Outsourcing will be high on the priorities list of government departments in 2011, with cloud computing being used as a way to reduce IT expenditure. That is according to Jessica Hawkins, an analyst at Ovum, who said that funding cuts will force government departments to look for ways to reduce their outgoings.
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Fri, January 21 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
SINGAPORE : Training its pilots in Perth, Australia has proved more cost effective for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean was briefed on this on Saturday when he visited the base. The savings is through an outsourcing programme for trainee pilots. Under a contract awarded [...]
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Wed, November 24 2010 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
City struggling to keep fiscal head above water, but safety trumps savings The City of White Rock has a very small tax base, so it’s constantly looking for ways to stretch a tax dollar. But sometimes saving a buck isn’t worth it. This was the case Tuesday when its council unexpectedly turned down an opportunity [...]
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Tue, May 18 2010 » Management Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
Outsourcing is the process of subcontracting a service such as article writing to a third party or ghostwriter. Internet marketers usually subcontract their articles because they want to achieve lower production cost and make better use of resources that are available to them. This allows buyers to focus their energy on core competencies of a [...]
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Thu, April 29 2010 » Business Transformation Trends, Document Outsourcing » No Comments
Keshav Murugesh, Chief Executive Officer of Mumbai back-office company WNS Global Services, came on board last February after a global search of almost a year. In a chat with eWorld, Murugesh talks of the way forward for the NYSE-listed company. Excerpts: Two of our biggest verticals — travel and insurance — are still under stress. [...]
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Tue, April 20 2010 » Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
I was told this month that Capgemini is soon to announce one of the most substantial procurement outsourcing (PO) deals in the market. My suspicion is that this deal could be with Kraft Foods, a company that has not been shy of a bit of big business this year. The US firm has been vocal [...]
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Fri, April 16 2010 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
As legal process outsourcing is not a new concept, the industry has acknowledged a period of exceptional growth during the recent years as several hectic companies increasingly turn to external sources to fulfill their highly administrative functions of their business. As the company keeps advancing in their size and expertise the need to outsource has [...]
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Fri, April 9 2010 » Legal Outsourcing » No Comments
Today jobs were front and center in the news with the Non Farm Payroll report showing jobs being added for the first time in many, many months. Commentary was generally positive but everyone took the opportunity to point out that still more job growth is needed. I just came across an interesting article on the [...]
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Wed, April 7 2010 » Employment Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments