Robert L. Scheier

Less Risk or More Cash? Customers Take the Money

When faced with the choice of accepting less risk in an outsourcing deal or saving more cash up-front, at least two-thirds of customers go for saving money, according to the Everest Group’s

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Five Tough Questions For “Cloud” Outsourcers

By Robert L. Scheier Everybody’s talking about cloud computing but very few, especially in the outsourcing space, can explain what they mean by it. Here are five questions that will force your

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Optimize, Don’t Just Rationalize, Your App Portfolio

By Robert L. Scheier Application portfolio rationalization (APM) is a fancy term for cleaning out your software closet. It involves doing an inventory of your applications and related systems such as databases

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Can “Win-Win” Work in Outsourcing? Six Tough Questions to Answer

A win-win strategy isn’t just nice. It’s the only way to get the most value out of your outsourcer and beat the competition, especially when you’re looking for game-changing innovation. But are

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Queretaro, Mexico Expansion

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