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RSS noaOutsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News And speaking at the Sourcing Summit, hosted by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) in London yesterday Adrian Quayle, VP of strategic sourcing with analyst house Gartner, said cloud services would eat away at the... [19 Nov 2009]
Credit crunch fuels more UK outsourcing
News Commenting on the report, published yesterday, NOA chairman Martyn Hart said in a statement: "Outsourcing has traditionally been seen as a cost saving mechanism for business, so in times of economic turbulence it is not... [31 Jul 2009]
Economy and patriotism keeps work on home turf
News The economic downturn is likely to see UK businesses look closer to home when outsourcing IT or business operations this year, the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) has revealed. According to the... [09 Jan 2009]
Satyam suitors expected 'within a week'
News The National Outsourcing Association's (NOA) offshoring director Mark Kobayashi-Hillary told silicon.com: "I think that within a week somebody will express an interest in taking it on. The NOA's... [08 Jan 2009]
Know your outsourcing? Now get the qualification
News The National Outsourcing Association (NOA) has launched the UK's first academically accredited qualifications and training programmes, covering both the supply and use of outsourcing. The three qualification programmes -... [21 Nov 2008]
Green IT changes outsourcing for all
Comment Rumour has it the government has already started down this road and if so, they have the NOA's support. The National Outsourcing Association's Martyn Hart explains how environmental concerns are shaping the outsourcing... [23 Sep 2008]
New regs will drive outsourcing in 2007
News According to predictions for 2007 from the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), regulations due to come in - such as MiFID in the financial sector - are going to play a key role. With outsourcers geared up for these... [08 Jan 2007]
Data security top priority in BPO
News Ninety per cent of managers consider issues such as the protection of intellectual property rights, contract enforcement and data protection more relevant to their business than laws relating to the transfer of staff, according to new... [15 Dec 2006]
Rising wages forcing companies to look beyond India
News Skills shortages and rising wages in India will increasingly force UK businesses to look at alternative offshore outsourcing locations, according to the National Outsourcing Association (NOA). Almost two-thirds (60 per... [01 Dec 2006]
UK vs the developing world
Comment Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is offshoring director of the NOA (National Outsourcing Association). But the NOA's Mark Kobayashi-Hillary argues the outcome of global business is not nearly so clear-cut. As... [29 Nov 2006]
Cultural differences cause offshoring problems
News Over half of National Outsourcing Association (NOA) members surveyed recently also said cultural differences are still an issue in offshore outsourcing deals. At a NOA event last week David Skinner,... [17 Jul 2006]
Indian outsourcers to launch European invasion
News Indian IT companies will build on their offshore outsourcing base and go head-to-head with traditional western IT firms for more "onshore" contracts in Europe during 2006, according to the UK's National Outsourcing Association... [24 Jan 2006]
New MBA to help reduce risk of outsourcing failure
News The course has been proposed by the National Outsourcing Association (NOA), which claims current MBA and project management qualifications don't equip executives to deal with increasingly complex outsourcing arrangements. [12 Oct 2005]
UK customer data safe in India, says FSA
News Responding to the FSA report, the National Outsourcing Association (NOA) warned that those who leap on the offshoring bandwagon without putting the right procedures in place are likely to get their fingers burnt. [05 May 2005]
Next up for offshoring: SMEs
News Small and mid-sized businesses (SMEs) are poised to take up outsourcing and offshoring in increasing numbers, according to industry group the National Outsourcing Association (NOA). Sanj Prabhakar, SME director of the... [11 Mar 2005]
