Category: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and BPaaS
The Industry Speaks, Part IV: Cloud services will separate the “real” business services providers from the body-shoppers
Cloud Computing presents the biggest opportunity for today's services vendors to deliver blended IT/BPO services. Vendors pushing standard labor arbitrage services under a thin veneer of "Cloud marketing" will quickly get cast aside as the table-stakes get a lot tougher Read More
The Industry Speaks, Part III: Demand for outsourcing is reaching new heights, but will vendors disappoint?
What are customers intending to do this year with their outsourcing strategies? When when we spoke to 1055 customers, intermediaries and vendors across the global sourcing industry earlier this month, they gave us the real picture Read More
Simply Lowell (Part II)
So here's the eagerly-awaited second part of the Lowell Williams experience, where we decided to give him 30 minutes of fame. Over to Equattera's HRO mega-star with the handbrake firmly in the off position... Read More
Simply Lowell (Part I)
Lowell, quite simply, is the most respected practitioner in HR Outsourcing. Not only has he spent many years as an actual HR leader, he also worked for the "original" HRO provider Exult, moved into the sourcing world with TPI, before joining Equaterra in 2004 to head their HRO advisory practice. He has been responsible for many HRO engagements - and he has somehow survived to tell the tale. Read More
Forget Platform BPO, it’s really about the Business Services Cloud (Part I)
What's interesting is this coming together of the IT/BPO model. And it's becoming much more sophisticated then simply providing a platform and some low-cost processing services. It's about integrated business services where the provider delivers the hosting, the application skills and the business services needed to help clients achieve specific business outcomes.Read More