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- Is India adapting to the Night Shift?
- Is India adapting to the Night Shift?Give 'em all Prozac and ...tell them to get used to the health issues. It comes with the American or Indian in this case Dream. Our life style here in America can kill the strongest of men... or women.Issue ain easyI work...
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, IT Services, HEALTHCARE, Associated Press, Indian IT industry, attrition rate, Night Shift, BPO, odd hour
- Discussion threads 2007-12-28
- Outsourcing Predictions for 2008... in a nutshell
- Let's not beat around the bush...here's what happening next year in the "O" world: 1) Offshoring panic will continue, but will force providers to innovate. Concerns over the appreciating rupee, weakening dollar, wage inflation and employee attrition will continue to have a powerful impact on the global...
- Tags: Human Resources, Oracle Corp., BPO, Outsourcing Company, Outsourcing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht
- Blog posts 2007-12-20
- Will an economic downturn spark a new wave of outsourcing growth?
- These are interesting times in the outsourcing world, as typified by Peter Allen's post last week, where he mentions sporadic, stuttering growth as the leading Indian providers look to gain footholds in the market, and a slowdown in the number of mega-outsourcing deals being signed with the incumbent outsourcing behemoths. ...
- Tags: History, BPO, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Phil Fersht
- Blog posts 2007-12-16
- Accenture inks Microsoft as bpo customer
- Accenture inks Microsoft as BPO customerThat's oddI thought MSFT's core processes were running on SAP. If so then this must be a change of tack.Ballmer was until Sarb Ox on Accenture's BoardBecause Ballmer was until recently on Accenture's board of directors, I find this news distressing. The arrangement does not...
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, IT Services, Microsoft Office, Accenture Ltd., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., BPO
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- Accenture inks Microsoft as bpo customer
- Accenture said Thursday that it has signed up Microsoft in a seven-year, $185 million business processing outsourcing agreement. Under the deal, Accenture will provide finance and accounting procurement services. Microsoft is outsourcing some of its finance processes and consolidating services. According to Accenture's statement, the company...
- Tags: BPO, Accenture Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Leading bpo Targets Savings of $1400 Per Agent Per Year Through Application Virtualization
- Siemens Information Processing Services SIPS is a part of Munich, Germany based, Siemens, a global electronics and electrical engineering company. Siemens Information Processing Services wanted to manage its PC fleet, along with the two main problems that the company had been facing - underutilization of desktops and high maintenance costs....
- Tags: Application, BPO, Agent, Microsoft Corp., Siemens Information Processing Services, Virtualization, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Storage Management, Utility Computing, Engineering, Desktops, Hardware, It Operations, Storage
- Case studies 2007-08-30
- Why "IT" Does Matter in bpo: Information Technology's Key Role in the Success of Business Process Outsourcing
- Large organizations moving to outsource any of their business processes have scores of issues and questions they must confront before taking that step. Two considerations that are too often underemphasized are the role of the Information Technology IT department and the role of IT itself in the business process outsourcing...
- Tags: Business Process, BPO, Information Technology, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Operational Planning, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2007-01-30
- Global procurement bpo market generated $627 mln in 2005
- Global procurement BPO market generated $627 mln in 2005Procurement Salaries Grow in 2006Check out how procurement salaries grew in purchasing over recent years in 2006: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;64830147;7543054;i?http://www.purchasing.com/article/CA6397168.html
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Purchasing & Procurement, Outsourcing, IT Services, procurement, BPO
- Discussion threads 2006-12-19
- Dell Opens It's 4th Indian Call Center
- Dell have set up huge BPO Business Process Outsourcing units in India. Dell has one call centre each in Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mohali. India will be the only country in Dell's 30-site contact network that supports customers in all geographic regions. India's information technology and call centre industry directly employs...
- Tags: India, Dell Computer Corp., BPO, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-08-15
- How Technology Impacts the Cost of Business Process Outsourcing (bpo)
- What is the impact of technology on the cost of a business process outsourcing BPO relationship, and why should you care? Those questions are addressed in this SAP white paper, which examines the specific ways that technology drives BPO costs and how you can better manage those costs. The paper...
