outsourcing
Trust, But Verify: How to Manage Risk in Outsourced Applications
White Paper The reasons for outsourcing application development are many and varied. Outsourcing can be a cost-effective and efficient solution to the demand for new and specialized applications in today's... [12 Nov 2009]
Leveraging Public Resource Pools to Improve the Service Compliances of Computing Utilities
White Paper Computing utilities are emerging as an important part of the infrastructure for outsourcing computer services. One of the major objectives of computing utilities is to maximize their net profit while maintaining customer... [12 Nov 2009]
Data-at-Rest Encryption Implications for Key Management
White Paper Business process outsourcing, increased workforce mobility, and new methods of business collaboration are also key drivers. There are many factors driving requirements for data encryption. Compliance with industry and... [12 Nov 2009]
Future-proof your outsourcing: Stay flexible
Comment Your outsourcing deals must be able to ramp up or down depending on your business needs at the time. While an outsourcer can certainly buffer these fluctuations on behalf of the client organisation, it's important to... [12 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing Network Support: The Surprising Strategy That Helps You Spend Less for Higher Uptime
White Paper Outsourcing network support services is not a luxury that only the largest companies can afford. Outsourcing alleviates internal pressure to keep pace with a rapidly changing landscape of network-related... [11 Nov 2009]
No more tax breaks for offshoring?
Comment However the basic place of supply rule applies to certain cases of outsourcing back-office administrative services such as call centre operations. In the longer term, you will need to consider how this will impact on... [11 Nov 2009]
'Don't just outsource the problem when you outsource IT'
News Local council IT departments' tendency to outsource problematic tech functions means their outsourcing projects are rarely successful, according to a new report. Wise authorities will.use outsourcing as... [10 Nov 2009]
Automated Vulnerability Detection System
White Paper Vulnerability assessments have been recently identified, by independent market research, as one of the most sought after managed security outsourcing services. As with the outsourcing of any business... [09 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment They have accumulated piles of cash so you would think top Indian outsourcing firms such as Infosys Technologies and Wipro Ltd would go hunting for sizeable acquisitions in the current market. But when it comes to... [06 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing the data centre to a carrier neutral data centre operator in Europe
White Paper Should you outsource your data centre? You should if your organization has mission critical IT services, latency dependent Web services, business critical applications, or Internet centric services that need to be constantly available. [30 Oct 2009]
Why Print Management Matters
White Paper Jim Salzer of DocuAudit Intl.shows how Print Management allows you to control documentation expenses by outsourcing the management of your current print environment. Print Management provides a breakthrough answer to... [30 Oct 2009]
Taxman to save £110m by taking an axe to its IT estate
News The work will be carried out by outsourcing provider Capgemini under its Aspire (Acquiring Strategic Partners for the Inland Revenue) contract to provide IT services and supplies to the HMRC until 2017. [30 Oct 2009]
EquaTerra Position: The Pros, Cons and Market Trending for Multi-Sourced ITO
White Paper As the Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) market continues to expand and mature, an increasing number of buyers are finding themselves in multi-sourcing scenarios. At minimum, multi-sourcing mandates changes and... [30 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News Vincent is also planning to talk to the CIOs of its sister companies Tata Technologies and outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services about how they could work more closely together in future. Following its sale by... [26 Oct 2009]
Going green: A guide for CIOs
Comment Second, IT can make internal changes that cut its energy consumption levels alone by outsourcing datacentres or powering down all printers and PCs every evening. In good times and bad, green IT deserves a spot on the CIO... [21 Oct 2009]