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Comdata Turns To IBM For A New Spin On Cash Flow | Article

Comdata Turns To IBM For A New Spin On Cash Flow | Article

When a long-haul truck pulls in for a fuel fill-up, it typically costs about $150. More than 15,000 fleet operators turn to Comdata to provide credit cards for truck drivers to use as they ply the nation’s highways. Comdata verifies and pays the bills, and forwards an invoice with a small mark up to its clients. With trucks continually on the road, the Comdata network that handles these transactions must be absolutely reliable, accurate, secure, and always available.

The UK Perspective | Article

The UK Perspective | Article

As Richard Lister, head of the IT Outsourcing Group at the London-based Berwin Leighton law firm, looks at the U.K., he sees a maturing outsourcing market which he expects to be driven by three major trends in 1999.

The Tactics of Transformation | Article

The Tactics of Transformation | Article

The outsourcing industry, having matured significantly during the past ten years, faces changes in 1999 that will not only alter the focus of the outsourcing industry itself, but will also transform the companies entering into such transactions.

Man With A Mission | Article

Man With A Mission | Article

When Don Borgschulte, managing director of information technology and services, New Century Energies, arrived on the job in November 1996, his mission was clear. He had been hired to ‘fix’ his company’s badly faltering outsourcing relationship with IBM Global Services.

The Buzz About E-Business | Article

The Buzz About E-Business | Article

Over the past two years, the state of e-business has evolved from lightly regarded to a hot topic among senior executives. That’s been the experience of Neil Isford, vice president, e-business services, IBM Global Services.

The E-Business Explosion | Article

The E-Business Explosion | Article

By the year 2002, over 50 percent of everything that is spent externally on IT services will be expended around e-business activities. That’s part of the e-business explosion predicted by Doug Elix, general manager for IBM Global Services.

Blazing New Frontiers with Outsourcing | Article

Blazing New Frontiers with Outsourcing | Article

Today, enterprises of all sizes want to expand their reach to new customers, to contain or reduce their costs, or to bring new products and services to market more quickly. Increasingly, they are looking to information technology (IT) to help accomplish all these goals.

From Little Acorns… | Article

From Little Acorns… | Article

Tall oaks from little acorns grow. That old Latin saying applies to the staggering growth taking place in international Information Technology (IT) outsourcing. The growth trends predicted over the next few years in the US and around the world are rooted in a strong and established corporate practice of outsourcing. As this growth continues, COMPASS sees a worldwide need for more effective, corporate outsourcing strategies.

The Unmet Promise of Standardization | Article

The Unmet Promise of Standardization | Article

Companies frequently turn to outsourcers to harness the tremendous power of spiraling IT technology and shape it into a tool for standardizing their information functions across business lines and geographic borders. Unfortunately, all too often they then tie the outsourcers’ hands by failing to establish standardization as a top priority within their enterprise.

Interview with Doug Elix, General Manager | Article

Interview with Doug Elix, General Manager | Article

If you look back five years ago, most people would think of the value of outsourcing simply in economic terms as a way of reducing costs and restructuring the balance sheet. I think the focus now is far more on is there a better way to leverage technology in a very competitive environment where we have pressure to move quickly.

IBM Global Services and A.K. Steel | Article

IBM Global Services and A.K. Steel | Article

This relationship was chosen based on the close working relationship between the two companies.

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