on demand business process outsourcing
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?
Comment This is the fastest growing driver of distributed working - outsourcing of tasks. Some of this is traditional outsourcing. Demand on corporate networks for distributed services these days goes well beyond the usual IT tasks. [24 Apr 2008]
Outsourcing market has mega comeback
News Human resources outsourcing demand fell by 34 per cent and more than $2bn TCV in 2007 compared to 2006. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) experienced a resurgence after a lacklustre performance in preceding quarters. [17 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News Analyst house Gartner forecasts healthy growth rates worldwide in the IT outsourcing (ITO) and business process outsourcing (BPO) markets. There is an increasing move towards lower-cost, offshore delivery centres but companies with a history of... [10 Jan 2008]
Hewitt Associates Helps Marriott U.K. Optimize Human Resources Management While Cutting Costs
White Paper Hewitt Associates, Inc.wanted to identify a scalable, cost-effective HR and payroll platform and suite of best-practice processes on which to operate HR business process outsourcing for 10,000 Marriott U.K.associates, following the formation of... [18 Dec 2007]
Bank IT spend to rise despite credit crunch crisis
News Most of that investment will go into outsourcing deals, especially business process outsourcing (BPO). In a statement, the research house said: "As a result of market pressures banks will be seeking to do more with the same amount of resources and... [11 Dec 2007]
Bigger is not always better
Comment Banks need to increase their reliance on vendors' solutions, business process outsourcing (BPO) and outsourcing solutions that enable them to spend more time on their core business and interactions with customers. [02 Oct 2007]
Keeping the techie workforce happy - Indian style
News Across the big players, attrition rates (the proportion of staff quitting each year) run at around 14 per cent in IT positions but can run much higher in the business process outsourcing sector. The lower salaries - particularly for junior staff... [21 Mar 2007]
UK vs the developing world
Comment Practices such as global outsourcing - IT and business process delivery from global locations - have ensured that globalisation is burgeoning. And the outsourcing of IT services and business processes will be a fundamental part of that growth. [29 Nov 2006]
Temp CIOs see pay rates rocket
News Swain said in a statement: "Organisations are looking for the most cost-effective way to rebuild skills and systems that were hollowed out in the outsourcing process. Demand for interim IT directors is rocketing as organisations kick-start new IT... [25 Jul 2006]
CIO Jury: Adapt or die, IT departments warned
News Andrew Turner, head of IT at Aspen Insurance Holdings, said: "Don't believe that it will be as fast or as fundamental as Gartner predicts but the role of IT is changing and the impact of increasing outsourcing is one factor influencing this change. [10 May 2006]
'No link' between IT job losses and offshore outsourcing
News But the study, which is based on a detailed analysis of occupational data for OECD countries and other business and economic statistics, claims that in the long term the benefits of offshore outsourcing and the globalisation of services will... [03 Mar 2006]
Opinion: India sets its sights on Europe
Comment In 2004, 47 of the largest global outsourcing deals were from Europe - this is now increasing, making Europe the most important source of business for any global IT supplier. I'm a frequent visitor to India and I've watched the IT services... [24 Feb 2006]
India facing offshore call-centre skills crisis
News Large multinational companies are locating call centres and business process outsourcing (BPO) facilities in India under the false assumption that there is an unlimited supply of skilled labour there, according to the report. [12 Sep 2005]
Accenture to hire 30,000 in Asia
News Outsourcing and consulting firm Accenture is planning to hire up to 30,000 staff across China, India and the Philippines. The company said that, depending on demand, it could grow that number to between 30,000 and 50,000 over the next three years. [11 Jul 2005]
IBM drives off with €1.8bn Fiat BPO deal
News In a separate announcement, IBM and BT have also won a €400m seven-year IT and communications outsourcing deal with InBev, the Belgian brewer of brands such as Becks and Stella Artois. Hardware consolidation, standardisation and the implementation... [01 Jul 2005]
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