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Sal-sourcing in the real world, Part I
Mike Salvino - or simply "Sal" to his friends and colleagues, has brought a real air or pragmatism to Accenture, where he now leads the firm's global BPO business. Read Part I of his interview with Horses for Sources. Read More
Horses for Sources and the London School of Economics Launch Groundbreaking Study into Cloud Business Services
Horses for Sources and the London School of Economics Launch Groundbreaking Study into Cloud Business Services Read More
Smart governance will avoid blow-ups
Ensure you have the right leadership to avoid potential disasters with your global sourcing strategy Read More
Esteban Herrera: why I joined the Horses
Esteban Herrera, Research VP for HfS' buy-side enterprise sourcing practice, explains why he joined the "Horses" Read More
Renowned outsourcing advisor Esteban Herrera joins HfS as Research Vice President
Esteban Herrera joins HfS’ executive management team as Research Vice President for the firm’s strategic sourcing practice for buy-side enterprises. Herrera will drive a definitive research agenda that encompasses strategic advice, best practices and governance support across all aspects of IT outsourcing, BPO and shared services. Read More
Star analyst Euan Davis joins the HfS analyst stable
Six months to the day we launched a research organization, we're delighted to announce the first of several really exciting hires for our analyst team. Read More
Finding a needle in 20 million haystacks: CERN’s Computing Grid creates a vision for Cloud Business Services
In order to understand the business potential of Cloud-esque environments to drive innovation, you could do a lot worse than have a look at the scientists who've been using their own version of Cloud for years: Grid Computing. When you get into areas such as particle physics, these folks need all the computing grunt and pooled brain-power they can muster to succeed. Read More
The hunters and the hunted: Indian BPOs readying for a rebound
As the world recovers from recession, the major Indian BPO providers eagerly await a return to the BPO boom, which has paused in the past 18 months as companies have sought to cope with riding out the tough-times. While the bounce-back has hardly been resurgent, BPO is clearly firmly on the corporate agenda and many of the leading Indian service providers are expanding staff, acquiring competitors, and making new marketing plans to widen market share and penetrate new sectors, such as the mid-market. Read More
The Horses on National Public Radio: is this the age of homeshoring?
If you happened to be listening to National Public Radio yesterday afternoon, you would have heard an interesting discussion on the rise of homeshoring on their All Things Considered afternoon show Read More
Bidding on BPO with Abid, Part I
We've seen a significant shift in in the competitive landscape for BPO providers in the last two years - some of the leading Indian providers have taken advantage of the recession to steal a march on several of the incumbents, pushing their own tenacious brand of offshore service delivery, that has evolved from their IT heritage. We managed to grab some time with TCS's head BPO honcho, Abid Ali Neemuchwala to talk about TCS's development and his views for the future nature and development of global BPO service delivery. Read More
