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Monday, February 08, 2010

UK outsources staff to operate machinery in Afghanistan.

Outsourcing increases with defence spending cuts more >>

Other News

• Essex councillor charged in expenses scandal
• HP strikes deal with Geo to connect centres
• The sourcingfocus.com weekly news roundup

Blog

Changing US demographics and a flurry of M&A activity suggest Latin America is ready to flourish.

Editor-at-large
Jessica Twentyman gives her views on the latest news

Feature

KPO: The way to go?

Vendors and end-users alike have been aspiring towards KPO for the last couple of years. But where has all the talk got us, asks Nicolette Allen?
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Analysis

Public Sector Sourcing Success

A report this week from Deloitte has questioned local councils’ ability to manage IT outsourcing contracts effectively. The research also claims that councils' mega-outsourcing days are numbered. sourcingfocus.com looks at where councils are going wrong and why does this mean the demise of large IT outsourcing deals?
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Opinion

What does the future hold for IT application outsourcing?

Ferenc Szelenyi gives his views on the future of IT application outsourcing
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HART of Outsourcing

Martyn Hart, Chairman of the
NOA, gives his take on current issues in the outsourcing sector

A week for positivity

It is all happening exactly as we had foreseen. Research figures have abounded this week and thankfully confirmed…
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Guest Blog

The industry's top professionals give their views on the issues that matter

2010: The year for Cloud Seeding & Cloud Governance

Brian Klingbeil, MD EMEA for Savvis, says companies must understand the implications of Cloud Computing rather than dive in without a plan
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White Paper

Selecting the Right Partners and Solutions

Hudson and Yorke, the sourcing consultancy,…
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Case Study

Tower Hamlets Community Housing and Sovereign Business Integration

Tower Hamlets Community Housing’s (THCH) first foray into outsourcing has proved a success, with Sovereign…
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Have your say

Public sector outsourcing - set to increase?

Butgets have been squeezed and with the Tories committed to cutting spending, it looks like we can expect further agressive cost cutting next year. It seems the public sector is going to need to turn to outsourcing again.
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Multimedia

Latest Podcast

The Big Multisourcing Debate
A few years ago multisourcing was hailed as the next big thing for the outsourcing industry. We gathered experts from PA Consulting Group, the management consultancy, Dimension Data, an IT outsourcing provider and Morrison & Foerster LLP, an international law firm, to continue the discussion.
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