Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
A new buzz surrounds IT outsourcing. Buyers are taking a new tactical approach to ITO. They want technical innovation, worry about security, and are embracing multisourcing. Read what the experts think will happen in 2006.
Eric Schoeniger, Business Writer
A growing number of businesses are now using VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) to route voice traffic over their computer networks. So how do you keep malicious hackers from listening to your calls? Outsourcing can help.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
ATI manufactures 400 cards for video games. Dissatisfaction with multiple suppliers led it to select a single source solution. ASP Parature improved customer satisfaction and decreased incoming call volume by 80 percent through its self-service options.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
American Ref-fuel turns garbage into electricity. It outsources everything else. Here’s how the company’s various IT suppliers work with each other to service the energy company. The result: the company that turns waste into energy doesn’t waste energy.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
When Sunoco decided to transform its IT infrastructure, it performed 90 percent of its IT services in-house. After an honest assessment of its deficiencies, the refiner decided to outsource 90 percent of its infrastructure to multiple suppliers. The key to that successful transformation was changing how Sunoco defined the work, according to Tim Murtha. From his new book.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The Community Health Plan of Washington had an enviable problem: its growth rate topped 300 percent a year. It needed a supplier who could handle that growth. Adaptis, with offices in the US and India, was just what the doctor ordered.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
A new research study by Katzenbach Partners says the traditional American and European suppliers are no longer the safe bet for buyers looking to outsource their information technology. The study says the Indian suppliers, who have excess cash thanks to their rapid growth, may be a better choice.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Identity theft is one of the fastest growing global crimes. Hospitals store that kind of personal data in their networks–as well as patients’ medical records. Read how outsourcing protects the data at a community hospital in Georgia.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
In the hospitality industry, a small number of travelers contribute a large portion of the revenue. Leading Hotels of the World, a marketing company for luxe hoteliers, used an ASP solution to create its loyalty program. In the process, supplier Quaero helped Leading Hotels improve its guests’ experiences.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Before it outsourced, the accounting department of a large manufacturer saw many airplane tickets over $1,000. Today the average ticket price is $320 after outsourcing ticket procurement to Travelocity Business.
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