Financial Services Sourcing Strategies
By Phil Fersht on March 10, 2014
We would have major concerns about IBM’s positioning for Progressive BPO services, were IBM to seek to sell off the lower-margin elements of its F&A, Procurement or HR businesses, like it has with its customer services BPO business.
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By Phil Fersht on March 7, 2014
Keshav Murugesh, CEO of WNS Global Services, talks a little about himself, WNS and his vision for the future of the BPO industry
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By Phil Fersht on February 25, 2014
HfS launches the first Blueprint Report focused on Enterprise Mobility Services, where Infosys, Tech Mahindra, IBM and Accenture made the Winner’s Circle
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By Phil Fersht on November 11, 2013
When Zombieism takes its grip on enterprise operations, many fail to realize… until it’s too late. In fact, many of you reading this may already be exhibiting signs of early-0nset Zombieism and immediate inoculation is imperative… But never fear folks, as the forthcoming BluePrint Sessions 3.0 in New York this December are specifically designed to […]
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By Phil Fersht on June 28, 2013
Firstly folks, apologies for the dramatic title, but it certainly worked – we had a record 1,400 participants tuning in to yesterday’s webcast, to discuss the key findings of the largest-ever global study of enterprises’ outsourcing intentions and dynamics, covering 1,355 industry stakeholders, which we conducted with the support of KMPG’s Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory group. […]
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By Phil Fersht on January 28, 2013
2013: A new dawn for a maturing outsourcing industry Make no bones about it: 2012 was a pretty dire year for the industry known as “outsourcing”. However, brand new data from our State of Outsourcing 2013 Study conducted with the support of KPMG, the largest-ever research survey focused on IT and business function outsourcing, clearly shows that […]
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By Phil Fersht on September 4, 2012
We are very close to capacity for our upcoming Blueprint Sessions 2.0 taking place October 23-25, 2012 in Boston event so Register Now to secure your spot!
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By Phil Fersht on December 20, 2011
In case you missed our joint webcast with Ed Caso of Wells Fargo Securities on Friday, fear no more, as here’s the replay. You can also download your copy of the slides here. And if you can’t be bothered to listen to any of it, here were some of our predictions* highlights: 1. Outsourcing Providers will […]
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By Phil Fersht on December 9, 2011
For better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, until many missed SLAs do us part. Imagine committing to someone for 15 years? Most marriages are long-divorced by that stage, companies rise and fall, entire countries are created, invaded and may even go bankrupt… So how about standardizing life assurance and pension policies for said […]
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By Phil Fersht on November 21, 2011
InfosysBPO is now a major BPO contender in the global marketplace, having quietly gone about building its BPO business streams since its inception via the buyout of FAO provider Progeon, exactly five years’ ago and expects to reach the landmark of $500m in revenues this year. HfS has always been encouraged by the firm’s approach to developing both horizontal and vertical BPO services, and its focus on leveraging its IT heritage to augment its value proposition. Infy is by no means the biggest player in the BPO business nor does it want to be, but it has been able to establish itself as a smart and very respected player in the BPO business.
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