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Just incase you missed all those riveting Visa Reform webinars…
Missed yesterday's record-breaking webinar on the proposed Visa Reform? Or, were you one of the 870 registrants who enjoyed the discussion so much, that you've come back for more? Either way, we have what you're looking for...Read More
Why the Indian W-I-T-C-H providers have yet to break the IT Services Top Ten
It would be easy to forgive anyone for assuming that the Indian services majors Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and HCL (aka the "WITCH" providers) are dominating the global battle for services supremacy, given the hype that surrounds India’s dynamic IT outsourcing economy. However, In spite of their impressive growth over the past ten years, none of the WITCH providers have yet to make the HfS Top 10 of global IT services firms, despite dominating the application development and management businesRead More
HP and CSC beware: Dell is quietly becoming a major threat to the traditional IT services providers
It is my personal belief that the likes of HP and CSC will be sweating from the oncoming threat from the Austin-based firm's $8.5 billion services arm in the not-too-distant future, not to mention some of the flagging Indian firms struggling to rediscover their mojoes.Read More
156 billion reasons why Lars and SAP were never meant to be
Lars leaving so quickly symbolizes SAP's struggle, in my mind, to change its culture and approach to disruptive business models. The economics of the cloud cannot print anywhere near as much money for our German friends as the current legacy ecosystem of clunky enterprises, whose IT managers simply do not want to invite change or disruption. If your clients don't want to change, why should you?Read More
Congratulations and welcome to Christa, Ned, Tom and Jamie!
It gives me great pleasure to announce some imminent new analyst arrivals at HfS, in addition to announcing the promotion of a couple of guys who've been instrumental in the development of this business, which has literately sprung from nowhere in three years to the monstrosity it has become todayRead More
So… are these the world’s best outsourcing advisors?
The IAOP has announced it's 2013 "best outsourcing advisors", and kudos to my former employer, Deloitte, for coming top. Credit has to go out to Peter Lowes and his Outsourcing Advisory Services group for their achievement. In addition, KPMG's Shared Services and Advisory Group, led my Cliff Justice, finished in second place - a strong showing and justification of their 2011 acquisition of EquaTerra. The biggest surprises, however, are the absences of ISG, the largest transaction advisor of outsourcing contracts, and PwC...Read More
Replay of last week’s webinar: A Tour of Robotistan Outsourcing’s Cheapest Destination
Replay of last week's webinar: A Tour of Robotistan Outsourcing's Cheapest DestinationRead More
The dreamSource files… There are too many kings of bullsh*t who still sail through these training certifications
There are too many kings of bullsh*t who still sail through these training certificationsRead More
The dreamSource files… Gartner only focuses on “step 1” for outsourcing. We’re all way beyond that
And over at dreamSource, where 82% of the buyers have never completed a training class for outsourcing or shared services governanceRead More
The dreamSource files… you really think, in three months, you can transform what took us 30 years to build?
Welcome to dreamSource, where 73% of providers worry they may get fired for only delivering what was agreed in the contractRead More
