By Phil Fersht on March 11, 2013
When is comes to outsourcing, dealing with the middle-market has been somewhat akin to dealing with the mother-in-law: can be awkward to deal with, very hard to please, and always has complex demands on your patience and resources.
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 3, 2013
The Inside Story On Oracle Fusion Apps At The End of 2012 Constellation sat down with Steve Miranda, Oracle’sExecutive Vice President of Oracle Applications Product Development to discuss the state of Oracle Fusion Apps in a no-holds barred honest conversation about what’s working, what’s not, and what to look forward to in 2013. R “Ray” [...]
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By Phil Fersht on March 11, 2012
Business Platforms are supposed to represent the “fusion of the benefits provided by standard business processes, Cloud computing and SaaS in a singular managed service delivery model”. Well… you’ve heard all the hype about “Business Platforms”, now it’s time for the real talk, so please join us for our webcast on March 14th at 10:00 AM ET,
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By Phil Fersht on November 17, 2011
We’ve been talking about Platform BPO, Cloud BPO and every other permutation of BPO for a very, very long time. So what’s changed, we hear you cry Buyers are ready to standardize business processes “Please mind the innovation gap”… click here to find out what Business Platforms are and why they represent the future of outsourcing [...]
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