Research & Insight

Research & Insight

EDS

Why Shell Created an ‘Ecosystem’ of Three Suppliers When It Outsourced its IT Infrastructure

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Instead of outsourcing its IT infrastructure to just one supplier that takes care of everything, Shell chose to outsource to best-of-breed suppliers. It created an IT ecosystem designed to encourage three suppliers to work together. Read how they made multi-sourcing a success.

Outsourcing Manages Risk While Transforming Processes for Canada’s Central Bank

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

As Canada’s central bank, the Bank of Canada works to preserve the value of money by keeping inflation low. It also acts as the government’s fiscal agent. More than 400 employees worked on the retail debt program, consuming 85 percent of the bank’s IT capacity while not a core activity. Outsourcing to EDS was the answer. However, this assignment had some extra requirements.

And Then There Were Two

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

AAA and EDS collaborated on how AAA could increase market share and customer satisfaction, at the same time, allowing EDS to enter a new market. They have leveraged each other’s domain expertise and now go to market with a single, seamless solution for some of AAA’s customers.

Part 3: A Diamond In The Rough

Roger J. Swantek, C.P.M., CIAP, Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS)

Governance tends to be one of the most difficult aspects of outsourcing. Yet it is vital to a relationship’s success. Roger Swantek of EDS describes how to create a successful governance program for procurement outsourcing.

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