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Poole’s Patter, Part III: Why do so many companies get SO hung up on technology decisions?
I’ve never understood why so many companies get SO hung up on technology decisions and so bought into spending huge sums of money paying consultants to reinvent the same wheel over and over againRead More
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Poole’s patter, Part II: Virtualized delivery – the “O” is not a prerequisite
The actual process of "outsourcing" operations is fast becoming moot - this transfer of labor, technology and domain acumen is no longer needed in many of these business process engagements, because the provider already brings these qualities to the table. Read More
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Poole’s patter, Part I: Forget about the “O”, let’s have more of the “V”
Many of you will remember one of the legends of BPO, David Poole, who's spent much of his career fighting BPO crime on the streets of Chicago for Capgemini. He was also a founding member of PwC's global BPO business prior to IBM acquiring their operations, having made a significant contribution to the development of the global BPO industry, crafting several major global engagements since the early ‘90s. Here's Part I, where he discusses future of BPO having less to do with outsourcing and much more to do with venturing - a blurring of the lines between the client and the provider. Read More
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Fed up with cheesy sales presentations? Well, here’s the web event you’ve been waiting for…
So how can you make the sales process smell less like a Wisconsin dairy farm? Easy - simply join us for our next web eventRead More
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Happy Birthday… HfS Research!
Exactly one year ago, we bravely declared we were a research company, with a bunch of friends, stringers and part-timers. Today, we are a fully-loaded experienced research organization with depth and breadth of analyst talent across North America and Europe - with further expansion plans imminent. Read More
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Let’s cut through the fluff and discover what’s really going in the sourcing industry
The "Amazing Horse Race" is the ultimate public bloodbath of the sourcing industry, as the "Buy team" defends the title it gloriously won last year in Edinburgh. However this time it's not going to be quite as easy...Read More
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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
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Meet the sourcing gangsters in Chicago
HfS has teamed with its networking partner, SSON, to present a superior discussion across the world of finance and sourcing, with Jay Desai, one of the buy-side's most respected voices for sourcing governance, Capgemini's own sourcing sherif David Poole, the pontiff of procurement Jason Busch... all moderated by HfS.Read More
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Talent Management vs. HRO – it’s not an “either or” proposition
If you've ever ventured into the brave world of HR Outsourcing (and you need to be brave...) the chances are you'll hear the views of Ceridian's Keith Strodtman. Read More