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Dr Charlie airs the BPO potential of East Africa, Part 2
The exploits of "Dr Charlie", alias the Last King of Sourcing, Charlie Aird, who completes his diaries from his recent sabbatical to East AfricaRead 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
Has Infy got its mojo back? Let’s ask Shibu…
We got a few minutes with Shibu, CEO of Infosys, to find out what's going on under the Infosys hood these daysRead More
Frankly, Malcolm Frank… Part 1
Cognizant's Malcolm Frank talks to HfS Research's Phil Fersht about the Cognizant growth story and how the firm is trying to stay ahead of the gameRead More
Are you ready for a real Governance Academy?
We've officially launched the HfS Governance Academy; an advanced series of instructor-led online and classroom-based training services designed to help HfS Research's global enterprise clients govern their outsourcing and shared services environments more effectivelyRead More
It needn’t be marketing hell, with EXL
One example of an Indian-centric provider which is setting the standard for many others to follow is up-and-coming BPO provider EXL, which has not only invested heavily in local delivery resources, but has also put significant resources into developing its corporate, sales and marketing leadership in the United States. Read 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
Welcome to Gautam’s city
We were pleasantly surprised when Gautam Thakkar got the nod to take on the reins at InfosysBPO last month. Here Phil Fersht and Gautam discuss his new role and how he intends to take the InfosysBPO forwardRead More
