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Outsourcing Your Dating Life
in The Dating Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...( TechCrunch , Online Dating insider , VentureBeat ) have reported on a new service that lets you outsource all the stuff involved in online dating - for a mere $480 a month.
VirtualDatingAssistant...
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
There are few things more controversial in the world of IT HR than the H1B foreign-worker visa program. CIOs, as a rule, are fans; the ability to hire from an increasingly large pool of eager and well-educated foreign workers to fill domestic jobs helps ease the pay scale. Industry leaders as illust...
More on complication
in The CIO Weblog, on February 9, 2009
... a more predictable, more valuable end-user experience. This isn't to excoriate companies which outsource certain functions, which I continue to believe can be a valuable and efficient way to do b...
Due Diligence in the post-Satyam World
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 19, 2009
...y represent perennial advice that is given by lawyers and consultants to those companies seeking to outsource. What has changed is the baseline of credibility in the outsourcing industry.
As such, an...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
...t, or cutting corners on the services they provide. A failure to significantly assess the impact of outsourced tasks on your operations and to systematically structure the tasks that you outsource to ...
The Mumbai Tragedy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on December 1, 2008
...to India for site visits and management activities.
This is a particular problem as companies that outsource have become more active in the management of their projects, often sending over key execut...
More woes for India-based outsourcing
in The CIO Weblog, on November 26, 2008
...s in Mumbai in 2006. Of course, at the time, there were fewer options available to firms looking to outsource.
The disturbing new perception that American and other Western citizens may have been the...
Learning SEO is Just a "Must"
in The Search Engine Weblog, on November 2, 2008
...od post last week on the basic necessity of learning search engine optimization (SEO) even if you outsource the actual task of SEO to a consultant. Even if you hire your SEO out to experts, knowing ...
The Fall of Finance
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 29, 2008
...at core became smaller and smaller. I remember discussing this with an insurance executive who had outsourced customer service and claims processing, and was looking further to outsource finance. I as...
Outsourcing to the Phillipines
in The CIO Weblog, on September 27, 2008
I've been so hung up on watching China as the possible next big center for enterprise off-shoring that I seem to have missed the fact that the Phillipines have already shot up to second place behind India in outsourcing revenues.
This makes perfect sense from a call-center outsourcing per...
China takes a bite out of India's off-shore pie
in The CIO Weblog, on September 22, 2008
I suggested several months ago that India-based off-shoring operations might have something to worry about in new competition from China as a center for technology outsourcing, and today there is more, if anecdotal, evidence that something of that nature is beginning to occur in the market...
Going to China for Engineering
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 22, 2008
...s (a recurring story) is a disciplined project management approach. Of course, this is true if you outsource to Beijing, Bangalore or Baltimore.
As Mr. Burk's article indicates, putting proper p...
Survey on reverse outsourcing to the U.S. and Europe
in Supplychainer, on September 12, 2008
Several factors have contributed to the erosion in the outsourcing rate to India and China. Among them we can refer to:
- Current trends in currency exchange rates
- Increasing commodity costs
- Escalating labor costs in previously lower-cost countries
- Higher price of oil which has led t...
More on the Outsource-ability of Jobs
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 11, 2008
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One perspective that I've never really considered is how the ability for someone to telecommute affects the potential four outsourcing their position. In this short post on ValleyWag, the writer makes the point that a job that can be...
Older IT Workers Bearing the Brunt
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 3, 2008
...t may create a major disincentive for students to enter this industry.
Furthermore, companies that outsource with an underlying motivation of displacing their older workers could find themselves in a...
Press Releases
in Biz Plan Hacks, on August 26, 2008
...e) will only publish if you are paying them.
Press Releases is also an outstanding opportunity to outsource. There are probably people in your area experience with doing them so try to find a good p...
Shanghai's Ultizen Games Gets $6 Million from Taiwan
in China Venture News, on August 7, 2008
...nd was joined by Japan Asia Investment Co. and online ad agency CyberAgent.
The game developer and outsource company got it's first round of funding ($1.5 million) from Shanghai and Boston-based ...
Bodog Says Payments Are A-OK
in Internet Poker, on August 4, 2008
...feels compelled to clarify for our customers.
As most of our customers already know, all operators outsource payment processing functions to third parties and these payment processors are subject to ...
India instability may drive offshoring to China
in The CIO Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...gpile , the latest developments in Bangalore are sure to be unwelcome news to Indian offshore outsourcers.
