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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Life Insurance: The Next Generation
by Tony Collins, CEO of OPAL
Simple, effective and cost effective products have never been more important for the financial services industry than during the current economic downturn.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Is the Government Biting its Nose Off to Spite its Face?
by Martyn Hart, Chairman NOA
Is there a practical alternative to public sector outsourcing?
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
PaaS Times – Enabling Cloud Development
by David Akka, UK MD Magic Software
The Cloud has promised much in terms of flexibility, agility, operational and cost savings. However , effective development of cloud application relies on sound underlying platforms; for development teams to be able to build cloud applications effectively, they need the right platform on which to create and deploy the applications.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Outsourcing: Changing the Face of Business
by Martyn Hart, NOA Chairman
I was extremely interested to see research published recently which suggested that Britain’s outsourcing industry is now almost as big as the financial services sector. The study, released by Oxford Economics, highlighted the fact that the outsourcing industry in this country generates more than £200 billion a year, and accounts for as much as 8% of the UK’s total economic output.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Choice and Flexibility: New Approaches in Application Development and Delivery
by David Akka, UK MD Magic Software
Traditionally, outsourcing application development has enabled organisations to reduce IT operating costs, tap into specialist skills and enable core, internal IT staff to focus on strategic tasks. The need for CIOs to capitalise on these benefits look set to continue, in fact a recent survey by Harvey Nash found that application development remains the most intensively used outsourced service.
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Managing Legacy Systems
by Jon Milward, Director of Managed and Support Services, Northdoor plc.
When it comes to managing your company’s IT systems, it’s vital to consider the legacy technologies you have in house as part of the IT strategy and management plan. ‘Legacy technologies’ can refer to any systems or applications that have been in existence for some time, and are either becoming hard to support due to dwindling skills or discontinued support from the vendor, or are no longer core to the company’s operation but do still need to be retained.
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Process Benchmarking for Nimble and Scalable Growth
by Smita Jina, Assistant Vice President, Genpact Europe
Now that we are emerging from the economic down turn, corporations are shifting emphasis from maintaining position to focussing on achieving sustainable profitable growth and seeking ways to scale and replicate successful business processes globally. Process benchmarking is one of the effective ways of identifying the best processes to replicate or highlighting those which need improvement.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Suspicious Minds
by Laura Hood, Marketing Manager, Triton Consulting
It is understandable for in-house DBAs (database administrators) to view a remote database support service with some suspicion. Afterall, managing the day to day running of the database is their primary role. However, depending on the size of an organisation, DBAs are frequently being asked to take on more than just the traditional day to day management and monitoring of a database. In a survey by IDUG & CA in small organisations (1-1000 employees) 31% said they were primarily involved in database administration. This means that more than half are primarily involved in other activities which take them away from day to day administration and maintenance.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Cloud computing - is there a silver lining?
by Martyn Hart, NOA Chairman
I’m often asked what the future of outsourcing is, and, as difficult as it can be to accurately predict what’s going to happen without using a crystal ball, it’s certainly worth considering the value that cloud computing is able to add. Back in the cold, dark and rainy days of January I predicted that this year was going to serve as a key driver for growth in the outsourcing space. As we edge slowly into May, is it fair to ask why we have yet to see the much-vaunted explosion in cloud computing.
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Thursday, May 05, 2011
Outsourcing Training Takes a Slice of the Pie
by Martyn Hart, Chairman of the National Outsourcing Association
A successful outsourcing relationship takes effort There is no doubt that we have seen a huge increase in outsourcing deals in recent years, especially since the Government Spending Review was announced, as more businesses look to outsourcing to achieve success on a shoestring. But how much knowledge is there out there about how these relationships should be managed?
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Can Recruitment Outsourcing Deliver Quality of Hire?
by Helena Parry, director at recruitment outsourcing and talent management specialist, Ochre House
The outsourcing of the recruitment process to an external partner gives organisations immediate access to best practice in the market and the skills and experience of dedicated professionals.
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Outsourcing your IT Infrastructure: The Top Three Myths Debunked
by Jon Milward, Director of Managed and Support Services, Northdoor plc.
Many companies still believe that they are ‘too small’ to consider outsourcing their IT infrastructure – so let’s get that myth out of the way first of all. Infrastructure outsourcing is not just for large companies.
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Store Less – Know More: Is Business Analytics the answer to Information Landfill?
by Chris Gabriel, Director of Solutions and Marketing at Logicalis UK
If the census was an example of how the amount of data stored doesn’t equate to the value gained , then it is the best and worst one you could find.
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Process an Underutilised Business Lever
by Sasha Sanyal SVP Smart Enterprise Processes, Genpact
As the recession begins to fade, companies have a renewed interest in developing innovative strategies to increase revenue, enhance working capital and retain their most valuable assets - clients.
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