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11 July 2008
So You Think you Want to Outsource Your IT?
Outsourcing key information technology (IT) functions is becoming increasingly popular for manufacturing companies, but the ultimate decision of whether to outsource still requires an in-depth evaluation of your in-house IT capabilities, notes Melinda Elmowy, vice president of global marketing for CargoWise edi, a provider of supply chain logistics management systems.

11 July 2008
Outsourcing from mid size IT companies chasing India
Global recession has come as a blessing for Indian IT companies as now mid size US IT companies have started turning towards India for their work. Describing this as a golden opportunity for Indian IT companies, Ashish Bahuguna of Bitscape IT Solutions Company said that now Indian companies had opportunity to get the best of their talent in terms of quantity and rate for their work.

07 July 2008
Outsourcing infrastructure applications for SMBs
The promise of rapid time-to-market combined with lower total cost of ownership continues to drive the adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) among small and mid-sized businesses. This on-demand or hosted application model delivers significant benefits through quick adoption, reduced IT costs and increased budget flexibility. Better yet, outsourcing allows staff to focus on business-related initiatives rather than spending valuable energy selecting, implementing, and maintaining complex on-site solutions.

 

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30 March 2007
Eugene Goland, Tom Grubb, Patricia Fisher -Technology, Vendor Due Diligence and Management OOBP&IAOP
IP Protection: Technology, Vendor Due Diligence and Management OOBP.org and IAOP

04 August 2006
Jeffrey M. Kaplan - Examining the SaaS Alternative to Meet Your Business/IT Objectives
Examining the SaaS Alternative to Meet Your Business/IT Objectives

04 August 2006
Oliver Lewis Houck - What to Expect from Certified Companies:Pros & Cons of Existing Certifications
What to Expect from Certified Companies: Pros and Cons of Existing Certifications

 

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26 March 2007
offshoring.fuqua.duke.edu
2006 ORN survey report: Next Generation Offshoring: The Globalization of Innovation.

02 August 2005
e-isn.com
ISN (India Software Network) is a leading IT research and offshore advisory firm, which helps clients, leverage the offshore opportunity in the IT outsourcing process. Since 1998, ISN has taken a lead in outsourcing procurement & since then developed and maintained a network of quality Indian software & BPO outsourcing service providers.

11 July 2005
Oxford BPO Research
The latest news and research on outsourcing and offshoring.

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OOBP Founder Speaks at CEED Regional Conference in Slovenia

OOBP Founder Speaks at CEED Regional Conference in Slovenia


Posted on Friday, May 11, 2007 (EST)
Eugene Goland, Founder of OOBP, was one of the distinguished speakers and round table moderators at “Building a Successful Multinational SME” conference, hosted by Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development in Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia.

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OOBP  Chairman Joins Billion Minds Foundation

OOBP Chairman Joins Billion Minds Foundation


Posted on Monday, April 02, 2007 (EST)
Eugene Goland, Chairman of OOBP.org and President of DataArt, was asked to join a Billion Minds Foundation, and became a member of its Global Knowledge Leadership Council, focusing on the knowledge economy, thought leadership and learning.

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Outsourcing to Ukraine: 2006 results and 2007 expectations

Outsourcing to Ukraine: 2006 results and 2007 expectations


Posted on Tuesday, January 30, 2007 (EST)
Information Technology market in the Ukraine has been growing stably during the last five years. Although internal customers still cannot afford ordering big IT projects, Ukrainian IT products are progressively more desired in Western countries. The USA and Western Europe are unalterably the well-established importers of software development services from the Ukraine.

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IDC Predicts Hyperdisruption in IT Industry in 2007

IDC Predicts Hyperdisruption in IT Industry in 2007


Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 (EST)
With worldwide IT spending expected to grow a modest 6.6 percent in 2007, many industry leaders will be more willing than ever to take chances and embrace change, to open up new pockets of growth. The result, according to IDC, will be a year of hyperdisruption, with many IT vendors stepping up their adoption of new business models and technologies, and cross traditional market boundaries.

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Soccer, Samba and Outsourcing?

Soccer, Samba and Outsourcing?


Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 (EST)
Mr. Lazarski, who is 38 and sports shoulder-length blond hair, says his business writing software for small U.S. companies is doing well after a slow start -- and he enjoys Brazil's "better weather and a better quality of life. Everything has worked out quite well."

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Fight for outsourcing deals intensifies

Fight for outsourcing deals intensifies


Posted on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 (EST)
Competition between IT outsourcing providers is continuing to intensify, spelling more complex procurement cycles but potentially lower prices for customers.

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Outsourcing Activity Spirals in Europe as Contract Sizes Shrink

Outsourcing Activity Spirals in Europe as Contract Sizes Shrink


Posted on Monday, January 15, 2007 (EST)
According to the latest Quarterly Index data from TPI, a leading sourcing advisory firm, 2006 experienced the single-greatest number of European agreements awarded (157) in any year, up 11 percent from 2005's previous high. Alongside this trend, there was a moderate decline in global market contract values which TPI says is symptomatic of the trend for shorter contract durations and smaller contract values.

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The Spin Cycle of Outsourcing

The Spin Cycle of Outsourcing


Posted on Saturday, January 13, 2007 (EST)
When Ross Perot spoke of the "giant sucking sound" during the 1992 elections, he spoke of U.S. jobs leaving the country because of cheap labor abroad. Outsourcing has since become a watchword of corporate America's continuous and heartless quest for cost cutting and downsizing. What was the threat of Japan in the '70s and '80s became Mexico for the '90s, and more recently it has been China and India conspiring with corporate America to take our jobs and send us all to the poor house.

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The Bottom Line of Offshore Development

The Bottom Line of Offshore Development


Posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 (EST)
The trend toward farming out development work to overseas firms has yielded bottom-line profits to most of the firms that have taken the leap of faith, according to an industry survey.

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An Upgrade For The Industry

An Upgrade For The Industry


Posted on Friday, January 12, 2007 (EST)
Whether designing a new product, managing shipments of supplies, billing for services, booking revenue or analyzing sales trends, software is the way all business gets done today.

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