Speak to most outsourcing customers at the beginning of their contracts and innovation is always on their wish list. Talk to them couple of years later, and the one thing they wish they had gotten is innovation. The lack of innovation in outsourcing seems to be one the few things they are dejected about. Why […]
“Work” – in today’s world is becoming more and more project-based and relies heavily on technical skill sets. Workforce realities, structural shifts, and a change in social norms are affecting the nature of employment. Businesses and workers need to know how to adapt to these changes. As determined, the need for sophisticated, project-based work combined […]
Company: “How difficult can it be to outsource a process?” Outsourcing is not easy, just because you outsource a process to experts does not mean that it will work better than it did before and at a lower cost. It is essential to first decide why you want to outsource, is it because your core […]
Outsourcing Models There are several types of technology outsourcing models that are employed by CIOs. In a typical IT organization, you could see a combination of these models in operation. The different types of outsourcing models in practice are: Governance Based Model Pricing Based Model Governance Based Model IT governance model is based on an […]
We’ve seen how data can deliver insights in the hands of people like Hans Rosling who has been listed amongst the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 by Time magazine. Rosling has shown the history of 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 data points. He presents data with the urgency of […]
More enterprises are taking a look at establishing a vendor management office (VMO) to make IT sourcing more effective. Companies are creating IT VMOs for reasons including the rapid growth of IT spending within the business, the decentralization of technology purchasing, and increased complexity in vendor pricing and licensing. There are no hard and fast […]
A vendor plays an important role in the success of any organization irrespective of their size and type. Although the management of vendors or suppliers is a very difficult and complex task it has to be done for the benefit of the firm. It is a very important thing to keep an easy going and […]
An organization may outsource IT work for many reasons. The most important event is the transition period. Based on the size of the organization and the scope of IT outsourcing, the quantum of preparatory work will be different. But the process involved in preparation is same. Simple, three step process Setup the TM team. The […]
The advent of Information Technology has transformed the way in which organizations maintain their data. From the old warehouses storing heaps of files to the digital warehouses we have come long way. Every organization understands the importance of information in this fiercely competitive world. The challenge is how an organization can bring all the data […]
Insourcing is an industry practice in which work that would otherwise have been contracted out is executed in house. Insourcing time and again involves bringing in experts to fill temporary needs or training existing personnel to perform tasks that would otherwise have been outsourced. An example is the use of in-house engineers to write technical documents […]
