Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Network vulnerabilities are increasing and also becoming more difficult to deal with. Is your organization at risk? How does putting a solution in place differ if you already have some security measures and devices or if you have none? Here’s what a major medical center experienced and why it opted for an outsourced security solution.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
A study of the HR outsourcing relationships nominated for the 2007 Outsourcing Excellence Awards reveals some significant findings in supplier-selection criteria and keys to success. We share the data with you in this article.
Phil Fersht, VP Research
Paul Nowacki analyzes the BPO trend line. His findings: GDP growth inversely impacts BPO growth. That means buyers should consider entering the market when the economy is strong to avoid the crowd. Suppliers should focus their business development efforts in the markets with the worst economies.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The lower middle market manufacturers ($30 – $200 million in sales) tend not to use strategic sourcing solutions. But there’s an outsourcing provider achieving value for them with e-sourcing technology available in a Software-as-a-Service model. Read how it works for a mattress manufacturer impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
From early-stage companies to large enterprises, it’s not unusual that a company’s sales and marketing are not integrated or strategic. Read what can happen if they outsource their entire sales team to a provider with the expertise to move its clients to market leadership positions.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
R&D clusters, virtualization, SOA. They’re part of the second-generation utility computing model, now the number-one model companies are selecting for new IT systems and high-performance computing (HPC) needs. Here’s how buyers are using the model with outsourcing.
John Harney, Business Writer
This SMB manufacturer replaced its legacy applications with one hosted ERP suite for dramatic cost savings and vastly improved operational efficiencies.
John Harney, Business Writer
Insurance carriers with under $300 million in premiums face major challenges in adopting outsourcing because of their complex processes and products and intense government regulation. Here are some things to think about to insure outsourcing success.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Labor and food costs comprise 60 percent of a fast-food restaurant’s overall costs. Software solutions can efficiently manage the business, but they’re often not cost-effective for small to mid-size businesses and franchisees. Here’s how many restaurant owners benefit from a restaurant-management solution in an outsourced hosted ASP model.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Most corporate, law firms, and hospital libraries are cost centers and must justify their existence and continually reduce or contain costs. Many libaries are nearly dead or need to transform to digital assets. And more companies–like Toyota Motor Sales USA–find they need to create an information archive. Read this story to learn what outsourcing can achieve.
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