Budget negotiators in Olympia are debating whether to privatize a host of little-seen government functions that collect state agencies’ mail, pay their rent, print their documents and maintain their cars. The Senate budget calls for contracting out more back-office work, a small piece of the savings proposed by the plan but another sign of this [...]
Fri, May 13 2011 » Employment Trends, Management Trends, 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
NEW DELHI — Business-process outsourcing is getting redefined and will expand rapidly over the next five to seven years outpacing growth in technology services, says Deepak Patel, chief executive of Aditya Birla Minacs, a business solutions company under the Aditya Birla Group. Companies, these days, are looking to outsource a wide range of services including [...]
Tue, May 10 2011 » Business Services, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
China’s data privacy protection has long been considered one of the world’s weakest. But the government’s proposed data security guidelines may go too far in the opposite direction. The People’s Republic of China took a step toward addressing its lack of comprehensive data privacy laws earlier this year: It issued a series of proposed data [...]
Mon, May 9 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
The debate over outsourcing public works in Kensington is on its way back as officials consider continuing reducing employees while relying on contractors for jobs such as snow removal or beautification. As the Town Council discussed its snow removal budget Monday Councilman Mackie Barch proposed holding of meetings to discuss moving from using the town [...]
Tue, May 3 2011 » Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
WASHINGTON: With political parties in the United States gradually entering election mode, a top Obama Administration official has acknowledged that “outsourcing” could be one of the campaign issues, but unlike the past, the positive aspect is that trade with India is balanced. “Outsourcing is always a hot button issue around elections, particularly when unemployment is [...]
Mon, May 2 2011 » Industry Leader Profiles, Outsourcing Business Trends » No Comments
After an initial setback due to the global recession, the Indian information technology (IT) and information technology-enabled services-business process outsourcing (ITES-BPO) industry is back on the high-growth path, according to the findings of a survey of SMEs in the sector, conducted by IndiaMART Knowledge Services (IKS). The outlook for the future is also positive, as [...]
Wed, April 27 2011 » Business Transformation Trends, 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
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