News Analysis

Friday, November 13, 2009
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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Friday, November 06, 2009
Source Aid?
This week Time Magazine online published an article that asked ‘Could the information economy help narrow the gap between the rich and the poor?’ sourcingfocus.com looks at what implications this has in reference to outsourcing and offshoring.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
The Wipro Effect
As Wipro releases its second quarter revenue results, sourcingfocus.com analyses what affect this has had on the Indian outsourcing industry and what the future has in store.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Where did all the grads go?
Businesses that outsource to UK based suppliers tend to keep jobs onshore. Graduates have a chance to learn the vital basics and the UK moves into the future happy in the knowledge that it has a well skilled workforce. The problem is, many of the biggest businesses are not using UK suppliers, instead they are opting to offshore. Sourcingfocus.com debates whether this gap is quickly becoming a void.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
IT spending down but do not fret!
Gartner forecasts released early this week will have confirmed what most CIO’s knew and have been struggling with over the last year and a half. The recession has truly hit the IT industry with global spending down six percent to $3.2 trillion in 2009 compared to $3.4 trillion in 2008. sourcingfocus.com asks what CIOs can do to adapt their organisations for a leaner IT outlook.
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Friday, July 03, 2009
Green IT – A CFO’s best friend
Green IT has been on the radar of service providers and end users for some time now. Increasing regulations involving carbon reduction, energy efficiency and environmental impact have meant that green IT has crept up the boardroom agenda and is now probably one of the most discussed topics amongst C level executives.
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Friday, June 19, 2009
Sri Lanka stepping into the outsourcing spotlight
Sri Lanka has had its name in the press a great deal over recent years, coming to a grand crescendo in the past few months. The Tamil Tigers conflict has caused a vast amount of opinionated articles to be written, some neutral, but most cast a dark cloud over Sri Lanka’s politics and military activity. However, the 25 year conflict appears to have reached a final conclusion and, while the rest of the world pick through the pieces of the aftermath, Sri Lanka is setting it’s sights on building the country into an outsourcing hub.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
Love it or hate it, the latest edition of The Black Book of Outsourcing is out
Love it or hate it, the latest Black Book of Outsourcing is out. This week’s sourcingfocus.com news analysis takes a look at the report into the “State of the Outsourcing Industry” and how companies are surviving the recession.
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Respect your elders
sourcingfocus.com speaks to one of the oldest outsourcing vendors on the block and asks what the outsourcing industry can learn
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Friday, May 22, 2009
Global Sourcing – a finger on the pulse
Everest, the international research institute, has recently released its 2009 Q1 Market Vista report. This report gives an overview of the global sourcing industry and highlights in particular the transaction trends within the outsourcing world. sourcingfocus.com takes a closer look at the report’s findings and explores just where the outsourcing market is heading.
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