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156 billion reasons why Lars and SAP were never meant to be
Lars leaving so quickly symbolizes SAP's struggle, in my mind, to change its culture and approach to disruptive business models. The economics of the cloud cannot print anywhere near as much money for our German friends as the current legacy ecosystem of clunky enterprises, whose IT managers simply do not want to invite change or disruption. If your clients don't want to change, why should you? Read More
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Welcome to Gautam’s city
We were pleasantly surprised when Gautam Thakkar got the nod to take on the reins at InfosysBPO last month. Here Phil Fersht and Gautam discuss his new role and how he intends to take the InfosysBPO forward Read More
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Congratulations and welcome to Christa, Ned, Tom and Jamie!
It gives me great pleasure to announce some imminent new analyst arrivals at HfS, in addition to announcing the promotion of a couple of guys who've been instrumental in the development of this business, which has literately sprung from nowhere in three years to the monstrosity it has become today Read More
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Ensure you keep calm during transition…
Ensure you keep calm during transition... Read More
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Corsello OnDemand… on talent management, modern marketing and a little bit more
Jason Corsello didn't just turn out to be a great analyst and one of the original HR bloggers, but he's now honing his knowledge to be a real strategist in modern marketing plying his trade leading strategy and marketing for Cornerstone OnDemand, one of the hottest Cloud-based HR tech firms on the Nasdaq today, specializing in talent management. Read More
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So… are these the world’s best outsourcing advisors?
The IAOP has announced it's 2013 "best outsourcing advisors", and kudos to my former employer, Deloitte, for coming top. Credit has to go out to Peter Lowes and his Outsourcing Advisory Services group for their achievement. In addition, KPMG's Shared Services and Advisory Group, led my Cliff Justice, finished in second place - a strong showing and justification of their 2011 acquisition of EquaTerra. The biggest surprises, however, are the absences of ISG, the largest transaction advisor of outsourcing contracts, and PwC... Read More
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Replay of last week’s webinar: A Tour of Robotistan Outsourcing’s Cheapest Destination
Replay of last week's webinar: A Tour of Robotistan Outsourcing's Cheapest Destination Read More
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The dreamSource files… There are too many kings of bullsh*t who still sail through these training certifications
There are too many kings of bullsh*t who still sail through these training certifications Read More
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The dreamSource files… Gartner only focuses on “step 1” for outsourcing. We’re all way beyond that
And over at dreamSource, where 82% of the buyers have never completed a training class for outsourcing or shared services governance Read More
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The dreamSource files… I can train my people to have technical skills, but I can’t give them a personality transplant
And over at dreamSource, where 48% of the buyers have experienced strategic skills becoming more important than tactical skills for managing their outsourcing engagements, since they embarked on their initiative Read More
