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Service Integration: Guy Fawkes fireworks or damp squib?
As HfS Research's Euan Davis readies for his annual trip to a bonfire, he muses on fireworks--municipal ones and the type he expected at a session about service integration last night, at PA Consulting Group’s SSON networking eveningRead More
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Innovation in F&A BPO? We have it all right here folks…
This new HfS report dives into the experiences and expectations of a selection of today’s most experienced enterprise Finance and Accounting (F&A) BPO buyers, when it comes to achieving innovation. We spoke to a collection of major F&A BPO customers which have achieved some form of innovation as they went through the F&A BPO experience with a major service provider. Read More
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Service providers siloed by vertical industry are stifling innovation with clients
To win more business, outsourcing service providers must innovate by creating and unleashing a multi-client collaborative model that isn’t restricting their clients to their industry vertical silos. HfS research reveals clients’ desire to collaborate with non-competitive firms in other industries is much more powerful; they are reticent to collaborate with firms within their own industry sector. New service delivery models must emerge between collaborating partners that will help them innovate. Read More
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Event Alert: Capgemini differentiates its BPO services on global delivery, but can it compete on price?
Capgemini is one of the largest and most well-known European IT/BPO service providers and consulting firms, with revenues of $10 billion, but has struggled in the past become a household name in the US. However, its recent aggression in the BPO market, resulting in notable client wins such as Bunge and Coca-Cola Enterprises, has helped elevate Cepgemini as a serious contender for global enterprise BPO engagements.Read More
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Fed up with the AI nonsense? Well here’s your reality check…
An unvarnished, unsponsored, unpuffed view of the AI enterprise world from HfSRead More
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Thinking Outside The Box To Support SaaS Applications
I’ve been an analyst for 20 years, a period dominated by legacy systems, on premise applications and a very strict view of the IT services Value Chain of Plan, Implement and Manage. Service providers and analysts alike list relevant services that should aRead More
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Neural Platform Professor, TCS’ Harrick Vin
TCS' mastermind behind its new Neural Automation system ignio, Professor Harrick Vin, talks to HfS' Phil FershtRead More
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No Payne no Gain for a Chief Customer Officer… Part I
IBM's Bill Payne talks to HfS about his refining vision for the future marketing function and, perhaps most importantly, how today's businesses need to manage their most precious assets in the face of such fundamental change - their customers. Read More
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If outsourcing were an employee, it would be fired… Part 1
For those of you attending our dreamSource summit this Spring, Lee and I will co-host a session entitled "If outsourcing were an employee, it would be fired". Lee, who today has built and now leads shared services for heathcare provider, Ascension Health, caught up with us last week to talk about the session and why we called it just that...Read More