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NASSCOM 2015: More MBA and less ABAP is the recipe for Digital success

NASSCOM 2015: More MBA and less ABAP is the recipe for Digital success

By Phil Fersht on February 18, 2015

NASSCOM’s Mumbai showpiece, India’s premier Leadership Forum, exuded an energy not seen since the recession. Now it’s time for India’s service stars to grasp their Digital opportunity like never before

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Events, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, The Internet of Things

Dallas, we have another problem:  Too many Advisors are Buying the Service Provider Hype

Dallas, we have another problem: Too many Advisors are Buying the Service Provider Hype

By Phil Fersht on February 12, 2015

We need advisors steeped in reality who can give enterprises a nice big dose of reality, who truly understand what life is like a few years into an outsourcing engagement

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Advisors, Value Beyond Cost Study 2015

Europe: If you can’t do Arbitrage, then Automate!

Europe: If you can’t do Arbitrage, then Automate!

By Phil Fersht on February 3, 2015

if your enterprise cannot make the swift changes you need to upskill your operations talent, surely the advent of Robotic Process Automation platforms is providing an increasingly appealing alternative path to take?

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Advisors, Phil Fersht, robitics, Robotic Process Automation, RPA, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, Value Beyond Cost Study 2015

Dallas, we have a problem: Advisors struggling to deliver “Expertise-as-a-Service”

Dallas, we have a problem: Advisors struggling to deliver “Expertise-as-a-Service”

By Phil Fersht on February 1, 2015

Consultants are supposed to be like doctors – they need to use the latest tools, technologies and knowledge at their disposal to help their clients

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfS, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, KPMG, mobility, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Advisors, Phil Fersht, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, Value Beyond Cost Study 2015 | 1 Response

Skill not Scale, Part II: Europe poses the biggest opportunity as As-a-Service models emerge

Skill not Scale, Part II: Europe poses the biggest opportunity as As-a-Service models emerge

By Phil Fersht on January 26, 2015

There clearly is a need for more flexible labor in many European countries, and the ability to source skills “As-a-Service” from providers is becoming increasingly appealing

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, Value Beyond Cost Study 2015

Cost is the New Black:  The Overbearing Paradoxical C-Suite Imperative for 2015

Cost is the New Black: The Overbearing Paradoxical C-Suite Imperative for 2015

By Phil Fersht on January 19, 2015

60% of enterprise C-Suites are actively seeking to reduce their reliance on labor in their operations – but most are discovering they need to work smarter before they can work cheaper.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, as a service, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, Healthcare and Outsourcing, HfS, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, Phil Fersht, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, SAP SuccessFactors, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, The Internet of Things, Value Beyond Cost Study 2015, workday

Time for outsourcing service providers to tone down the sales BS

Time for outsourcing service providers to tone down the sales BS

By Phil Fersht on December 12, 2014

Service providers need to prove they are agents of value, not devils of extracting low-value margins.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Sourcing Change Management, The As-a-Service Economy

Accenture, Cognizant, Wipro and Infosys are the marketing and digital customer experience services front runners

Accenture, Cognizant, Wipro and Infosys are the marketing and digital customer experience services front runners

By Phil Fersht on December 9, 2014

HfS unveils the first industry Blueprint that looks at Marketing Operations and Digital Customer Experience Management Services

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, CRM and Marketing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfS Blueprint Results, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, PaaS, SaaS, social networking, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy

The Twelve Tenets of Trust

The Twelve Tenets of Trust

By Phil Fersht on December 8, 2014

One core element is needed for enterprises to get through the next 12 months, let along the next 12 years: Trust

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Events, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy

The raw truth about outsourcing: 83% of outsourcing customers would not go back, despite three-in-four failing to achieve value beyond cost

The raw truth about outsourcing: 83% of outsourcing customers would not go back, despite three-in-four failing to achieve value beyond cost

By Phil Fersht on December 2, 2014

Most enterprises are pleased they moved into an outsourcing model, but have recognized they need to make significant changes to the way they manage their service provider relationships

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, IT service management, Managed services, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Events, service provider

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