As the economic times go from bad to worse, and organisations in most industries face up to reality of declining revenues, they must respond with similar reductions in their overall cost structure. Many HR leaders...
Using E-Auctions For Outsourcing IT Services The UK Government has been wasting billions of tax payers money on various initiatives in the past decade, so it always warms the heart when you read a story about...
As the UK enters the worst economic downturn in many decades, all IT directors are rapidly evaluating how they can keep IT going with a tighter budget and lower operational risk. There are several areas of IT that...
One of the more polarizing topics within outsourcing is the impact of competition on your suppliers. While few argue against the benefits of a highly competitive outsourcing industry, there is great disagreement...
In today's competitive environment, companies have embraced offshoring to maintain service levels with tighter budgets. The offshoring of software development has become widely accepted as a part of the...
The GOX Team conducted a survey across 15 Service providers to evaluate the state of the outsourcing market from the supply side. We've provided a summary of the respondants' answers below. I think...
Outsourcing Destination Focus: Romania In the past decade, India has dominated the offshoring market for IT and business process outsourcing. Today, strong emerging markets are rising through the ranks of...
When planning to offshore part of an organisation's IT functions, it's important to identify and manage risk throughout the outsourcing lifecycle. As Stephen Reed of Alsbridge comments on sourcingmag.com,...
Two common avenues for tackling rising costs are to implement lean initiatives and outsource to companies that can do the tasks more effectively. "Lean", as defined by Wikipedia, "is a production...
Can India Offer Transformational Outsourcing? Over the last ten years the majority, of offshoring deals have focused on labour arbitrage. The Lift and Shift model meant companies would tackle low hanging fruit of...