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CIO September 14, 2012 Stephanie Overby |
The Risks and Rewards of Using Startups CIOs say that partnering with no-name vendors can lead to a big payoff (more innovation) or a total bust. Here's how to manage the relationship. |
CIO May 1, 2012 Maryfran Johnson |
Are CIOs Looking to Bring Outsourced IT Jobs Back In-House? Why CIOs are changing their outsourcing strategy to bring more IT jobs back in-house. |
CIO April 10, 2012 Thor Olavsrud |
How to Avoid the Perils of Virtualization and Cloud Stall Technologies like virtualization and cloud computing promise enormous leaps in efficiency and flexibility, but they can lead organizations into a quagmire if they don't plan properly for the transition, says Bill Hurley of Westcon Group. |
CIO May 1, 2012 Lauren Brousell |
Orange County Provides IT Services Via Catalog To simplify service contract management and provide a higher standard for IT projects, Orange County's former CTO opted for a catalog. |
CIO September 14, 2012 Michael Ybarra |
iPads Lighten Load for Sales Staff At Boston Scientific A new iPad strategy at Boston Scientific freed its sales staff from lugging around sales brochures. Finding the right cloud strategy, however, has proved more challenging. |
CIO May 1, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
Top CIOs Predict the Five-Year Future of the CIO Entrepreneur, futurist, global talent scout and master of business metrics. Those are some of the roles that CIOs will need to play in 2017 to be successful, according to today's award-winning CIOs. |
CIO May 11, 2012 Joab Jackson |
Five Things CIOs Should Know About Big Data You may not think you have petabytes of data worth analyzing, but you will, if you don't already. Here are the 5 things CIOs need to know, now. |
CIO May 8, 2012 James A. Martin |
Can Google Apps Unseat Microsoft Office and Exchange? In an IT environment of MacBook laptops, Windows PCs, iPhones, iPads and Droid devices, why would any enterprise stick with Microsoft Outlook for email and collaboration? |
CIO September 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby |
Hidden Costs of Offshore Outsourcing Moving jobs overseas can be a much more expensive proposition than you may think. |
CIO November 14, 2012 Stephanie Overby |
IT Services Get Closer to Home IT chiefs find that domestic outsourcing (as opposed to offshoring) is becoming more attractive as it delivers advantages such as agility, speed and innovation |
CFO November 17, 2003 Polly Schneider Traylor |
Outsourcing More work is being sent packing, often far away. To make it pay off, management must adapt. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 1, 2007 Nancy Feig |
New Rules for Bank Outsourcing and Offshoring New deal models and business imperatives, as well as opportunities in emerging markets, are inspiring banks to reevaluate the types of outsourcing and offshoring arrangements they make. |
CIO February 1, 2007 Stephanie Overby |
Secrets of Offshoring Success Even as offshore outsourcing has matured, best practices have been few. Now two top academics reveal the principles that should guide CIOs. |
Global Services May 27, 2007 Fersht & Sappenfield |
F&A BPO: Beyond Labor Arbitrage While traditionally it has not been easy to convince CFOs of the business benefits of Finance and Accounting BPO, the effectiveness of some early deployments has boosted their confidence. |
CIO January 30, 2013 |
IT Offshoring Still Works, If You're Careful Three CIOs say that the benefits of offshore outsourcing still resonate -- if you learn from previous missteps and manage the risks |
CIO September 1, 2003 |
Going There, Doing That Asked about their companies' offshore outsourcing experiences and expectations, 101 CIOs, IT executives and managers in a survey confirmed what you might expect. India was the major destination. Labor costs were the biggest area for savings. And app development was the main activity. |
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell |
Room for Improvement Insurers should be more aggressive in managing outsourcing's risks and reaping its rewards as part of an overall sourcing strategy. |
CIO April 15, 2006 Stephanie Overby |
The Three- or Four-Year Itch To succeed, relationships require love and attention. That's why CIOs - especially mid-market CIOs with limited resources - should factor in the costs of hand-holding when going offshore. |
Insurance & Technology December 6, 2007 Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Outsourcing Reaches New Levels of Maturity While many insurers are still struggling with the management of offshore resources, industry leaders are crafting long-term global sourcing strategies for strategic competitive advantage. |
CIO June 1, 2003 Stephanie Overby |
Inside Outsourcing in India Outsourcing to India can provide a huge payback -- if you're willing to work at it. Two offshore veterans share their hard-earned lessons to help you determine if Indian outsourcing is right for your company. |
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Gaining the Outsourcing Edge Whether they consider outsourcing applications, infrastructure or business processes, insurers have a myriad of reasons to contract out portions of their operations. |
ONLINE Jul/Aug 2008 Ginsburg & Noorlander |
Investigating Outsourcing and Offshoring Research For 15 years, there have been discussions on whether or not to outsource research. You would think the issue would be resolved by now, but today we have more questions than answers. |
Wall Street & Technology June 18, 2008 Penny Crosman |
Wall Street Outsourcing to New, Exotic Corners of the Globe While India still rules the world of IT offshoring, China, the Philippines, Romania, Poland, Hungary, South Africa, Vietnam, Cambodia and even Iceland are starting to attract bigger pieces of Wall Street's IT action. |
CIO September 15, 2005 Stephanie Overby |
It's Cheaper In China CIOs are beginning to see China as a cheaper alternative to India. Nypro, a global plastics manufacturer, shares some lessons from its experiences over there. |
CIO September 1, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Backlash As a growing number of IT jobs move overseas, some CIOs and economists prophesy a political storm against offshore outsourcing. |
Global Services July 11, 2008 Mukherji & Singh |
