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Outsourcing Journal May 2009 Issue

Achieve Lowest Total Cost of Ownership with a Unified Global Delivery Model

Enterprise Applications: The Cost of Keeping Current...Or Not

Greening Test Labs

With OTC, the Sum is Greater than the Parts

Best Practices Approach to SOA Testing

 

EDITOR'S CORNER
Why Companies That are Laying Off Workers Still Need an RPO Provider: Claus-Peter Sommer and Zachary Misko of KellyOCG say the recruitment process outsourcer has seen more opportunities in the last eight weeks than in the previous 18 months. Companies are taking a fresh look at their hiring processes now so they are prepared when the next hiring crush arrives. The executives describe how RPO is driving this metamorphosis.

WIPRO VOICE
Unified Communications -- Cost-Effective and Convenient: Until recently, communication has been one of the most frustrating aspects of work. Now there’s an easy way to find a manager: go to your computer and right click on the colleague’s name. This is possible through the use of unified communications (UC), which increases productivity and eliminates the need to invest in multiple infrastructures.

FOCUS ON: Service Provider Selection, Value Proposition, Process Expertise, Offshoring
Trends in Factors Surrounding Achieving Cost Reduction by Outsourcing: Outsourcing Center studied cost-reduction data from the 2009 Outsourcing Excellence Awards program. This article discusses the findings from that study including trends in provider selection criteria, factors that led to cost reduction, and the buyers' use of funds produced by the cost-reduction efforts.

FOCUS ON: Offshore, Onshore, Trends, High-Tech Industry
What's the Hot New Outsourcing Location for High Tech? The United States!: A 2009 BDO Seidman study of American chief financial officers in the high-tech industry predicted there will be a decline in offshoring in 2009. The new hot location: the United States. Read why.

FOCUS ON: Small Business, Finance and Accounting, Nonprofit Organizations, Start-ups
A Small Business Competitive Advantage: Outsourced Finance and Accounting Solution: A lot of small business owners are great at their business but not at handling their finance and accounting processes. This causes them to make poor decisions that could sink their business. Here's a flexible outsourced solution for this process, and it's totally geared to small businesses.

EVEREST VOICE
The Efficiency Frontier Framework: Using Markowitz Theory to Evaluate Outsourcing: When considering sourcing models, companies typically decide between three models: onshore shared services, offshore captives, or outsourcing. Paul Nowacki discusses the advantages and disadvantages of all three and shares a framework to help companies make wise choices.

 

 

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