Mayor Rob Ford outsourced Toronto’s budgetary woes to a consulting firm last spring. He didn’t pay KPMG much — $350,000 for a two-month review of the city’s core services — and he didn’t get much. The hired cost-cutters produced an “inventory of opportunities” almost all of which municipal bureaucrats had recommended and council had rejected [...]
Wed, February 22 2012 » Business Services, Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Economic uncertainty in North America has resulted in a flurry of finger-pointing, but too few of us are willing to look in the mirror and say, “I see the problem, it’s me.” Walmart rushed off to Asia to undercut their competitors and consumers rushed to Walmart to buy low-cost products.
Wed, February 22 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
In an era of high unemployment, and especially in this political season of economic nationalism, both parties outdo themselves with promises to “rebuild America.” Yet, the imperatives of offshore facilities and employees are — and will remain — central to American companies’ international competitiveness. A company’s foreign sales can approach or exceed 50 percent; its [...]
Wed, February 22 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
NON-UNIVERSITIES have not been shut out of demand-driven higher education, but the system would be more competitive if they were allowed to participate in their own right, says an analyst. Andrew Norton, higher education program director with the Grattan Institute, said universities were increasingly outsourcing to TAFEs and private providers, with Swinburne University’s online education [...]
Tue, February 21 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Before I first started working on the SEO for the OZHut group of stores, I had contacted a few SEO companies out there at the time to see how much they wanted to charge and what sort of methodology they employed. Most of the answers we got at the time involved a “packaged” deal around [...]
Tue, February 21 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
President Barack Obama came here Wednesday to promote his new “insourcing” economic plan, which he says could help prod U.S. manufacturers to bring jobs home from China and elsewhere overseas. But the biggest question buzzing about his visit was what he and Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin would say to each other when they toured [...]
Mon, February 20 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
The rapid pace at which new technologies are entering the market, and the ever-changing landscape of IT, do not correspond with the requisite skills within the local IT industry. So says Zaheer Kader, GM of Foster-Melliar, part of the Morvest Professional Services Group, who points out that the growth and rate of change in IT [...]
Wed, February 15 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Headwinds such as uncertainty in the euro zone and Barack Obama’s rhetoric against outsourcing in the US appear to be pushing local information technology players to explore opportunities closer home. So much so, the National Association of Software and Services Companies, or Nasscom, sees government spend on e-governance as the major driver going forward.
Wed, February 15 2012 » Business Transformation Trends, Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
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