The Next Wave of Outsourcing: Remote Infrastructure Management The rapid evolution in remote server-management technologies and IT architectures, changes in customer behaviors and demand patterns, and developments in the provider and offshore supply environment is propelling the industry toward accelerated adoption of RIM |
CIO June 13, 2011 Stephanie Overby |
No. 1 Gripe with Outsourcers: Lousy Service An outsourcing survey finds CIOs need to improve vendor management. |
Insurance & Technology February 19, 2004 Julie Gallagher |
Uncovering Offshore Secrets Overly generous cost savings estimates can doom a carrier's offshore outsourcing effort before it even begins. In order to optimize success and manage expectations accordingly, insurers must take the hidden costs of these deals into consideration. |
Global Services July 1, 2008 Imrana Khan |
The Case for Transformation Beyond the hype about transformation there's some real work being delivered that makes the case for business transformation outsourcing. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Offshoring Spreads Its Wings From East Asia to Eastern Europe, offshore outsourcing is taking off. |
Bank Technology News June 2007 Geeta Sankappanavar |
Financial Services Outsourcing: Not If, But When BPO companies now offer a way to achieve the cost and quality advantages of strategic global outsourcing without the risks of losing control of the operation and without the investment costs of setting up their own offshore centers. |
CIO July 15, 2006 Stephanie Overby |
2006 Global Outsourcing Guide Risks, rewards, challenges and opportunities, country by country. Asia: India... Philippines... Malaysia... China... Europe: Ireland... Romania... Hungary... Bulgaria... Africa: Ghana... The Americas: Mexico... Canada... Costa Rica... etc. |
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Cory Levine |
Offshore Outsourcing of IT Losing Popularity Offshore IT outsourcing has taken a sharp downturn in popularity, due to the difficulty in managing it, and lower-than-expected cost savings. |
CIO April 1, 2002 Tom Field |
The Man in the Middle As budgets tighten and world tensions heighten, third-party brokers are stepping in to mediate deals between U.S.-based customers and offshore outsourcers... |
CFO October 1, 2009 Josh Hyatt |
The New Calculus of Offshoring For years the offshoring boom was driven by one factor: savings. Today the decision is much more complicated. |
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Peggy Cope |
Globalization and the Future At the ONE Conference in Atlanta, experts tackled the cutting-edge questions of finance and procurement globalization. Here are some highlights from the presentations and panels. |
FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Russ Banham |
Scaling New Heights Accenture's contract with BT Group lets finance and accounting outsourcing take a real seat at the strategy table -- perhaps for the first time. |
Global Services November 5, 2007 Singh & Puryear |
Beyond Single Site, Single Provider As companies measure their offshore presence, they grapple with two large challenges. First, the increasing imbalance between workforce supply and demand, and second, where to site their offshore activities. |
IndustryWeek March 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
The Biggest Challenges Facing Manufacturers -- IndustryWeek's 2008 Salary Survey Responses Offshore competition. Finding and retaining skilled labor. Rising costs. Government regulations. Sound familiar? Manufacturing managers share many of the same headaches and confront common challenges. |
Wall Street & Technology February 21, 2008 Cory Levine |
Offshore Outsourcing of IT Positions Loses Popularity Offshore IT outsourcing once was considered the wave of the future. Apparently, however, the practice has taken a sharp downturn in popularity. |
CFO May 1, 2007 Randy Myers |
Going Away The doubts that finance executives once had about offshoring are quickly disappearing as savings and process improvements become too good to pass up. |
Bank Technology News December 2004 Jeremy Quittner |
A Reversal of Fortune? What may look like a reversal of fortune for providers of outsourcing services in financial services, appears to be something of an anomaly. |
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Russ Banham |
Let's Give 'em Something to Cluck About WNS takes Church's Chicken's F&A offshore all the way, with results that make the restaurant retailer crow. |
Global Services June 4, 2008 Namita Goel |
Into its Own: Sourcing as a Profession If the demand for sourcing professionals outstrips supply, where will the talent come from? |
Global Services June 27, 2007 |
The Global Sourcers More and more people are sourcing services from around the world for their companies. But do they have the right skills for a job that is becoming increasingly strategic to their companies? |
Wall Street & Technology March 19, 2007 Paul McDougall |
Big Surge for Bank Offshore Outsourcing, Deloitte Study Predicts Banks in the U.S. and other countries will dramatically increase the percentage of their IT budgets devoted to procuring technology services from offshore providers operating from low-wage countries, such as India and China, over the next three years. |
Global Services November 26, 2007 |
The Future of Engineering Services Outsourcing By 2010, expect to see further evidence of the transformation of the offshore engineering services market as it learns to meet the increasingly diverse and increasingly strategic needs of global corporations. |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Brad Kenney |
Outsourcing Strategies: Four Keys to Manufacturing IT's Future What to outsource, and what to hold close? Keep these keys in your pocket to unlock a more competitive, business-centric IT organization - both inside and outside your walls. |
Global Services December 7, 2008 Neeraja Kandala |
Global Legal-Services Market: Crisis Creates New opportunities Offshore legal services industry has been reporting over 40 percent growth annually and we can expect an even higher than average growth over the next two years. |
Global Services April 2, 2008 Adyasha Sinha |
Changing Lanes with ESO A product may be "Made in China" or "Made in U.S.A." but it's the "Engineered Globally" tag that is up for grabs |