 2007-10-10
Technology Pros Get a Mixed Career Bag
Good news for the IT world: average compensation for technology managers has finally entered the six-digit realm, according to new survey results from InformationWeek IW. The results suggest that average IT managers earn $105,000 annually in cash salary and bonuses. But it's not all good news: automation and offshoring still...
Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Andrew Hines, Outsourcing, Offshoring, Information Technology, Job, Career, Pro
Blog posts 2007-05-01
Case Study Of Groupama
Groupama ranks among the top three generalist groups in the French insurance market. Consolidation and margin pressures in the global insurance industry are driving companies to increase focus on cost reduction. While IT cost reduction is essential to Groupama, the company must also continue to develop capabilities critical to the...
Tags: Information Technology, Accenture Ltd., Cost Reduction, Groupama, Insurance, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance
Case studies 2003-01-01
IT hosting capabilities
Article describes that outsourcing non-core competencies has now become a widely accepted practice across many industries. One company may outsource save you plenty of time, money, and resources. Do your research and don't just trust your instincts in choosing your provider. The lifetime value of your customer relationship depends on...
Tags: Information Technology, Inbound Logistics, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
White papers 2003-01-01
Inside Outsourcing - The what, who, and how of outsourcing IT-intensive processes
Making the right outsourcing decisions requires answering three questions: what to outsource, whom to outsource it to, how to structure the outsourcing deal. Identifying the competitive requirements of a market begins by defining the "basis of competition" in that market. Typically, the performance of a product or service is multidimensional...
Tags: Information Technology, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2003-01-01
Best Practices in Internal Audit
Once relegated to corporate-risk cop, the role of internal auditors is changing. Like their colleagues in the finance department, internal auditors are leveraging their knowledge of operational efficiencies to expand their internal consulting activities and, ultimately, add greater value. Internal auditors are working with business unit managers to identify areas...
Tags: Auditor, Audit, Information Technology, Penton Media Inc., Best Practice, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Outsourcing, Management, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 1999-11-01
Offshore Security: Considering The Risks
The economics driving the globalization of IT infrastructure is putting the spotlight on the security of offshore IT operations. Huge investments are being made to assume that the risk of offshore security can be managed, as long as the necessary homework is done. Certainly offshore service providers have the financial...
Tags: Offshore, Information Technology, Outsourcing, Security, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2003-09-15
Choosing The Right Country For IT Offshoring
Most analysts agree that major companies should have a multiple-country offshoring policy. It's the old eggs-in-one-basket theory. Send work to China, some to India, some to Canada and some to Mexico. Split up the risk. Weigh the options and pick a portfolio of offshoring avenues.
Tags: Information Technology, Offshoring, OutsourcingAsia.com, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
White papers 2003-11-25
Next Generation Business Process Integration: Leverage Current IT Assets, Web Services and Application Servers with Service-Based Integration
"The nature of the integration challenge is changing. With the increased adoption of foundational integration tools, the increasing use of Web Services, and the shift towards a service-oriented architecture, companies need to turn their attention to implementing robust BPI solutions. BPI enables companies to have a high degree...
Tags: Business Process, Web, Information Technology, Application Server, Web Service, Vitria Technology, Server, Integration, BPI, Operational Planning, Business Operations
White papers 2003-01-01
Structure Creates Model to Chart IT Outsourcing Performance in Infrastructure
A team formalized an ongoing assessment tool called the Operations Maturity Model OMM. The outsourcer plans to use the tool to help current clients determine if they are maximizing their outsourcing efforts as well as to explain to prospective clients how outsourcing can specifically impact their computing environments.The six...
Tags: Information Technology, IT Outsourcing, Outsourcing Infrastructure.com, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2003-01-01
Winning the IT Outsourcing Price War
Many corporate have outsourced or are considering outsourcing Information Technology & Telecommunications (IT&T). There are two main reasons behind this - firstly, IT&T is a non-core business process for most companies, and secondly, it is very complex to manage. By outsourcing IT&T corporate can regain control of service delivery, realign...
Tags: Information Technology, IT Outsourcing, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
White papers 2003-01-01
The Offshore Movement: Savior or Threat?
Information technology services back room operations and call centers are increasingly finding workers in other nations. Overseas developing nations are striving to bolster the quality of life for their citizens. In the U.S. there are thousands of unemployed techies who once enjoyed very lucrative careers, but now must borrow against...
Tags: Job, Information Technology, Business Leader, Business Structures, Recruitment & Selection, Corporate Governance, Call Centers, Professional Development, Outsourcing, Strategy, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, It Operations, Career, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
White papers 2003-03-01
HR And IT Leaders Discuss HR Outsourcing
Outsourcing has become a mainstream business practice. A growing number of executives understand the benefits it can bring in terms of not only cost savings, but also heightened strategic focus. Many recognize outsourcing relationships as long-term partnerships created to further the strategic goals of the organization. Article defines an experts...
Tags: Hewitt Associates LLC, Human Resources, Information Technology, HR Outsourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2003-01-01
IT Staffing
With outsourcing on the rise, CIOs are at the center of a morale crisis. They see many of their workers battling stress on the job. The best leaders learn to help employees for the current situation and keep them in the future. It focuses on a situation where high stress...
Tags: Information Technology, International Data Group, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Marketing Research, Business Operations, Management, Marketing
White papers 2003-01-01
Outsource IT, Not Value
No doubt, IT outsourcing is growing in popularity among companies of all sizes. Almost 30% of businesses with sales greater than $10 million are now outsourcing at least some component of their IT or communications infrastructure. Yet, not nearly, enough strategic analysis is done on outsourcing largely because managers have...
Tags: Information Technology, Outsource, CMP Media, Managed Hosting, Outsourcing, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Management
White papers 2003-02-01
Industrial IT Delivers Shop Floor To Top Floor Integration
It has been seen that as manufacturers focus on optimizing performance, productivity and asset management, the open standards- based IT solution offers a unified view into production facilities worldwide and end-to-end integration of production processes and management systems. The Industrial IT Solution is a comprehensive framework that integrates, organizes, and...
Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Intel Corp., Integration, Industrial IT Solution, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
White papers 2000-10-01
Outsourcing: The Growing Sector of IT
Outsourcing has grown more so than any other sector of IT services. Companies look to outsourcing as a means of reducing their operating cost and their need for capital spending. Organizations turn to outsourcing to save money and leverage outside expertise. These days, every business is cutting costs. Paying someone...
Tags: Information Technology, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2003-05-01
The Analyst Corner: Procurement
Procurement technology is still in demand as it drives dollars to the bottom line and improves processes. Executives, however, want more best practices. Executives in purchasing and supply management want more industry-specific and cross-industry best practice information relating to their area's functional requirements. The typical enterprise applications section of an...
Tags: Sourcing, Information Technology, Procurement, Best Practice, Procurement Technology, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2004-01-01
IT Leadership Behavior And Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Outcomes
In recent times, Business Process Reengineering BPR has dominated the thinking of corporate executives. BPR is seen as the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical contemporary measures of performance. The paper presents an empirical analysis of 30 BPR projects.
Tags: Business Process, Information Technology, BPR, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Operational Planning, It Operations, Business Operations
Presentations 2000-04-28
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