Category: IT Outsourcing / IT Services
2013 Analyst Value Survey Results: HfS Research has risen in influence more than all the other analysts
Please allow us a few minutes of our own-trumpet-blowing as we broadcast some of the results of the 2013 Analyst Value Survey, courtesy of Analyst Equity and Kea Company. This is based on a record number of 352 IT research consumers Read More
Accenture procures procurement’s prize property: Procurian
This is a momentous transaction in the history of Procurement Outsourcing which will have major ripple effects across all the other service providers and likely re-shaping our “Winner’s Circle” for 2014, as a result of Mike Salvino’s decision to double-down on sourcingRead More
Fancy yourself as a sourcing Master Black Belt?
HfS' Governance Proficiency Certification Program is designed to help today's sourcing executives approach service provider relationships and governance strategy with a sophisticated and pragmatic approach that will help them advance their careers, their skills and their experienceRead More
Can Salesforce and Workday’s hook-up genuinely hurt the SAP and Oracle empire?
With a quarter-of-a-trillion dollars a year being plowed into integrating and managing SAP and Oracle, are the SaaS upstarts truly ready to integrate multiple cloud apps at this type of scale to challenge the status quo?Read More
Concentrix buys its way into the customer experience management Winner’s Circle
Concentrix's investors, SYNNEX, were clearly so impressed with IBM's performance to reach the Winners Circle for customer experience management, they wanted a piece of the action for themselvesRead More
Teleperformance, IBM/Concentrix and Convergys make the Winner’s Circle for transforming the customer experience
We are proud to reveal our first Blueprint report that has gone deep into the innovation and execution capabilities of today's leading service providers in the customer experience management industryRead More
Welcome to the Lechner lectures: Why partnering strategies matter
Meet the man tasked with formulating a sourcing strategy for the IBM: Rich LechnerRead More
Forget business outcomes and innovation for now… most enterprises just want to get beyond adequate first
Our seminal State of Outsourcing Study, conducted with the support of KPMG, has revealed that today's wizening outsourcing buyer is looking at industry experience and the provision of talent that can do more than just the basics, when it comes to choosing between their providersRead More
Why are so many enterprise buyers becoming HfS members?
Why are so many enterprise buyers becoming HfS members?Read More
Frankly, Malcolm Frank… Part 2
Now to the real meat of our discussion with Cognizant's strategy lead, Malcolm Frank, where we discuss the future of the CIO's role and the IT function, the SMAC Stack and the Internet of ThingsRead More
