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Year: 2012
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Obama’s in-sourcing initiative: does it have the teeth to rescue the US IT industry?
As per usual, election year brings up the age-old argument about how to combat the "threat" of outsourcing. Isn't now the time, in an election year, to stop the rhetoric and actually make commitments to growing local industries that have a direct impact?Read More
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Are you achieving sourcing success with your finance? ACCA and HfS have teamed up to find out…
HfS Research has partnered with ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) to conduct the largest-ever global study of finance professionals to understand adoption trends, experiences and dynamics of shared services and outsourcing for the finance function.Read More
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Don’t fire your contract lawyers just yet…
Don't fire your contract lawyers just yet...Read More
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India’s Sourcing Leaders: The new Phoenicians?
The Phoenicians were among the greatest entrepreneurs of their time who dominated the trade of the ancient world and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean. We will never see the likes of them in the modern business world, where a nation of business hungry folk could possibly develop their own real estate within today’s Global 2000 organizations through savvy barter of their own wares. Or will we?Read More
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Why Oracle’s acquisition of Taleo shifts the innovation onus onto the service providers
When I watch Oracle and SAP rapidly clean up whatever application is left on the market worth buying, my heart sinks for the future of the enterprise software business. For Oracle and SAP, it's all about maintaing the status quo and growing their considerable license revenue streams. They know they have to be seen to embrace the Cloud, but all they really care about is protecting their customer bases and preventing upstart vendors sneaking in to disrupt their revenue model. And can you really blame them? It's economics one-on-one...Read More
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Nearshore Nexus… not to be nixed
Kirk Laughlin is beaming up the nearshore superstars in New York on April 19thRead More
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Are YOU ready to re-define sourcing? Then join the biggest and baddest bevy of buyers in NYC this April
After one year, our elite peer group of sourcing buyers has doubled in size - making this our biggest, baddest and most discussion-rich meeting to date. Read More
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Smackdown: Where is BPO going?
One of the highlights of 2011 was that great web-debate on the Future of BPO where 1,100 people across the globe dialed in to hear from our buy and sell families. Here were the highlights...Read More
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Losing the war for talent: Why offshore providers come up short onshore
The need to hire and develop quality onshore account management and delivery personnel is becoming the crucial differentiator in today's ever-tightening outsourcing marketplace. Those that can win this talent war will be the ones who can truly move beyond yesterday's flagging outsourcing model.Read More
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Are YOU ready for dreamSource?
Today, we're proud to announce the unveiling of what promises to be the ultimate sourcing showdown of leading enterprise buyers and providers... in Westchester County, New York, next SpringRead More
