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Deborah Kops, delightful doyenne and describer, joins the HfS research family
Over the next year, you’ll be able to sample some of the most innovative thinking in sourcing change through Deborah Kops' frequent columns and commentary exclusively for HfS Research Read More
The Industry Speaks about Cloud, Part I: Business execs are buying-in to Cloud even more than their IT counterparts
Cloud Business Services are no longer hype - both business and IT executives are buying-into the value Cloud can bring to their jobs and their organizations. The ability to access business applications quicker, faster, cheaper and in a virtual business environment are the major drivers - and it's the business side of the house which is even more engaged by the potential value that the IT-side. Read More
Outsourcing – death by boredom?
TELL US SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW! JESUS - THIS IS THE SAME FLUFF WE WERE BEING SERVED UP TEN YEARS AGO. Read More
HfS Research will be talking Cloud-sourcing in London this November
You'll have a chance to see HfS Research's European research lead, Euan Davis, up close on November 18 at the IIAR London Forum in Central London from 3:45 – 6:30 pm. The session isubbed the "Cloud," and Euan will be giving the HfS Research view of the Cloud, based on brand-spanking new data our joint study with the London School of Economics, which covered the views and intentions of 1043 companies. Read More
Up in the air with Ritesh Idnani… Part III
In the final chapter of our interview with Infosys COO Ritesh Indnani, he elaborates on communication and interaction, and how our industry can rapidly improve collaboration through social media. Read More
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Will customers buy CSC’s vision?
We liked what we heard at CSC’s European analyst event. The provider outlined two strategies dealing with the short and long term realities of how you, the customer, buys IT and business services Read More
CSC stakes its claim to prosper in the new IT services ecosystem
CSC has struck out in a new direction sketching out a long-term position as a “service integrator” and laying out a cloud strategy that goes beyond the usual hype. The real test is whether CSC can channel its pricing and engagement models, its service management frameworks and—critically—its sales team in the same direction as the new IT services ecosystem emerges. This HfS RAPIDInsight sets out the HfS Research take on CSC’s strategy; what is needs to make it work, and what it means for customers. Read More
Building your governance team: if you hire monkeys, you get…
A well defined outsourcing strategy Read More
The Sport of Kings – Why Euan Davis decided to run with the horses
We all make curious decisions in life, like when you accepted your mum's Facebook invitation... or when Bill O'Reilly decided to be born. However, these pale in comparison when one of Europe's finest services analysts traded the corporate upper-echelons of Forrester Research to help kick-start a quirky little feisty research upstart, that was launched out of a blog - with a name no-one the left side of the Atlantic understands. But it happened: Euan Davis really did join HfS Research! Read More
Sal-sourcing in the real world, Part II
Accenture's head of global BPO, Mike Salvino, is interviewed by HfS Research's Phil Fersht on his future vision for the BPO industry Read More
