Category: IT Outsourcing / IT Services
Why did iGATE erase the Patni name?
While you can understand Xerox preferring their more famous and recognized brand to ACS, and the procurement guys simply wanted to sounder sexier, it's curious why iGate would drop the famous Patni brand barely a year after its mergerRead More
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
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
Flashback kicks the myth of Apple invincibility squarely in the jewels
YOUR APPLE DEVICE MAY NOT BE AS SAFE AS IT APPEARS...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
Negotiations and the deals we make: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Here is the good, bad, and ugly of recent deals where we've coached clientsRead More
Have some industry events reached their stagnation point?
After attending the 2011 and 2012 World Summits hosted by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), we were left with a feeling that event organizers were ignoring the opportunity to assemble top-notch thought leadership to drive community discussion.Read More