Category: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and BPaaS
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Why the mid-market is the mother-in-law of outsourcing
When it comes to outsourcing, dealing with the middle-market has been somewhat akin to dealing with the mother-in-law: can be awkward to deal with, very hard to please, and always has complex demands on your patience and resources.Read More
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No Payne no Gain for a Chief Customer Officer… Part II
In case you missed IBM's CRM Chief Bill Payne's return to blog-stardom during Part I, he discussed his vision for the creation of a "Chief Customer Officer" position within companies, who would report directly to the CEO. In Part II, Bill discusses shifting mindsets, the impact of analytics and evolution of outcome-centric engagements impacting the marketing function...Read More
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Genpact joneses after JAWOOD to capitalize on healthcare insurance mayhem
Get ready for the healthcare market to heat up over the next three years as a result of state health insurance market places, the rapid expansion of accountable care organizations, and ICD-10 implementations. Read More
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Outsourcing may be battered, bruised and vilified… so why is only a twentieth of enterprises planning to reduce it in 2013?
Make no bones about it: 2012 was a pretty dire year for the industry known as "outsourcing". However, brand new data from our State of Outsourcing 2013 Study conducted with the support of KPMG, and the largest-ever research survey focused on IT and business function outsourcing, clearly shows that the majority of enterprises are not only aggressively focused on increasing their outsourcing portfoilios, but many are now taking a more mature and realistic approach.Read More
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Automation killed the gamification star
Even back in '79 the world was already beginning to zone in on the power of automationRead More
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BPO: Pronounced dead, but still very much alive
BPO is just at the beginning of a much more dynamic phase of its existence and it at least three years' away from being put to bed.Read More
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The Progressive BPO Train has left the Station – is IBM on it?
We would have major concerns about IBM's positioning for Progressive BPO services, were IBM to seek to sell off the lower-margin elements of its F&A, Procurement or HR businesses, like it has with its customer services BPO business.Read More
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Moving mountains with Mike, part 1
Phil Fersht interviews Accenture's Group Chief Executive for BPO, Mike SalvinoRead More
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Is BPO on the brink of a technology revolution?
Why BPO clients which have tech-enabled their processes are achieving better performance and outcomesRead More
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The Indian majors double their market share in just four years – what’s the secret and can they be stopped?
It may be harder for some of the traditional providers to fight their way back into the services game than the Indian majors to continue their surgeRead More




