Features
Gold all round for outsourcing in the Olympicsby Rupert Hodgson, sourcingfocus.com
The Olympics are coming, every day news articles relating to the 2012 Olympic appear in the media at an ever increasing rate as the games draw nearer. Many of these stories feature outsourcing companies that are either playing a dominant role in the running of the London Olympics or expect to gain increased business from the arrival of the Games.
more The State of CSR
by Matthew Mower, sourcingfocus.com
With the economy hitting bleak times, corporate social responsibility programmes have taken a back seat while companies take measures to ensure survival.
more Shared Services in the Public Sector
by Matthew Mower, sourcingfocus.com
Lincolnshire County Council’s recent commitment to a new public services network suggests that the public service is starting to catch up with private sector in terms of ITO.
more NOA Cloud Special Interest Group
by Rupert Hodgson, sourcingfocus.com
Cloud based services have become ever increasingly popular, cloud services are now being employed by a global user-base from companies to individuals. The NOA Cloud Special Interest Group analysed the risks and challenges businesses will face when moving to the cloud.
more The race for cloud dominance
by Rupert Hodgson, sourcingfocus.com
The rise of web based software has seen a race for the market share of cloud technology. At the forefront sits Amazon, however the market place is fiercely competitive and Google is actively moving to end Amazon's lead.
more Local government ITO: Innovating to reinvest
by Matthew Mower, sourcingfocus.com
Statistics have been released this week, highlighting the number of local councils that have significantly downsized their in house IT departments.
more American confusion surrounding offshore outsourcing
by sourcingfocus.com
A new ad released yesterday for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign condemns Republican candidate Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs and slams him for keeping money in foreign bank accounts
more The faltering economy impacts heavily on banks
by Rupert Hodgson, sourcingfocus.com
In the past week the banking sector has been hit by a series of jobs cuts. The turbulent global economy, compounded by the news that the UK has entered once more into recession, has resulted in widespread banking redundancies as the financial sector reels from the faltering economy.
more Business Analytics for More Profitable Decisions
by Felicity Bamber & Rupert Hodgson, sourcingfocus.com
Business analytics (BA) and business intelligence (BI) is to become an increasing trend throughout 2012.
more Outsourcing L&D – The importance of cultural fit
by Danny Roberts, Head of Managed Service Development, Thales Training & Consultancy
L&D directors need to research and identify vendors that can offer the right fit in terms of culture, experience and ability to fulfil their company’s training requirements
more Business Intelligence and Analytics
by Felicity Bamber, sourcingfocus.com
In recent years the importance of streamlining businesses, uncovering hidden revenue and growing a company has become ever more apparent.
more The pursuit of the small contract
by Rupert Hodgson, sourcingfocus.com
Small outsourcing contracts are rising while larger contracts are being issued in smaller numbers. Low price contracts have become prevalent within the public sector as it focuses on offering contracts for delivery of services to SMEs, while large outsourcing contracts have fallen significantly in 2012.
more At the crossroads: CSC’s turbulent relationship with Whitehall
by Rupert Hodgson, sourcingfocus.com
CSC has enjoyed mixed fortunes in its recent history with the UK public sector. CSC’s relationship with the government has been erratic, from being attacked in the commons, to winning new contracts while still experiencing fallout from past failures.
more European Total Contract Value drops 32%
by Felicity Bamber, sourcingfocus.com
ISG releases data on European outsourcing market showing a 32% drop in TCV
more The Infosys business model in an evolving economic climate
by Matthew Mower, sourcingfocus.com
Following Infosys’ disappointing revenue guidance, shares slipped by around 2% today as investors continued to sell stock. Infosys announced growth predictions at 8%-10%, despite the industry association NASSCOM predicting growth of 11%-14%.
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