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“Actionable Intelligence”: Our research alliance with EquaTerra
Horses for Sources is excited to announce a major development in our journey to be a truly distinctive analyst voice in the global services industry. Today, we are officially engaged in a research alliance with leading global business advisory firm EquaTerra to develop a new category of data-driven research, ‘Actionable Intelligence’.Read More
Preaching Process with Pramod, Part II: integrating IT and BPO and not getting blown up into small pieces…
we delve into how Genpact is striving to retain a unique identity in the industry as a pureplay BPO provider, in the face of increasing competition and the convergence of Cloud, SaaS and BPO delivery modelsRead More
As Healthcare payors face up to seismic change, can outsourcing provide answers?
Unlike medical product manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies’ industries, healthcare reform will absolutely transform the healthcare payor industry. Mandated medical loss ratios, state-run insurance exchanges, guaranteed coverage, and required purchase requirements will restructure the payor’s business models. The trickle-down impact on operations will be significant, shifting priorities in a manner that will eventually impact outsourcing priorities.Read More
Do you know how good or bad your processes are?
As I deconstruct the recording of our interview with Genpact's President and CEO Pramod Bhasin, one factor keeps springing out of the discussion, that makes me realize how far today's organizations have to go, before they can truly claim they are satisfied that they are maximizing their potential: Most companies can’t tell you how good or bad their business processes are. Read More
Practical outsourcing tips over a pint: legal advice from George Kimball
George has become one of the best known lawyers in the industry over recent years, representing both buyers and service providers on some of the largest and most pivotal engagements during his tenure at law-firm Baker & McKenzie, before recently joining the legal team at Hewlett-Packard.Read More
President Peter prognosticates… Part II
Peter Allen, CSC's President of Global Sales & Marketing, discusses his views on Cloud Computing strategy and whether some sourcing advisors can escape the hamster-wheelRead More
President Peter prognosticates… Part I
Peter Allen has been one of the most prominent and consistent figures in the world of global sourcing over the last decade, where he played a key role as the public face of sourcing advisor TPI during the firm's rise to prominence in recent years. Peter has ventured into the service provider world, where he spent time earlier in his career, and now assumes the mightly role of President of Global Sales and Marketing for technology service giant, Computer Sciences Corp. Read Part I of this interview with Phil Fersht.Read More
What is your basis of competition? Or what can you safely outsource?
When the core issue is purely cost-elimination, the aging theory was to focus on outsourcing non-core processes and retaining the core, however, HfS analyst Mike Atwood invokes some interesting theory that the old core/non-core argument isn't weighing up to much in this economy - it's more about making outsourcing decisions based on your basis of competition. Read More
BPO, SaaS and Cloud: Too many people aren’t seeing the bigger picture
Too many technical folks fail to view the bigger picture when it comes to Cloud. At a tactical level, when you look at solely hardware capacity solutions, it's hard to see beyond how it can impact businesses beyond creaking ITO-only deals. However, you really need to look at the convergence of BPO, SaaS and Cloud in a broader outsourcing context to start to visialize how these three pillars of business delivery can - and are - coming together in a blended outsourcing model.Read More
Healthcare Reform: The scramble for outsourcing business begins
Whoever said Obama was going to be bad news for the outsourcing business? The outsourcing market has rebounded heavily with the economic recovery and the successful passage of the new Heathcare Reform Bill has both the IT outsourcers and BPOs on red-alert for a barrage of new business oppirtunities. The need for payors to manage their administrative costs has never been as intense as it is now, with the fixed medical loss ratios. Read More
