Tag: enterprise irregulars
Phil Fersht steps down as HfS CEO
After more than three years at the helm of research organization HfS Research, Phil Fersht will be stepping down as CEO to "pursue other interests". The HfS advisory board is meeting later this week to discuss potential replacements.Read More
Marketing’s Holy Grail in the modern age: Getting actionable insights from an integrated marketing optimization platform
The role of the CMO is probably the most thankless job in the modern organization: company's executives expect great branding and messaging to be propelled through all the optimal channels to market to maximize awareness and, ultimately, increase sales. Read More
Cheap and cheerful: Is this really as good as it gets for IT Outsourcing?
ITO maybe a commodity business, but a new wave of collaborative BPO services is beginning to show the wayRead More
No Payne no Gain for a Chief Customer Officer… Part II
In case you missed IBM's CRM Chief Bill Payne's return to blog-stardom during Part I, he discussed his vision for the creation of a "Chief Customer Officer" position within companies, who would report directly to the CEO. In Part II, Bill discusses shifting mindsets, the impact of analytics and evolution of outcome-centric engagements impacting the marketing function...Read More
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
If outsourcing were an employee, it would be fired… Part 2
So if you haven't been fired yet, here's how to avoid it happening...Read More
Why middle management is often as influential as the C-Suite when it comes to outsourcing
The official definition of insanity in sourcing: recounting how many times a service provider has said to you, "We've got to get to the C-suite to pitch innovative ideas because middle management is too risk adverse."Read More
Genpact joneses after JAWOOD to capitalize on healthcare insurance mayhem
Get ready for the healthcare market to heat up over the next three years as a result of state health insurance market places, the rapid expansion of accountable care organizations, and ICD-10 implementations. Read More
Replay of the HfS/KPMG Banking & Financial Services webinar
Missed last week's Banking & Financial Services webinar? Well fret no more, as we have the replay now available for your viewing and a full slide deck for our premium research subscribers. Enjoy! Read More
Outsourcing may be battered, bruised and vilified… so why is only a twentieth of enterprises planning to reduce it in 2013?
Make no bones about it: 2012 was a pretty dire year for the industry known as "outsourcing". However, brand new data from our State of Outsourcing 2013 Study conducted with the support of KPMG, and the largest-ever research survey focused on IT and business function outsourcing, clearly shows that the majority of enterprises are not only aggressively focused on increasing their outsourcing portfoilios, but many are now taking a more mature and realistic approach.Read More