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Keeping it Simple: The New Model for IT Service Management | White Paper

Outsourcing Center, Patti Putnicki, Business Writer

Today’s IT infrastructure has a lot of moving parts. There have always been the servers, network, security concerns and desktops to deal with – along with standard and custom applications. Enter cloud, virtualization and mobility, and that complexity moves to a whole new level. In addition to desktops, IT personnel have to find a way …

How Outsourcing Transformed a Hotel Operator into a Services Company

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

When this outsourcing relationship started, Grupo Posadas was a hospitality provider in Latin America. Today, it has transformed itself into a services company with multiple revenue streams in a variety of vertical markets. Grupo Posadas formed four new companies based on the platform it created with Oracle On Demand.

Application Management Outsourcing Services Provide Bigger Bang for the Buck

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Increased business agility is a big driver of the increase in application management outsourcing (AMO), notes Marc Schwarz, Senior Vice President and leader of the Oracle On Demand business. Businesses want to focus more of their resources on developing new innovations that increase revenue and profits. But he states that reducing business risk is the …

An Outsourcing Solution for Consumer-Directed Healthcare that Payors Cannot Afford to Ignore

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Consumer-directed healthcare (CDH) is causing payors to determine how to meet the challenge of adjusting existing technology so it services individual clients, not just groups. Payors have four choices. One of those, a CDH defined-care platform in an outsourced model is finding great success in the marketplace. Here’s why.

Outsourcing Serves Reduced Labor and Food Costs with Increased Restaurant Management

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.

Infocrossing Introduces Managed Application Services, Providing Four Key Business Benefits to Buyers

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.

How Leading Retailers Achieve Vendor Performance Management and Compliance Optimization

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Most retailers lack the ability to efficiently process their vendor-performance information into knowledge that allows them to avoid or recover unnecessary costs from inaccurate shipments. However, there’s an outsourced solution that brings visibility into vendor operations, creating huge competitive advantage. Read what it did for Gottschalks and other retailers.

When An Outsourcer Outsources: Debt Collector Uses Champion Challenge for Selection

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

AMO, a debt collection firm, looked at a number of suppliers, then set up a 60-day champion/challenger test. Who could collect more money–AMO’s dialer or the supplier’s system? We wanted to test their situations under combat conditions, says Michael Chamberlain, AMO’s President.

How Outsourcing IT Helped a Swedish Airline Concentrate on Its Customer Service

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Malmö Aviation, the second largest airline in Sweden, has a laser focus on customer service, which is run by its IT infrastructure. Outsourcing IT to Unisys allows the airline to serve its travelers instead of worrying about its servers. Now its growth pattern looks like a plane taking off.

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