While unrest and terrorism have not been unknown in India over the past decades, to th...
Offshore outsourcing in trouble?
in The CIO Weblog, on July 21, 2008
I wouldn't have thought so, looking at any of the numbers in recent off-shoring trends: revenue up, customer numbers up, hiring up, and the traditional driver of off-shore outsourcing, domestic costs, rising. But Larry Dignan puts together some signs that all may not be well on the offshor...
Outsourcing Sees Bumps in the Road
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 18, 2008
...articularly true if companies, as many do, keep their "crown jewel" projects in-house and outsource ancillary projects that can be cancelled in a down economy....
Is it the Management?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 13, 2008
...9;s view on outsourcing. Barack Obama, he says, is against giving tax breaks to those companies who outsource. John McCain says that outsourcing is good for the American economy. These positions aren&...
Video Ad Tools: SpotMixer and Google
in Bizinformer, on July 8, 2008
...ust as great a chance to be successful with television ads as larger companies with big budgets to outsource their ads."
SpotMixer allows creation of video ads on the site for free and 6-month ...
Firefox Mobile Logo: Fennec Fox
in Wangtam, on July 6, 2008
...rary
• Utilium - Changing the Way We Study
• Sexy Fractal Art
• 12manage.com - Management Methods and Theories Portal
• Talentmaze: Bringing Recruiters and Employers Toge
• ThoughtBlend: You...
Knowledge
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 20, 2008
...that you will know how it needs to be done so when you are in a position to either hire someone or outsource you will be able to ensure your employees or your outsourcer is doing a good job.
Knowled... ...Farrell
The BlogEntrepreneur site has an interesting entry about learning how to work things yourself and educating yourself.
Many times we expect others to help us when we are getting started...
DHL U.S. starts with organizational change after rising losses
in Supplychainer, on June 5, 2008
...ompany is going to make in its operation is the decision to focus on the UPS Aviation component and outsource its air freight movement to its parcel competitor. In the time of high fuel cost, D...
Outsourcing in a recession
in The CIO Weblog, on May 17, 2008
...es and briefly mentioning that CIOs who had structured their departments to make significant use of outsourced services had a much easier time cutting costs quickly or temporarily, someone mentioned t...
Virtual Assistance
in Biz Plan Hacks, on May 9, 2008
...ant can do for you.
As you may recall from previous post, I recommend that small business owners outsource some work so that you can concentrate on running your business and a Virtual Assistance may...
Microsoft walks on Yahoo deal
in The CIO Weblog, on May 4, 2008
...arting shot from Steve Ballmer complaining that the "poison pill" concocted by Yahoo to outsource internet advertising to Google did, in fact, work as intended to drive Microsoft away.
Th...
More "Warehouse as a Service"
in The CIO Weblog, on March 24, 2008
... any Amazon Pro Merchant to utilize Amazon's warehouse space and order fulfillment processes to outsource their supply chain management, I got a comment from a gentleman who identified himself onl...
What if Dilbert is right?
in The CIO Weblog, on March 17, 2008
...f than ever and begging for even more. And that's just to handle the things that we can't outsource. Our IT projects fail at ridiculous rates (not that the rest of the world necessarily ha...
Book Review: How Come That Idiot's Rich and I'm Not? by Robert Shemin
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 4, 2008
...While you may need to take on both the CEO and janitor role to begin with, be ready to delegate and outsource as you gain success so you are focused on what you are best at, instead of continuing to d...
Microsoft announces Exchange and Sharepoint Online versions
in The CIO Weblog, on March 3, 2008
...ine services with client-side software isn't a universal bromide for businesses looking to outsource significant parts of their IT portfolio. In fact, Redmond has been watching closely as man...
Bootstrapping a print solution
in BootStrapMe, on February 16, 2008
...ourcing and cash first orders.
Here are some suggestions to get you started:
• Find yourself an outsource printer. On line companies like PrintingforLess offer a stunning array of services for th... ... simple outsourcing and cash first orders.
Here are some suggestions to get you started:
• Find yourself an outsource printer. On line companies like PrintingforLess offer a stunning array of ser...
Interview with Google's CIO
in The CIO Weblog, on February 16, 2008
...the payroll at most businesses. It's certainly important, but it also seems as though, when you outsource most of the day to day problems, a role that simply could slide into Operations, just as m...
Bring your blog into the CW network revisited
in TJ's Weblog, on February 15, 2008
...d like to move heir blog to the next level and sell their own ads and C) bloggers who would like to outsource blog operations to us and just keep blogging.
