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Archive for April, 2005

Converging on the Future: Viewpoint | White Paper

Converging on the Future: Viewpoint | White Paper

Competitors are collaborating in a new outsourcing business model to accelerate transformational change across their industries while improving their business performance and reducing risk. Read what Unisys has to say.

Business Transformation Utilities: Converging on Tomorrow | White Paper

Business Transformation Utilities: Converging on Tomorrow | White Paper

Transform your business and industry: Use the combined strength of your competitors to turn common processes into shared infrastructure. Reduce costs. Increase ROI. Set standards, lower capital investments and change the way the game is played.

ComputerWire: IT Services Quarterly Review: Q1 2005 | White Paper

ComputerWire: IT Services Quarterly Review: Q1 2005 | White Paper

This is the second of ComputerWire‘s quarterly ‘state of the nation’ reports on the $600bn IT services sector, covering the first quarter period to March 31, 2005.

Quantifying the ROI of Human Capital | White Paper

Quantifying the ROI of Human Capital | White Paper

Most companies don’t treat the billions of dollars spent on workforce programs as investments that affect economic value according to Hewitt. Treating human capital as “invested capital” for financial planning purposes allows for more strategic decision making. Human Capital ForesightTM — developed by Hewitt Associates, measures the cash flow return on human capital investments to [...]

An Ounce of Prevention: The Importance of Testing | White Paper

An Ounce of Prevention: The Importance of Testing | White Paper

This informative white paper from Keane examines the strategic importance of software testing. To ensure that stable software is operating your business, serving your customers, and supporting your partners, you must make testing an integral part of your software development process. This paper outlines the importance of software testing, discusses its challenges, proposes a model [...]

Mellon Treasury Insights | White Paper

Mellon Treasury Insights | White Paper

SOX and other risk factors have further complicated the already intensive disbursements process. Learn why many companies are seeking outside expertise to improve control over their payments and mitigate risk.

Mortgage Companies Adopting Outsourcing But Cost is at the Bottom of the List | Article

Mortgage Companies Adopting Outsourcing But Cost is at the Bottom of the List | Article

Cost is the traditional outsourcing driver. But a new Ocwen study found meeting customer expectationss and management accountability were way more important in helping mortgage companies compete.

To Their Credit, Credit Card Issuers Are Outsourcing More | Article

To Their Credit, Credit Card Issuers Are Outsourcing More | Article

Credit card companies are outsourcing more than just their call centers. Dan Montgomery of Convergys explains why.

Ireland (With Help From India) Helps Boston Insurance Company Compete | Article

Ireland (With Help From India) Helps Boston Insurance Company Compete | Article

This issue our Other Than India series focuses on Northern Ireland. Liberty Mutual created a captive in Belfast for applications development during the dot com boom when programmers were in short supply. Today the insurance company has 160 people there who can easily travel to Boston when necessary.

How Outsourcing Email Management Helps Financial Services Companies | Article

How Outsourcing Email Management Helps Financial Services Companies | Article

Email has become a ubiquitous form of business communication. Financial services firms have to protect the security of these communication because of the sensitive data they contain. Outsourcing email management is the answer.

Should Commercial Software Companies Create A Captive Or Outsource? | Article

Should Commercial Software Companies Create A Captive Or Outsource? | Article

Should commercial software companies create a captive organization or outsource that work to an offshore provider? Sean Walsh of Symphony Services crunched the numbers and came up with an answer.

Nicaragua Wants to Become A Nearshore Hot Spot | Article

Nicaragua Wants to Become A Nearshore Hot Spot | Article

Many of us remember watching the Iran-Contra hearings on TV. Over 400,000 nationals fled Nicaragua during the civil war; many settled in the US. Today they have returned home with an affinity for America and good English skills. Sounds like a good base for offshoring.

India Sees Performance-Linked Salary Hikes for Outsourcing Staffers in 2005 | Article

India Sees Performance-Linked Salary Hikes for Outsourcing Staffers in 2005 | Article

Employees of India’s BPO suppliers enjoyed a 14.5 percent pay hike last year, according to a Hewitt Associates study. And this year will be even better for India’s top-performing employees.

How Offshoring Can Create Jobs For Americans | Article

How Offshoring Can Create Jobs For Americans | Article

The media reports how offshoring is putting Americans out of work. This is certainly happening. But David Andersen, a partner at Bryan Cave LLP, describes how offshoring not only saved jobs but also created them for his high tech clients.