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This Evaluation Centre provides information on outsourcing, including business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions and IT outsourcing services:


1. Click on Strategy for an up-to-date overview of the business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions and IT outsourcing services market plus briefings from industry experts.

 

2. Click on Supplier Evaluation for business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions and IT outsourcing services Evaluation Reports which have been independently audited and checked for accuracy.
 

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News from Computer Weekly

Homeserve switches to O2 for VPN links

Homeserve, a home emergency insurance supplier, is to switch some 4,000 voice and mobile data connections to O2 from... 
Published 19/08/2008 more >>

IT spending well up despite downturn

Despite economic concerns, worldwide IT spending will exceed £1.8trillion in 2008, an increase of 8% from 2007 spending, said analyst Gartner. 
Published 18/08/2008 more >>

Offshoring not main contributor to bank job losses, says Deutsche Bank

Offshoring is not a main contributor to job losses in the banking sector, says a report from Deutsche Bank. 
Published 18/08/2008 more >>

EDS court order blocks Oyster contract going to rival

EDS has secured a High Court order to stop another member of the consortium running the Oyster card system taking over the whole contract.  
Published 14/08/2008 more >>

Logica 6% revenue growth boosts share price

IT services company Logica... 
Published 14/08/2008 more >>

BT "stretched to deliver" NHS IT claims health authority

BT, the main IT supplier to the NHS in London... 
Published 14/08/2008 more >>

Transport for London demands £1m compensation from Transys for Oyster failures

Transport for London is... 
Published 13/08/2008 more >>

Firms expect improvements from outsourced services

Insourcing very much on the agenda as needs of outsourcing clients not being met  
Published 13/08/2008 more >>

£100m Oyster contract terminated

Transport for London is terminating its £100m contract with Transys, the supplier... 
Published 11/08/2008 more >>

India's IT business 'set to rise fivefold in eight years'

India is projected to see a fivefold increase in revenues from its IT industry over the next eight years, according to a forecast by Evalueserve. 
Published 11/08/2008 more >>

Top Business Issues

Wising up

Evaluation Centre's overview of the outsourcing market, including business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions and IT outsourcing services

...Once regarded as a step only for the brave, IT outsourcing is now seen as a key weapon in most companies’ armoury. Organisations identify outsourcing as a way of winning the battle against rising IT costs, and early skirmishes with suppliers have been replaced by a more level playing field with advantages for both sides.

The first outsourcing initiatives tended to assume that the supplier knew best, with companies handing over responsibility for large chunks of their IT infrastructure to a third party for a period of anything up to 10 years.

Nowadays, many companies have considerable experience of outsourcing and so are better able to negotiate a deal which will deliver real value to their business. For their part, suppliers have shown themselves capable of developing more flexible and responsive solutions in what has become a much more competitive marketplace.

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News

Outsourcing standards delivered

It is essential that outsourcing services are managed well, so independent consultant and trainer Lynda Cooper reports on the best-practice guidance available to users and suppliers of outsourcing. 
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Seven deadly issues

Amanda Vaughan and Tony Haigh of Analysys Mason reveal the biggest outsourcing problems that have to be addressed before you take the plunge. 
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Outsourcing: on the bench?

One of the most contentious issues when negotiating an outsourcing contract is the benchmarking clause. Rick Simmonds of Alsbridge examines the case for and against. 
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