Here are some of the features:
Editing
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Dell updates support offerings
in The CIO Weblog, on February 5, 2008
...pdating and assessments, many of the traditional jobs of the internal it support tech can be outsourced directly to the manufacturer... for a price, of course. I haven't seen the pricing on...
Bootstrapping your retail empire
in BootStrapMe, on February 2, 2008
...ice allows you to eliminate the expense of buying a large inventory before getting started and also outsource the delivery and payment portions of a retail operation, at least in the beginning.
To be... ...nd merchandise that is not costly. Even the site proprietors sometimes suggest this to assure yourself of quality and make it easier for you to write the ads for the merchandise on your site.
• DO NOT...
The Right Virtual Assistant?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 31, 2008
...ing such items as secretarial work is an excellent example of something a small business can outsource.
However, how do you know you are getting the right person? Basically you should intervi...
Sun's datacenter-in-a-box
in The CIO Weblog, on January 30, 2008
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In case you're not hopping on the whole SaaS, off-shore, outsource your Web 2.0 social network services bandwagon these days, if you're one of those old-school CIOs with an affinity for la...
Indian IT Outsourcing market continues to grow
in The CIO Weblog, on January 24, 2008
...arious outsourcing organizations may force some consolidation in the currently extremely fragmented outsourced services market. The usual suspects (IBM, Wipro, and Tata Consulting) hold about 25% of t...
Europe catches the outsourcing wave
in The CIO Weblog, on January 10, 2008
..., however, suggest that not the United States, but Europe may be the fastest increasing consumer of outsourced, overseas technology workers.
According to Gartner (by way of ZDnet), while Indian off...
More About Outsourcing
in Biz Plan Hacks, on January 9, 2008
...ourcing a few times. The Entrepreneurs Journey has a entry on why author felt that he should have outsourced sooner plus also talks about Rich Schefren's Internet Manifesto which helped him bu... ...d name do to companies sending jobs overseas, in this case you are giving a local entrepreneur like yourself the opportunity to succeed. In addition this person you outsource to is a source of referra...
Shortcuts to scalability
in The CIO Weblog, on November 29, 2007
...tise of the service being offered. In other words, at what point in outsourcing are you starting to outsource that which makes your business of more value to your customer than does whatever organizat... ...anyone who needs scalability and reliability, and it almost certainly costs less than developing it yourself.
Although such services are in their infancy, it's easy to see how their availability ...
Outsourcing?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on November 26, 2007
... Strategic Solution for business that discusses outsourcing.
However, I would recommend you only outsource in areas that your customers cannot see. I would not recommend you outsource anything that...
Outsource your life
in Daily Innovation, on November 26, 2007
Vielbeschäftigte Menschen haben meist noch einen oder mehrere Assistenten, Sekretärinnen o.ä. unter sich. Die eigene Arbeitsstunde ist einfach zu wertvoll, um sich um Lapidarien, wie Arzttermine oder ein Tisch beim Abendessen zu kümmern.
Aber auch ohne eigene Angestellte kann man solche Probl...
How suppliers´roles have changed at Boeing
in Supplychainer, on November 5, 2007
... They also design the parts and subsystems. The testing and verifying the subsystems have also been outsourced to the suppliers. The new system also has put an emphasis on collaboration between suppli...
The "Butler" Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 31, 2007
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First there were virtual assistants and now there are butlers which are being outsourced.
As you would notice in outsourcing, first there were only non-core business tasks which are outsourced li...
Strategic Outsourcing for Manufacturing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 31, 2007
As I've mentioned before and even on my previous posts, strategy in outsourcing is important because it keeps you above your game. In manufacturing, this kind of thinking is also applicable thus the need to have a guide when having these manufacturing deals.
In this article entitled How to ...
The Outsourcing Opinion
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 31, 2007
... outsourcing is an overused word. I think what you are going to see more of is companies willing to outsource a business process. So, for instance, in EMC we outsource all our payroll, but we outs...
VoIP and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 31, 2007
...oadband and communication technologies have meant that firms looking to save on space and costs can outsource their secretarial services with much greater ease than before.
Do you think that ...
Decline of IT Growth Due to Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 29, 2007
...tner revealed that half of the more than 150 CIOs surveyed indicated their companies were going to outsource IT. These outsourcing plans could hinder the impending growth of IT outsourcing because mo...
