More large companies are turning to collocation providers to relieve capacity constraints in their data centers, as a way to avoid the high cost of building their own new brick-and-mortar facilities, two studies suggest. The Uptime Institute, in its first annual data center survey, reported Tuesday that more than a third of the large companies [...]
Thu, May 12 2011 » Uncategorized » No Comments
IT outsourcing makes up the largest part of the UK’s outsourcing industry, according to a new report. The Oxford Economics research, commissioned by the Business Services Association, found that based on 2009 data, IT and data-related outsourcing has an annual turnover of £41.7 billion, or 20 percent of the industry’s £207 billion total turnover. The [...]
Wed, May 11 2011 » Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Providers of colocation services and wholesale data center space compete hard for customers. But data center executives say the biggest growth opportunity is not winning a few more deals away from rivals, but tapping the huge market of companies who operate their own data center space. New data from one of the industry’s leading players, [...]
Fri, May 6 2011 » Employment Trends, Industry Leader Profiles » No Comments
At eight per cent of overall GDP, the outsourcing sector brings in as much for the UK economy as the financial sector, according to a report released today by Oxford Economics Research. IT- and data-related services account for €41bn (£36bn) of a total turnover of €207bn for this sector, according to the report.
Thu, May 5 2011 » Industry Leader Profiles » No Comments
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s target of US$ 1 billion for Sri Lanka’s Business Process Outsourcing by 2015 was realistic, India’s largest listed BPO company – Firstsource CEO Mathew Vallance said yesterday. President Rajapaksa’s target is realistic in the light of the Sri Lankan economy growing. The consumer industry, the banking and telecommunications industries are also growing.
Wed, May 4 2011 » Employment Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Last week I was a guest at the 14th Annual Shared Services and Outsourcing conference and exhibition in Melbourne. Over 470 industry professionals gathered for one of the year’s largest outsourcing exhibitions and conferences; speakers included Donal Graham of Deloittes and Martin Fahy of The Hackett Group. Everybody that was anybody in shared services in [...]
Fri, April 29 2011 » Business Services, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
It’s in our offices, in the barracks, the townhouses, everywhere … waste. While the nature of this waste is more complex than office theft, there is no reason to contact the fraud, waste and abuse officer. There is a free class offered to teach industry tried-and-tested tools to help anyone identify and, in most cases, [...]
Tue, April 26 2011 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends » No Comments
Korea, a country fascinated with e-this and e-that, touts itself as the planet’s information technology (IT) capital. But the self-awarded title is beginning to look ironic as the ineptitude of banks and other financial companies in cyber security has customers wondering whether their money will be safer in a shoebox. The alarm over information protection [...]
Wed, April 20 2011 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » 1 Comment
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