Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The bank’s software provider announced it would no longer support its banking application. AIB had to determine whether to outsource or purchase a new system. Outsourcing was more expensive until ABN AMRO opened an office in India reducing fees by 60 percent. Outsourcing today does much more than save money.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
InBev, which brews 204 brands of beer including four global brands–Stella Artois, Beck’s, Leffe, and Brahma–had specific criteria for its network supplier. It needed someone willing to work together to open new markets like China and Russia. It also wanted someone who could work with its ASP and infrastructure provider. BT fit the bill.
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
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
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
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.
Outsourcing Center
It’s very possible for buyers to form highly successful relationships with a new provider after experiencing a failed relationship. But there are pitfalls. What are the best practices that ensure success in these situations the second time around? Here are some industry experts’ insights.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Berndt-Uwe Pagel, Senior Vice President of BPO for SAP, discusses the software company’s role in BPO. He explains why IT agendas have to change, standardization is important, and suppliers have to become profitable. And he shares the most important lesson he learned from his dad.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
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.
Todd Hintze, Principal, Everest Group
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.
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