outsourcing & subcontracting

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Absolute Scalability: SoftLayer improves IT staff efficiency by 15% while introducing more flexible services for customers with Dell storage

May 18, 2009 12:00am PDT

These days, just about all organizations need to invest in information technology in one form or another, whether it's managed in-house or via an outsourcing arrangement. Either way, deciding on...

Provided by: Dell

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Accenture Testing Services: Engaging Its Consulting Strength To Drive Testing Transformation

May 13, 2009 12:00am PDT

Accenture's testing services practice skillfully blends its consulting heritage and experience with a quality assurance mindset that aims at helping clients move toward transforming quality into a...

Provided by: IDC

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The Hidden Costs And Complexity Of Managing Multiple ADM Suppliers

May 8, 2009 12:00am PDT

As Application Development and Maintenance (ADM) outsourcing services hove grown rapidly based on the power of the labor arbitrage value proposition, many organizations outsourcing ADM utilized...

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Documentation checklist: What the new IT guy needs to find out

May 8, 2009 12:00am PDT

TechRepublic member jdclyde recently landed a job as the first in-house tech for a company that has always outsourced its IT needs. With no documentation or institutional knowledge to fall back...

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Set Up Your Business Through Outsourcing SEO Submissions

May 6, 2009 12:00am PDT

It's the world of outsourcing, if you in any business or service it's very important for you to have a clear idea about outsourcing in order, to flourish in your business. You can understand....

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Case Studies

Tube Lines Transforms IT To Keep London Moving

May 5, 2009 12:00am PDT

Tube Lines maintains the trains, tracks and stations for three of the busiest lines on London Underground - Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly, together carrying almost 2 million passengers daily. A...

Provided by: Capgemini

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Stop procrastinating and just get started

May 3, 2009 10:22am PDT

Chip Camden adds another principle to his list of consulting maxims: just get started. To accomplish any task, he says you need to put on blinders and focus on one goal.

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How to tell whether a potential client is worth your time

May 2, 2009 11:12pm PDT

Asking the right questions can tell you whether a potential client is serious about using your services or is just wasting your time. Find out what every consultant should ask and how to know when...

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Secude Global Consulting Unified Selection Model

May 1, 2009 12:00am PDT

Information Technology managers face a wide array of choices irrespective of current economic conditions: Which project to fund? Which technology to deploy? Secude Global Consulting has developed...

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Does Offshoring Of Materials And Business Services Affect Employment? Evidence From A Small Open Economy

May 1, 2009 12:00am PDT

The fear of massive job losses has prompted a fast-growing literature on offshoring and its impact on employment in advanced economies. This paper examines the situation for Belgium. It improves...

Provided by: Institute for the Study of Labor

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How friendly are you with clients?

April 27, 2009 12:18pm PDT

When it comes to personal relationships with clients, Chip Camden admits that he has often erred on the outrageous side. Where do you draw the line with clients?

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Outsourcing shouldn't be a dirty word

April 24, 2009 8:58am PDT

Outsourcing doesn't have to signal a flood of pink slips. Carefully planned outsourcing can let you use your current IT personnel more efficiently.

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18 maxims of successful IT consulting

April 14, 2009 9:39am PDT

To celebrate his 18th anniversary as an IT consultant, Chip Camden is sharing 18 lessons he's picked up over the years. After you read his pearls of wisdom, post your favorite consulting...

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The offshoring debate in a small organization

April 9, 2009 8:42pm PDT

In-house, outsourcing, offshoring, onshoring; for some, doing the right thing is more important than the money involved. IT pro Benny Sisko believes that keeping work local is an important...

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TR Member Spotlight with jbrosch

April 7, 2009 6:35am PDT

This TR Member Spotlight shines a light on Jack Brosch, better known in the TechRepublic forums as jbrosch. Jack talks about how he first got started in IT, his multiple efforts to make a decent...

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Outsourcing: Key To Success Of AP Outsourcing? - Do Your Homework!

April 1, 2009 12:00am PDT

The current recession is forcing corporate management to seek new ways to contain costs. One approach being used is to outsource corporate functions that can be performed as efficiently but less...

Provided by: Accounts Payable 360

Case Studies

Web Platform Upgrade Improves Reliability and Manageability for Xerox Global Services

April 1, 2009 12:00am PDT

Xerox Global Services offers enterprise-level consulting and strategic planning, end-to-end document outsourcing, and integrated implementation across customers' systems and processes. The company...

Provided by: Microsoft

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Five resume tips for IT consultants

March 31, 2009 1:40pm PDT

Writing a resume that grabs a prospective client's attention and gets you an interview requires quite a bit of thought. See what five elements of good writing that IT consultants should remember...

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Resources for creating your independent contracts

March 20, 2009 2:56pm PDT

When creating your independent contract, you don't have to go it alone. Meredith Little offers pointers on which books and online resources can help make this process much easier.

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Encourage your IT consulting clients to embrace innovation

March 18, 2009 11:22am PDT

Have you encountered tension between the client's desire to move forward vs. their discomfort with having to adopt new practices and learn new technologies? Chip Camden discusses how IT...

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