outsourcing & subcontracting News and Other Resources

White Papers

Building Your Business Case for Best-Practice IT Services Delivery

March 1, 2010 12:00am PST

This white paper examines various TCO components and complexities, as well as hidden costs, cost avoidance, and business impacts that companies can miss when building their business case. The...

Provided by: Oracle

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Your Competitor Is Your Customer Is Your Partner

March 1, 2010 12:00am PST

Our beliefs drive our actions. Too often, our beliefs harden and persist long after they're no longer in sync with the world, driving behaviors that are no longer appropriate. An example of the...

Provided by: Trusted Advisor Associates

White Papers

Adopting A Knowledge Outsourcing Strategy

March 1, 2010 12:00am PST

IT outsourcing is a business transaction which involves contracting or selling an organization's IT assets, people and activities to a third party supplier. Several different forms of outsourcing...

Provided by: Emerald Group Publishing

White Papers

Towards Secure Cloud Data Management

February 23, 2010 12:00am PST

Cloud computing is a popular computing paradigm in which computation is moved away from a personal computer or an individual application server to a "Cloud" of computers in the network. Cloud...

Provided by: University of Pennsylvania

White Papers

Small Business Marketing Strategies

February 22, 2010 12:00am PST

Previous papers in the ABC Business Consulting's Marketing section include Developing a Marketing Plan, Cost Effective Online Marketing Strategies, and Internet Strategies, and this paper on...

Provided by: ABC Business Consulting

Blog Post

Use the consulting relationship for your client's good

February 19, 2010 11:53am PST

Chip Camden says good consultants are business therapists who make their client's success (rather than their payment) the primary goal.

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White Papers

Privacy-Preserving Public Auditing for Data Storage Security in Cloud Computing

February 10, 2010 12:00am PST

Cloud computing is the long dreamed vision of computing as a utility, where users can remotely store their data into the cloud so as to enjoy the on-demand high quality applications and services...

Provided by: Illinois Institute of Technology

White Papers

Growth With Time Zone Differences

February 6, 2010 12:00am PST

The authors propose a two-country growth model of intermediate business-services trade that captures the role of time zone differences. It is shown that a time-saving improvement in intermediate...

Provided by: Kobe University

Blog Post

Think hard before talking about clients on the Web

February 5, 2010 10:08am PST

Chip Camden advises never post anything online about clients that you wouldn't say to their face. It could damage the client relationship beyond repair.

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Case Studies

Fortune 200 Firm Achieves Global Email Protection

February 1, 2010 12:00am PST

Eaton Corporation, a premier industrial manufacturer, is an industry leader in diversified power management and ranks in the Fortune 200. All of Eaton's worldwide email - inbound and outbound -...

Provided by: WatchGuard Technologies

Blog Post

Legal considerations when using free software in IT consulting projects

January 29, 2010 11:14am PST

Don't let your use of free software in an IT consulting project wind up costing your client money and possibly legal headaches.

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Webcasts

The Opportunities Of Offshoring For Small Businesses

January 27, 2010 12:00am PST

Author Robert E. Kennedy sits down with The Big Money's Editor Jim Ledbetter and discusses what types of work small businesses should consider offshoring.

Provided by: American Express

White Papers

Outsourcing Strategy - Adopting A Holistic View

January 27, 2010 12:00am PST

Is outsourcing all about cost reduction? In many cases it is, but there is much more that outsourcing can provide. In order to maximize the overall benefits, outsourcing strategies should...

Provided by: Amdocs

Case Studies

How USPS Saved Money by Centralizing Management of 30,000 Mobile Devices

January 25, 2010 12:00am PST

Enterprises are struggling to maintain control and visibility of their mobile ecosystems. Managing thousands of wireless devices is even more challenging if you have a decentralized environment...

Provided by: ProfitLine

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The 'New' Globalization Of Engineering: How The Offshoring Of Advanced Engineering Affects Competitiveness And Development

January 25, 2010 12:00am PST

Changes in the strategies of multinationals and in the global distribution and movement of technologists have accelerated a "New" globalization of engineering. Field studies with their colleagues...

Provided by: Rutgers University

Blog Post

Is independent consulting dead?

January 22, 2010 9:14am PST

Chip Camden thinks the reports of independent consulting being dead are exaggerated, though he concedes that there are greater obstacles to getting work.

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Podcasts

Talk With Evan Loats From CSC About Remote Access

January 22, 2010 12:00am PST

CSC provides innovative solutions for industry and government customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and...

Provided by: F5 Networks

Webcasts

Why Are Small Businesses More Likely To Invest In Offshoring?

January 20, 2010 12:00am PST

Author Robert E. Kennedy sits down with The Big Money's Editor Jim Ledbetter and explains why small businesses are willing to offshore. Because size matters.

Provided by: American Express

White Papers

Outsourcing of SAP Production Support

January 18, 2010 12:00am PST

Outsourcing of SAP production support operations helps organizations focus more on their core business processes. For an organization to reap the maximum benefits of outsourcing its SAP production...

Provided by: Sonata Software