How to bootstrap your start-up for 50K or less
in BootStrapMe, on October 18, 2007
... in travel expenses allowing you to meet developers face to face in the event you outsource to India or China for creation of your website.
• Before you consider doing so, however, read Scott Burkett...
What to Outsource
in Home Based Business, on October 15, 2007
...er-productive and more costly.
Now the point is you will sooner or later realize that you need to outsource your other non-critical business tasks to save money and effort.
The question now is - w...
Reasons for Payroll Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 9, 2007
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Companies are often hesitant in deciding on whether or not they would outsource their Payroll considering that the information involved in this function is crucial.
Well, I managed to stumble upo...
Outsourcing for the Environment
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 8, 2007
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The environment could benefit a lot if companies start to outsource their IT functions.
This statement was emphasized in this research report entitled Creating Cost and Efficiency through Outso...
Google Apps Premier edition gets secured
in The CIO Weblog, on October 5, 2007
... acquisition and backfilling strategy is going to create more comfort for corporate CIOs looking to outsource services... it all may work just fine, but when I think of services that are sort of throw...
Microsoft Office Live beta sign-up begins
in The CIO Weblog, on October 1, 2007
Microsoft's "online" office offering, Office Live Workspaces is now accepting sign-ups for beta testing. I have "online" in quotes because it's not what most of us have come to think of as a conventional online office application... even Microsoft bills it instead a...
Tips for Maintaining Quality When Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 25, 2007
... meticulous specifications of the products you want manufactured.
-Don't try to buy products or outsource manufacturing unless you work through an impartial outsourcing company or you plan to visi...
Pre-Holiday Home Based Business Preparation: Hire More Virtual Assistants
in Home Based Business, on September 23, 2007
...have to just make do with yourself all alone enduring activities that you despise. You can actually outsource it - which is where the virtual assistant industry comes in, but you know about that alr... ...ess, although you are the sole proprietor of that business, you don't have to just make do with yourself all alone enduring activities that you despise. You can actually outsource it - which is wh...
Another bootstrapping definition
in BootStrapMe, on September 18, 2007
...means:
• launching a business on a low budget
• Practically this means that you'll outsource (most likely off-shore ) your design and development
• you'll rent your servers
• y... ...ices (and sometimes not even those )
• Everything else, you'll have to pick up yourself and learn as you go along
He gives two reasons an entrepreneur would chose this path:
1. The founders...
The Future of IT Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 11, 2007
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This outsourcing statistics showcases the different IT outsourcing tasks that companies usually outsource. Here is a breakdown of these IT tasks:
Web Site Hosting - 39%
Network/Comm. Service - 29...
Standard Checking in Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 9, 2007
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Checking the quality of your outsourced projects as well as making sure that the company is getting the outsourcing work that they want. Ensuring that you are getting this service is necessary for ...
11 key questions for outsourcing bootstrap
in BootStrapMe, on September 5, 2007
...tlanta-based entrepreneur Scott Burkett suggests a few things to keep in mind :
1. Don't outsource work that needs to be directly supervised. Whether outsourcing to China or to some guy in... ...eep it simple and it won't get screwed up. If you have something you want specially done, do it yourself if you have the ability or figure out how to partner with an incredible artist or designer ...
Millions of Savings from Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on September 3, 2007
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I know that most companies outsource because of the cost-saving benefit which it brings to the companies. This reason was validated based on the results of the research done by Forrester .
Acco...
No to Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 30, 2007
...are two factors mentioned which are considered as the "culprit" for companies that do not outsource. These factors are cost and loss of control.
I think that these companies are just afraid...
Japan IT Services Market - Challenge!
in The CIO Weblog, on August 28, 2007
Japan's IT services market is expected to grow to $107 billion by 2008 - a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.7 per cent. It accounts for over a third of the total revenues for the Indian IT-ITeS exports to Asia, Oceania and West Asia. Revenues from the IT services' account form app...
Outsouring Fast Food Ordering?
in Businesspundit, on August 25, 2007
...Who would of thought that a business owner could have such problems finding labor that he had to outsource his drivethrough . The owner of a fast food joint in Montana's booming oil patch found h...
Network Management: Outsourcing is the Future
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 23, 2007
...anies especially network management . According to the research study, 60% of companies would outsource most of their network management tasks because of the risks and difficulties encountered w...
Is Outsourcing Profitable?
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on August 22, 2007
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Most companies outsource because of the benefits which it brings in the company. These benefits enable outsourcing to prosper as an industry. Some other reasons for the growth in outsourcing would...
