By Phil Fersht on January 6, 2015
Ugh… What are we doing? We hate predictions. Predictions are lame, predictions are cheesie, predictions are either wrong, or just so generic that they could be automated every year with a “substitute this big trend for this one” script. Hey – that’s actually not a bad idea, so why not throw a bunch of trends […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Cloud Computing, CRM and Marketing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Security and Risk, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, The Internet of Things |
By Phil Fersht on August 21, 2014
The act of “outsourcing” is really only that initial phase of activity where an organization takes a technology/business process or function and transfers the management responsibility over to a third party to ensure the smooth running of said process or operation. Once the outsourced processes are running functionally with the third party, the “outsourcing” is […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, avasant, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Enlighta, Global Business Services, HfS Blueprint Results, HfSResearch.com Homepage, Hyperos, IaaS and BPaaS, ISG, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, KPMG, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, SaaS, Security and Risk, servicenow
By Phil Fersht on July 17, 2014
Remember the days when standard corporate issue to enterprise staff was the monster-sized Dell laptop that only seemed to be made for the mass-market corporate crowd and needed a huge ugly Targus case to lug it around… and a low-end Blackberry, where the only redeeming feature was brickbreaker that could keep your brain amused […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, PaaS, SaaS, Security and Risk
By Phil Fersht on July 16, 2014
When we look at the future potential of BPO, one of the markets with the most untapped potential is that of supply chain services, which could be as large as $300 Billion in annual expenditure when today’s emerging offerings really begin to mature, and an increasing number of buyers have to tap into third party […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Blueprint Results, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, PaaS, procurement, SaaS, Security and Risk, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The Internet of Things
By Phil Fersht on June 25, 2014
Simply plastering more and more lipstick on the same old pig is eventually going to fail for many as Integrated Global Services becomes the future model of choice.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfS Surveys: State of Outsourcing 2011, HfS Surveys: State of Outsourcing 2014, HfS Surveys: State of the Outsourcing 2013, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Security and Risk, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing |
By Phil Fersht on June 17, 2014
A Digital talent crunch is coming and this could get ugly for some
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, digital, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Surveys: State of Outsourcing 2014, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Security and Risk, social networking, Talent in Sourcing, The Internet of Things
By Phil Fersht on May 29, 2014
Close to a third of enterprises are increasing the offshore component with their service providers, and a fifth with their own shared services
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Finance & Accounting BPO, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfS Surveys: State of Outsourcing 2014, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Industry-specific Outsourcing, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Research, PaaS, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Security and Risk, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing |
By Phil Fersht on May 8, 2014
HfS releases the 2014 Cloud Infrastructure Services Blueprint Report: Accenture, Amazon, HP, IBM and Wipro lead the pack
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Blueprint Results, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, Industry-specific Outsourcing, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, SaaS, Security and Risk, SMAC and Big Data, Sourcing Change Management, The Future of Outsourcing, The Internet of Things
By Phil Fersht on March 10, 2014
At long last… we have everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Robotic Process Automation and never dared to ask
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing and Technology, Robotic Process Automation, Security and Risk, Sourcing Change Management, The Future of Outsourcing
By Phil Fersht on December 6, 2013
Recessions are good times for business leaders who love to focus on containing costs, however, times of recovery are markedly different
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Finance & Accounting BPO, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: Innovation in BPO, HfS Surveys: State of the Outsourcing 2013, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Innovation in Outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Research, PaaS, procurement, proxima, SaaS, Security and Risk, SMAC and Big Data