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Archive for December, 2006

Infocrossing Introduces Managed Application Services, Providing Four Key Business Benefits to Buyers | Article

Infocrossing Introduces Managed Application Services, Providing Four Key Business Benefits to Buyers | Article

After repeated requests from its clients, Infocrossing expanded its Enterprise Application Services to include Managed Application Services (MAS), a cross-platform suite that includes all aspects of ERP application outsourcing. We married best practices around infrastructure capabilities with our PeopleSoft and JD Edwards ERP expertise, explains Jim Turner, Director of Managed Application Services.

Outsourcing Helps Legacy Air Carriers Fly Back to Profitability | Article

Outsourcing Helps Legacy Air Carriers Fly Back to Profitability | Article

Outsourcing has been one of the most important factors in the industry turnaround, providing an opportunity to remove large amounts of fixed cost while drawing on the expertise of the outsourcer to update the airline’s technology base. Read why airlines are outsourcing important business processes.

How Leading Retailers Achieve Vendor Performance Management and Compliance Optimization | Article

How Leading Retailers Achieve Vendor Performance Management and Compliance Optimization | Article

Most retailers lack the ability to efficiently process their vendor-performance information into knowledge that allows them to avoid or recover unnecessary costs from inaccurate shipments. However, there’s an outsourced solution that brings visibility into vendor operations, creating huge competitive advantage. Read what it did for Gottschalks and other retailers.

Retail E-Commerce No Longer a Diamond in the Rough | Article

Retail E-Commerce No Longer a Diamond in the Rough | Article

All studies indicate e-commerce is booming and online innovation is on the rise. Here are some ways that outsourcing facilitates retailers’ ability to capture more market share.

Outsourcing Provider Helps Pep Boys Double Key Managers Quickly, Affordably | Article

Outsourcing Provider Helps Pep Boys Double Key Managers Quickly, Affordably | Article

Pep Boys had to double its regional managers virtually overnight. The company wanted to promote from within but had no systematic way to locate the employees who might be good candidates. Outsourcing solved the problem.

SaaS Provider Helps Make PETCO’s Supply Chain the Cat’s Whiskers | Article

SaaS Provider Helps Make PETCO’s Supply Chain the Cat’s Whiskers | Article

Managing an extensive product line to quickly serve owners of everything from Abyssinian cats to Zebra fish is a tall order for PETCO. It turned to Software-as-a-Service to update its supply chain. Now it’s both reliable and fast.

ISP Partners with Remote Content Provider to Enhance the Country’s Food Chain | Article

ISP Partners with Remote Content Provider to Enhance the Country’s Food Chain | Article

Today farmers can harvest the information they need for their agribusinesses using an unlikely resource, their Internet Service Provider (ISP), who partnered with an ASP to grow a useful portal.

Why Life-Sciences Companies Need to Change How They Outsource to Create Greater Value | Article

Why Life-Sciences Companies Need to Change How They Outsource to Create Greater Value | Article

Despite all of the industry hoopla regarding the growth of life-sciences outsourcing, only a small set of life-sciences organizations truly engage in outsourcing. Traditionally, these companies adopted a contracting model for staff augmentation for their clinical drug testing. Read why they must adopt an outsourcing model to create value.

Editor’s Corner: Steve Stubitz of HP | Article

Editor’s Corner: Steve Stubitz of HP | Article

Steve Stubitz leads HP’s BPO business for the Americas. He explains why the lessons of Jerry McGuire resonate and suppliers need to send the A-team on every transition. Read his take on what’s up with BPO.

Achieving Measurable Value: Optimizing the IT investment and demonstrating value. | White Paper

Achieving Measurable Value: Optimizing the IT investment and demonstrating value. | White Paper

Delivering business results is one of the greatest challenges facing IT organizations today. How to demonstrate the value delivered in a way that is convincing to the business can be tricky. Learn how to help your clients create business value, measure performance, and drive continuous improvement.

Visible Breakthrough: The Strategy Infrastructure Connection for the City of Charlotte. | White Paper

Visible Breakthrough: The Strategy Infrastructure Connection for the City of Charlotte. | White Paper

The City of Charlotte recognized that creating a single point of-contact for end-user IT support would not only reduce costs and enhance the quality of service to end-users, but would allow the City to better leverage technology across all business units.