Category: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
Poole’s Patter, Part III: Why do so many companies get SO hung up on technology decisions?
I’ve never understood why so many companies get SO hung up on technology decisions and so bought into spending huge sums of money paying consultants to reinvent the same wheel over and over againRead More
Missed the recent Procurement BPO slug-fest?
Missed last week's down-and-dirty Procurement BPO slug-fest between LA's Tony "Turbo-Charged" Filippone and Long Island's Bill "Bomber" Humber? Don't sweat it, as here's the replay of these two Industry heavy weightsRead More
Four reasons why HfS is busting up the traditional analyst model
At HfS, we're breaking the traditional mould of the "industry analyst firm" by doing four "disruptive" thingsRead More
April truths about outsourcing: Finance leaders are looking to providers’ capabilities more than ever, but are they really prepared to change?
Service providers are in pole position to provide the value clients need, however, there needs to be some give-and-take on both sides to move beyond mere "augmentation"Read More
Flashback kicks the myth of Apple invincibility squarely in the jewels
YOUR APPLE DEVICE MAY NOT BE AS SAFE AS IT APPEARS...Read More
Finally… a new acronym for BPO!
Finally... a new acronym for BPO!Read More
Merriam-Webster to remove the term Outsourcing for IT and Business Services
Pressure from buyers to create more accurate terminology for what we commonly, but incorrectly, term as "outsourcing" for IT and business processes has spurred dictionary publisher, Merriam-Webster, to remove the term in their next editionRead More
The great outsourcing sham redux
So we managed to whip up a tidal wave of emotion and opinion when we made the call that the "outsourcing industry", in its current state is, quite frankly, a sham. When over 30,000 people read something, there's a reason why... so let's drill down into what this all meansRead More
Why today’s outsourcing industry is a sham
When God created "outsourcing", she/he/it clearly had a sense of humor. How do you encourage people who offloaded a chunk of their low-end processes offshore to get together and form an "industry"? "Outsourcing" is broken terminology and isn't a real industry. Read More