- Tags: Business Process, BPO, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Operational Planning, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-08-01
- bpo 2.0: The Road to Contact Center Innovation
- The basic premise of Business Process Outsourcing BPO is that companies focus on their core competency and move their non-core business processes to outsource providers allowing for optimal use of a company's time and resources. BPO has grown immensely in the last decade - the list of functions being outsourced...
- Tags: Innovation, Business Process, BPO, Outsource, Contact Center, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Operational Planning, It Services, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-07-19
- The Benefits of Combining Business-Process Outsourcing and Service-Oriented Architecture
- Recently, companies have started looking to Business-Process Outsourcing BPO providers to help them achieve visibility into their global business operations and reduce their costs. Leading-edge BPO providers such as HP are stepping in to bridge the gap between services and technology. In some cases, they are now providing not only...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., BPO, Benefit, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Web Services, Outsourcing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, It Services, Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
- White papers 2006-07-01
- Worldwide bpo market to grow at 10.9% a year
- According to IDC, the worldwide business process outsourcing market is vibrant and brimming with opportunity. Worldwide BPO spending will experience a five-year compound annual growth rate CAGR of 10.9%, growing from $382.5 bln in 2004 to $641.2 bln in 2009.
- Tags: BPO, Worldwide BPO
- Blog posts 2005-10-24
- SOA + bpo = Chaos
- SOA and BPO business process outsourcing aren't a natural match, apparently. Some think the two together can even unleash the forces of chaos. Writing in Information Week, Howard Baldwin describes a financial-services firm's risk management application that blew apart and failed to time and economic savings that were promised. ...
- Tags: system-management application, business process, Howard Baldwin
- Blog posts 2005-09-13
- $5.4 bln spent on business process outsourcing in Asia-Pacific in 2004
- IDC found that the market for business process outsourcing BPO services in Asia-Pacific Excluding Japan APEJ region was $5.4 bln in 2004. IDC forecasts this market will achieve a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 15% from 2005-2009 and generate more than $12 bln in revenues by 2009. This growth...
- Tags: business process, BPO
- Blog posts 2005-08-28
- bpo outsourcing to grow at 3.3% a year
- The US outsourcing, project-based services, and support and training services markets are anticipated to experience moderate overall growth over the next 5 years, according to IDC, with growth within select industries exceeding market averages. While the growth of outsourcing services within the discrete manufacturing, banking, and government sectors will hover...
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Vertical industries, compound annual growth rate
- Blog posts 2005-08-10
- Indian software and bpo industries to grow 32%
- Indian software and BPO industries to grow 32%That doesnt change the huge volume of negative press coming in....There still is a HUGE number of businesses and groups having problems with offshoring in India, and the volume of negative pres is getting louder it seems. Do a review here on ZDNET...
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Strategy, offshoring, information technology, BPO industry, Indian Software, BPO
- Discussion threads 2005-07-28
- Indian software and bpo industries to grow 32%
- India's software and business service industries are expected to grow 32% between March 2005 and March 2006 from $17.2 bln between March 2004 and March 2005.
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, IT Services, BPO
- Blog posts 2005-07-28
- 70% of Indian business process outsourcing companies to die within the next few months
- 70% of the top 15 Indian business process outsourcing start-ups will cease to exist in the coming months, Gartner said. Offshoring customer service will not be as widespread as expected. In 2005, it is expected to be less than 2% of the total and will grow only to less than...
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, IT Services, BPO, business process
- Blog posts 2005-04-13
- 70% of Indian business process outsourcing companies to die within the next few months
- 70% of the top 15 Indian business process outsourcing start-ups will cease to exist in the coming months, Gartner said. Offshoring customer service will not be as widespread as expected. In 2005, it is expected to be less than 2% of the total and will grow only to less than...
- Tags: Business process outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, IT Services, BPO, business process
- Blog posts 2005-04-13
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