IT Outsourcing News

All the big and small enterprises of the world want their projects to be completed at affordable price tags. Along with an element of affordability, they wish to get delivered with the quality as well. So getting this purpose served at domestic prices becomes difficult for them at times and they have to drop the [...]

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IT outsourcing can bring a wealth of financial benefits to a business, but according to one online technology expect, many firms are struggling to understand how their contracts work. Sunny Gupta from CFO.com says that there is currently much confusion in the sector over things such as conditions and negotiated terms. “A lack of transparency, [...]

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Whatever your business – hardware, clothing, marketing, services or even internet related – a large part of the efficient operation of your business depends on well run IT systems. Although it is good to have these systems in place and have them maintained by in-house “IT guys,” continuous technological advancements and subsequent changing customer expectations [...]

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The traditional request-for-proposal (RFP) process may be doing your IT outsourcing relationships a disservice. Enter request for solutions (or RFS), an open-ended, collaborative approach that’s better for IT environments. If you’re looking for transformation or innovation from an outsourcing engagement, you might want to ditch the traditional request-for-proposal (RFP) process. That’s right—that decades-old, time-tested process [...]

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For a decade and more, India has reigned as the world’s outsourcing destination. Among its well-publicised advantages are a large pool of educated, English-speaking people, proactive government backing and robust infrastructure, telecommunications and technology. But with wage inflation and rising staff attrition eroding India’s cost-effectiveness, other nations hope to cut a bigger slice of the [...]

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Some interesting research from KPMG last week revealed that while demand for outsourcing is increasing it is the shared services element that is growing the fastest. According to KPMG research into outsourcing trends, over half (52%) of organisations in North America, Asia and Europe increased investment in shared services during the last quarter. This compares [...]

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For many companies, operationalizing the management of IT outsourcing contracts is becoming increasingly complex. While there’s no question that outsourcing can help fill gaps in IT services, confusion about negotiated terms and conditions, a lack of transparency, and inadequate integration between cost and utilization reporting can cause your vendor costs to spiral out of control, [...]

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While many organizations in the world now consider outsourcing a standard practice, they could improve their use of this business strategy in three ways, according to the results of Deloitte’s 2012 Global Outsourcing and Insourcing Survey, released today. Specifically, in making outsourcing decisions, many organizations continue to confuse outsourcing with offshoring, do not address quality [...]

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To be more precise, advisers look like they may be split into those who have opted out of investing their clients’ money – in terms of picking funds and allocating assets on a strategic and tactical basis – and those who will seek to retain those skills and offer those services as part of what [...]

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IT services outsourcing has become an industry on its own and deals with hardware and software to help people in storing important information. Outsourcing of IT services has acquired immense popularity and the most common reason is cost-effectiveness. These services helps in maximizing business profits and let you take care of your important business activities.Outsourcing [...]

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