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Eight Ways to Ensure Outsourcing Success

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:38:08 -0500

Here are eight suggestions to help make certain that your next outsourcing project will be successful. - Outsourcing isnt new, but, by now, many IT shops have accumulated enough experience to use this service more effectively. According to Houston-based consultancy TPI, even though the overall outsourcing market is down 13 percent from last year, growth remains strong for U.S.-based contracts. Certai...

10 Functions Ripe for Outsourcing

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:03:20 -0400

As economic forecasts predict an ever-lengthening recession, CIOs will continue to be called upon to trim costs and create better operational efficiencies.

We spoke with Frank Casale, CEO and chairman of the Outsourcing Institute, and Allen Weinberg, principal and North American leader of McKinsey & Companys Outsourcing and Offshoring Practice, about IT functions with the biggest potential for outsourcing or offshoring. - ...

7 Sins of Offshore Outsourcing

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:36:12 -0400

The mistakes organizations make when implementing and managing offshore and outsourcing initiatives can be understood in the context of the seven deadly sins. Offshore outsourcing, offshore development and moving jobs offshore can have significant cost reductions when adopting a fix and mix approach. This involves an analysis and improvement of operations prior to offshoring (fix), followed by a movement of specific functions offshore where appropriate (mix). - Offshoring business operations offers the potential for cost savings of 15 percent to 20 percent, but Compass analysis show that organizations that properly plan and operate offshore initiatives can reap substantially higher rewards. Organizations that focus on short-term cost reductions often ru...

The State of Outsourcing IT

Fri, 16 May 2008 14:58:33 -0400

Outsourcing of labor, technology service and software is getting more complex and more frequent. - The market for outsourcing services is shifting as U.S.-based customers divide their outsourcing work among more providers, build in simple ways to break contracts and hire more U.S.-based software-as-a-service providers in addition to offshore outsourcing services. An upcoming Gartner, Inc. report...

Offshoring Remains a Key Strategy for CFOs

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:04:47 -0500

Offshoring is still a real cost-savings to companies, and is not going to change anytime soon--though there is some trepidation from CFOs about global support.

- Despite serious misgivings about changes in the value of the dollar, the risk to their intellectual property and uncertain political climates, CFOs at U.S. technology companies not only endorse continued expansion overseas, they plan to continue offshoring technical support and other high...

Tata Will Drive Chrysler`s IT

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:21:47 -0500

The India-based outsourcing firm won a multiyear, multimillion-dollar contract to provide the struggling American automaker with IT support and services.

- Tata Consultancy Services, a subsidiary of the multibillion-dollar India-based Tata Group, won a major contract to provide IT services to struggling American automaker Chrysler. In an announcement made this week, Tata said it would provide the third-largest U.S. automaker with a �compr...