outsourcing
How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News This allowed us to do the cost reduction program using the information we had about the IT operation," Hayes said at The Sourcing Summit, hosted by the National Outsourcing Association, in London yesterday. [20 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Could some of the big names in outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? However Carr said following the shift to cloud computing - which he believes is as inevitable as the move from... [19 Nov 2009]
Why Outsourcing Your PKI Provides the Best Value: A Total Cost of Ownership Analysis
White Paper Why should one consider outsourcing rather than deploying an in-house Certification Authority (CA)? Once one conclude that one needs a certificate to exchange information online securely, turn on the security inherent in... [13 Nov 2009]
Recession Proof Your Business Email Through Outsourcing
White Paper Email's importance is overshadowed only by the formidable task of keeping everything up and running as close to 24x7 as possible, adding new capabilities to the email infrastructure over time, protecting against new and ever more... [13 Nov 2009]
Federated Identity and Software as a Service (SaaS): Single Sign-On to the Cloud
White Paper As companies seek efficient ways to cut costs, many are turning to Software as a Service (SaaS) as an option for outsourcing certain types of IT services, like sales management, human resource management, customer... [13 Nov 2009]
Secure Internet Single Sign-On 101
White Paper With the success of Single Sign-On (SSO) inside the enterprise, users are calling for interoperability outside of the enterprise's security domain to outsourced services, including the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)... [13 Nov 2009]
Top 9 Network Security Threats in 2009
White Paper A company that has traditionally kept their security management and monitoring in-house may use this as an opportunity to look at the cost benefits of outsourcing this to a leading security firm. By realizing the... [13 Nov 2009]
Leveraging SaaS Technology for Web Application Security
White Paper How can information security personnel protect sensitive data - and ultimately, the corporate reputation - without costly Web application security assessment outsourcing? Information security managers and directors are... [13 Nov 2009]
Taxing Issues in Strategic Sourcing Decisions
White Paper This analysis encompasses strategic sourcing options such as relocation and consolidation to use shared services, insourcing, outsourcing and co-sourcing. Today's economic environment is forcing companies to assess their... [13 Nov 2009]
10 Things to Know About ITO: Determining if IT Operations Outsourcing Is Right for You
White Paper This paper offers the 10 important things to know about IT operations outsourcing to help one understands the relevance of ITO outsourcing, determine if ITO outsourcing is right for the... [12 Nov 2009]
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]