outsourcing News and Other Resources

Discussion Threads

Good vs Bad Outsourcing

February 21, 2006 3:57am PST

Good vs Bad Outsourcing The company I work for is planning to outsource at least a part of the whole IT department, full scope undecided. Workforce blissfully kept in the dark as much as possible....

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Blog Post

CIO Jury: In-sourcing - the new outsourcing?

February 2, 2006 7:40am PST

Only if you made a bad outsourcing decision in the first place...

White Papers

IT Project and Portfolio Management and Application Life Cycle: Understanding the Market and Enabling IT/Business Coordination

February 1, 2006 12:00am PST

Today, Global 2000 organizations are striving to gain strategic advantage and efficiencies of scale through better governance and management of IT projects and programs. This executive level...

Provided by: Borland Software

Tools & Templates

Build your own consulting contract using this sample form

January 30, 2006 12:00am PST

Both independent consultants and their clients benefit when they're working with a solid contract. Download this sample contract from TechRepublic member and IT consultant Randy Barger as a guide...

Provided by: TechRepublic

Downloads

Crystal Translator 3.2 (Windows)

January 13, 2006 12:00am PST

Quickly and easily translate reports produced by Crystal Reports. Crystal Translator extracts all the translatable texts from your source report and allows you to translate them and obtain an...

Provided by: Softlang

Downloads

10 things you should know about starting an IT consulting business

January 12, 2006 12:00am PST

Consulting can be a lucrative business, but breaking out on your own can be a monumental undertaking. Here's a rundown of some of the major concerns and obstacles you'll want to consider before...

Provided by: TechRepublic

Whitepapers

The Business Case for Mitigating Risks: Compuware Application Reliability Solution

January 5, 2006 12:00am PST

It's crunch time. Faced with the potential for application failure and failing to meet business needs, organizations must make decisions to find ways to reduce risks. Whether you like it or not,...

Provided by: Compuware

Downloads

Checklan Alerter 5.0.0 (Windows)

December 15, 2005 12:00am PST

Checklan alerter is a professional and complete software tool, for small, medium and large companies. Checklan alerter alerts, reports, manages, administrates and supervises manually or...

Provided by: Checklan

White Papers

US Offshoring: Rethinking the Response

December 1, 2005 12:00am PST

The paper, on the basis of a research, reveals that by 2008, U.S. companies are expected to offshore 2.8 million jobs, affecting less than 2 percent of all service employment. This is far fewer...

Provided by: McKinsey & Company

Downloads

eTrack 2.1 (Windows)

November 25, 2005 12:00am PST

eTrack is a Web-based application for time and activity management eTrack provides managers with visibility into the daily work activities of their staff. Contractor management: your contractors...

Provided by: Laserbeam Software

Discussion Threads

Is IT degenerating into a field where idiots rule?

November 1, 2005 3:38am PST

Is IT degenerating into a field where idiots rule? I dont know about the rest of the world but IT in New Zealand is degenerating into a field where people think anyone can do IT. People dont...

330 Started by NZBN | Latest comment by Devin_MacGregor@...

Downloads

Five essential rules for successful consulting

October 18, 2005 12:00am PDT

Some rules were made to NOT be broken. Sticking to these fundamental guidelines will help you build your reputation and success. As a consultant, you're largely responsible for your own destiny:...

Provided by: TechRepublic

Whitepapers

HP Business Process Outsourcing For Discrete Manufacturing Companies

October 1, 2005 12:00am PDT

Discrete manufacturing companies in the aerospace, automotive, engineering and construction, industrial, high tech, and electronics industries are grappling with an accelerated pace of business...

Provided by: Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Articles

Outsourcing disaster recovery operations, part 4: Regularly review outsourcing contracts

September 26, 2005 7:00am PDT

When you've signed a contract for outsourced disaster recovery services, your job isn't over. Mike Talon tells you how to maintain the health of your agreement.

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Discussion Threads

Consider security before outsourcing business functions

September 26, 2005 6:53am PDT

Consider security before outsourcing business functions article root Not only offshore Mr. Yarden's article points out that oursourcing takes security out of your organizations hands and places...

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Articles

Consider security before outsourcing business functions

September 23, 2005 7:00am PDT

Outsourcing has long been a raging debate in the IT industry, and both advocates and opponents argue the issue passionately. While Jonathan Yarden's not about to get in the middle of this dispute,...

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Articles

Outsourcing disaster recovery operations, part 3: Finding the right partner

September 19, 2005 1:04pm PDT

Mike Talon outlines some of the issues you should consider when shopping for an outsourcing partner to assist you with your disaster recovery operations.

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Discussion Threads

Take the anti-outsourcing pill -- Hybrid your IT career

September 16, 2005 8:13am PDT

Take the anti-outsourcing pill -- Hybrid your IT career article root Hybrid What are you doing to make yourself more marketable in a highly competitive market? What am I doing? I'm getting a...

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Whitepapers

The Importance of Service Level Agreements in Outsourcing Contracts

September 16, 2005 12:00am PDT

Effective SLAs are extremely important to ensure effective outsourcing engagements. The metrics used to measure and manage performance to SLA commitments are the heart of a successful agreement...

Provided by: Pearson Education