By Phil Fersht on November 7, 2014
As the As-a-Service Economy continues to emerge and evolve, it is the belief of HfS that the model will follow ten key tenets
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, The Internet of Things
By Phil Fersht on November 4, 2014
A new breed of provider has to emerge, which can disrupt the legacy labor-based model
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, Finance & Accounting BPO, HfS Surveys: Technology in BPO 2014, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy
By Phil Fersht on October 6, 2014
The world of work’s just so much more interesting and rewarding today that it was even five years’ ago
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, PaaS, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing
By Phil Fersht on October 1, 2014
And finally, the results of the Analyst Value Survey, which canvassed the views of 1093 enterprises, analysts and vendor consumers of research, have been released. This is – by some margin – the largest study ever conducted to gauge the influence and value of the industry technology analyst firms, and even the most optimistic followers […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Heros, Talent in Sourcing
By Phil Fersht on September 15, 2014
Did you hear the one about the Mamil (middle aged man in lycra), who got off his bike, donned a suit and tie and joined a Big 4 consulting firm to wax lyrical about sourcing strategy?
Posted in Business | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Global Business Services, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing Heros, Robotic Process Automation, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing
By Phil Fersht on September 3, 2014
We’ve been calling it for seven years now, and finally the chickens are coming home to roost for the outsourcing business: clients are genuinely walking away from outsourcing relationships which provide mediocre value. And, while some savvy providers are sensing the defections with a few notable re-bid wins of late, many still have their heads […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfS Surveys: State of Outsourcing 2014, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Talent in Sourcing
By Phil Fersht on August 18, 2014
There needs to be a significant mindset change from both employers and their staff to re-humanize the enterprise
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing
By Phil Fersht on August 14, 2014
The 2014 Talent Acquisition Services Blueprint: Defining and Sourcing the Talent you need in today’s Digitally-challenged marketplace
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, HfS Blueprint Results, HfS Research, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Sourcing Change Management, talent, Talent in Sourcing
By Phil Fersht on August 11, 2014
The business world is fundamentally shifting, but do our organizations really need to reinvent their operating models to stay ahead of the curve?
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, digital, Digital Transformation, digitaltransformation, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The Internet of Things
By Phil Fersht on August 1, 2014
Organizations have been trying to reduce their labor costs for decades, but something feels very different about the new Digital reality in which we operate.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | 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, HfS Surveys: State of Outsourcing 2014, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, mobility, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The Internet of Things