Is outsourcing success an oxymoron?
Phil Fersht and his team wrote a pretty stern column recently : “Let’s cut to the chase here – “outsourcing”, for most buyers, is like purchasing a wedding dress – a one-time transaction followed by seven years of relationship struggles and future legal wrangles.” I have been married 22 years and it’s so easy to [...]
Government Pork of a Different Variety: When Chinese State-Run Companies Bring Home the Bacon
Over on our sister-site MetalMiner, Stuart Burns breaks the story (courtesy of the FT) that Chinese steel manufacturers are diversifying into pig farming. Yes, you read that correctly. Stuart writes that “faced with falling profits but…
Notes from Convergence 2012
Note to self: Write something nice about Microsoft Convergence 2012. They did a great job in Houston and most importantly you can really see the CRM focus coming together with social, mobile, analytics, back office and a lot more. It’s taken a long time because there are a lot of moving parts for Microsoft but [...]
