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Accenture procures procurement’s prize property: Procurian
This is a momentous transaction in the history of Procurement Outsourcing which will have major ripple effects across all the other service providers and likely re-shaping our “Winner’s Circle” for 2014, as a result of Mike Salvino’s decision to double-down on sourcingRead More
Are you really working for an energized enterprise?
HfS is asking YOU - the individual worker - what it will take to empower and energize YOU in your business. Your candid, unbiased insights are extremely important to this unique research study, whether you work in sales, marketing, finance, IT... or any other business functionRead More
And here’s the 2013 Procurement Outsourcing Blueprint…
A big congrats to Accenture, IBM, Procurian, Infosys and GEP for making the Winners CircleRead More
Why did iGATE erase the Patni name?
While you can understand Xerox preferring their more famous and recognized brand to ACS, and the procurement guys simply wanted to sounder sexier, it's curious why iGate would drop the famous Patni brand barely a year after its mergerRead More
More P’s and less Zzzz’s – Say hello to Proxima and Procurian!
Pure-play procurement outsourcing heats up, triggering two name changes among procurement-focused service providersRead More
IBM embellishes its B2B commerce empire… by acquiring Emptoris
Emptoris’ well-regarded user interface and strong brand recognition among the procurement crowd make it an idea mate for IBM’s technology-driven focus and market leading procurement BPO capability. While the integration of Sterling, DemandTec, and Emptoris will take some time to become “smarter commerce”, there will be some immediate upsides.Read More
Where the boys are…
Deborah Kops bemoans why today's service providers are so male-dominatedRead More
Get sourcing in Sydney this September
HfS Research's Phil Hassey will be welcoming Dawn Evans, President and CEO of our partner SIG, to Sydney in early September for a terrific event---SIG's Sydney Regional Roundtable on September 7 and 8Read More
Utilities: Next Practices for a Stealth Outsourcing Giant
Shhh… Don’t tell anyone, but while most of us weren’t looking, the utilities industry quietly racked up $25 billion in annual spend on outsourcing—that’s in the US alone! How did this happen? How did this get past the regulators and the unions? Who knew that outsourcing would not only grow, but stick, in this most conservative of industries?Read More
