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Facebook: the twenty-to-one rule

Facebook is a great tool because you control how you use it.  Yes, it’s rude not to accept a friend-request from a colleague, but you can do so in a way that they will never see your updates and you can choose not to see theirs’.  They are essentially ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  29 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc

Outsourcing in this recession: will it increase?

Is the sun setting or rising on Outsourcing? Click to join the survey Folks - I am running a quick survey to take the temperature on the “O” issue in this economy.  Are businesses going to shift more work to outsourcers, or will they hold back to ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  25 Apr 2009

SaaS: Outsourcing out-of-control?

SaaS is effectively the same as outsourcing - you’re handing control over business processes to a third-party service provider.  However, while SaaS delivery shares many similarities with outsourcing as a delivery model, there are serious ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  4 Apr 2009

Forget 2006, let's go back to '96

Like many of you, I have been waking up in the middle of the night wondering what’s going on with the global economies and how the world will look in a few months when we adjust to the new economic reality.  I started thinking about about the world ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  7 Feb 2009
Related Topics: LinkedIn Corp,  Oracle

Outsourcing Predictions for 2009

It’s going to be a pivotal year in the global IT and BPO services business as companies seek to get more for less with their budgets.  How will this impact the world of global services delivery and outsourcing? Low-hanging fruit outsourcing with ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  31 Dec 2008

January 5th: time to shake off the gloom

It’s time for people to stop panicking about next year.   On January 5th it’s business as usual, companies will be selling and delivering their services, looking for new avenues that will provide them with competitive bite, operational excellence and ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  30 Dec 2008

After the wake-up call: time to focus on our young talent

As painful as this current economic climate is, we really need to start looking ahead to the positive changes that times like these can bring in the long-term when we recover. Recessions normally occur when many years of bad habits culminate, where ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  6 Dec 2008

How should companies approach outsourcing in this economy?

In this tough economy, it’s easy for enterprises to jump at outsourcing opportunities, simply with the goal of shedding some cost from the bottom-line - as we recently discussed here. However, many enterprises have jumped at the lowest cost option in ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  30 Nov 2008

The change imperative: It's back-to-basics time

Even though you are probably more interested in the breed of puppy Barack is going to buy his girls, I have had a chance to ponder the realities of the recession. In a nutshell, we have reached a crucial juncture in our economic history:  gone are the ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  10 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama

Is it time to dump the term "outsourcing"?

11192 Is it time to dump the term “outsourcing”? | IT Services & Outsourcing | ZDNet.com Phil Fersht is an acknowledged and well-recognized industry analyst and advisor across Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and IT ...

From PHIL FERSHT, ZDNet,  27 Apr 2008

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