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What’s that noise? Is it Donald Sutherland… or the delicate sound of thunder?
Cloud's not simply about outsourcing the heavy-duty computing grunt - it's about the delivery of real business services, enabled by the applications needed to support them, and powered by the requisite computing and network infrastructure to host and deliver them. Moreover, Cloud computing represents a crucial next layer of cost-elimination from the corporate infrastucture. While many moons off being actual reality, the seeds have been planted and we see entire industries scurrying to develop applications, datacenters and managed services to support it.Read More
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Why innovation in global business operations is critical for survival
We would argue that achieving innovation in the global support operations of businesses, is often the only lever most firms can pull to remain competitive in this economy. In most cases, it’s not enterprises' products and services that have to change, but the speed and efficiency with which they can adapt to the changing environment, that now provides the competitive edge. Read More
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Forget Platform BPO, it’s really about the Business Services Cloud (Part I)
What's interesting is this coming together of the IT/BPO model. And it's becoming much more sophisticated then simply providing a platform and some low-cost processing services. It's about integrated business services where the provider delivers the hosting, the application skills and the business services needed to help clients achieve specific business outcomes.Read More
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IBM rebrands its GBS division to emphasize what it actually does: Consulting
Almost two decades after its landmark acquisition of PwC Consulting, IBM Global Business Services (GBS) is now IBM Consulting. What may seem like semantics in the short term should bear fruit in the long.Read More