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ALSO CALLED: Outsourcing, Offshore, Global Sourcing, Offshore Development Services
DEFINITION: Offshore outsourcing, a type of business process outsourcing (BPO), is the exporting of IT-related work from the United States and other developed countries to areas of the world where there is both political stability and lower labor costs or tax savings. Outsourcing is an arrangement in which one company provides services for another company that could also be or usually have been provided in-house.  … 
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Offshore Outsourcing White Papers (View All Report Types)
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2-Layer BPM: Oracle’s Unique Strategy Towards Exceptional Agility and Business Process Efficiencies
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: A new approach to Business Process Management (BPM) is the use of BPM and SOA together in a layering strategy. This white paper explores the BPM layered concept and offers a case study of how ABN AMRO, one of the world's largest financial institutions, has benefited from its deployment.
Posted: 21 Dec 2009 | Published: 21 Dec 2009

Oracle Corporation

2011 AUG Compensation & Operations Survey Results
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper for survey results that discuss asset and revenue growth in the financial industry.
Posted: 09 Dec 2011 | Published: 09 Dec 2011

Advent Software, Inc

5 Rules of Effective Negotiating
sponsored by Global Knowledge
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses five rules for negotiating that can help make the transaction more pleasant for everyone involved and better your chances at getting what you want.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2009

Global Knowledge

Accelerate Performance in Human Resources
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses HR challenges and metrics solutions for improving operations.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 02 Feb 2012

SAP America, Inc.

Achieve Your Vision for Growth: Credit Services for EMEA
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited
WHITE PAPER: Whether you are trying to reduce costs, manage risks, decrease capital expenditures, or expand your business, you must make sure to select the right service that offers the experience and expertise to help you achieve your goals. Access this resource to learn how to leverage your vital strategic resources while transforming your credit services.
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

Hewlett-Packard Limited

Agile Decision Services: How IBM ILOG’s Business Rule Management System Helps Organizations Deliver Fast Time to Value for Business and IT
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the challenges of trying to deliver quick time-to -value for IT projects and achieve the status of ‘agile enterprise’. It illustrates how IBM® WebSphere® ILOG BRMS can facilitate the alignment of IT with business and support the implementation of an ADS to provide business value within months of project adoption.
Posted: 12 Dec 2010 | Published: 12 Dec 2010

IBM

An ERP Guide to Driving Efficiency
sponsored by Sage Software
WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes how enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology can improve efficiency by automating business processes, offering a fully integrated suite of business management applications, and providing flexible and customizable reporting.
Posted: 05 Jan 2012 | Published: 05 Jan 2012

Sage Software

Analyst's take: Microsoft Dynamics CRM boosts customer service and company profits
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Dynamics CRM enables organizations to improve customer service, effectively manage marketing and communications, and increase sales productivity, ultimately driving increased profits and reduced costs.
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

Are businesses taking chances when it comes to managing outsourcing risk?
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Nearly 95 percent of organisations buy, provide or both buy and provide outsourced services and functions, in which they face inherent risks created by new and unforeseen challenges.
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

Back Office Outsourcing and Investment Reporting - A Guide for Investment Advisors
sponsored by Advent Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors.
Posted: 10 Aug 2009 | Published: 10 Aug 2009

Advent Software, Inc

Best-In-Class Spend Management Hinges On Spend Analysis
sponsored by Ariba, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This research report examines the crucial set of processes that encompass spend analysis by exploring the pressures, strategic actions and capabilities of 132 organizations surveyed globally in September 2011.
Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

Ariba, Inc.

Beyond EDI: How a Smart Invoice Network Reorders P2P to Drive Global e-Invoicing and Collaboration with All Suppliers
sponsored by Ariba, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn best practices for automating workflow and AP to increase accuracy, overall business efficiency, and decrease costs to improve your AP operations.
Posted: 10 Jan 2012 | Published: 10 Jan 2012

Ariba, Inc.

Budgeting: Beyond Spreadsheets
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: With new technologies—such as planning and analysis solutions powered by IBM Cognos® software—companies are automating the process, getting faster reports and data that fuel “what is” and “what if” scenarios. Read this paper to learn more.
Posted: 15 Oct 2010 | Published: 15 Oct 2010

IBM

Business Opportunity with CloudMail and Collaboration
sponsored by CSC
WHITE PAPER: Migrating their in-house email systems to the cloud is an option many businesses are actively pursuing. Discover how choosing a cloud-based email and collaboration suite can help your organization address costs, mobility, scalability, and more.
Posted: 26 Jan 2012 | Published: 26 Jan 2012

CSC

Cloud Security Insights for IT Strategic Planning
sponsored by Intel
WHITE PAPER: This white paper reviews the results from a survey of 200 IT professionals that can help you optimize your cloud’s security. Key findings suggest that security plays a foundational role in the decision to implement a private cloud, protecting platform and infrastructure resources are top concerns and security drives outsourcing decisions.
Posted: 20 Jan 2012 | Published: 20 Jan 2012

Intel

Cloud ERP Implementation Best Practices
sponsored by Plex Systems
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how ERP systems based on the SaaS model meet manufacturers’ financial goals: low initial capital expense, reduced ongoing operating costs, and a short time to value. Continue reading to learn the five advantages of on-demand ERP systems, commonly referred to as SaaS.
Posted: 07 Nov 2010 | Published: 07 Nov 2010

Plex Systems

Consolidating AP Workflow Outside the SAP System
sponsored by Esker Inc.
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, discover the results that Esker research found indicating that accounts payable automation can typically save organizations 40 to 60 percent of operational and administrative AP costs. Also explore the abundant benefits that automated processing of vendor invoices can help business like yours achieve.
Posted: 03 Jan 2012 | Published: 03 Jan 2012

Esker Inc.

Creating Competitive Advantage with Business Intelligence Pervasiveness - IDC - White Paper
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: There is growing evidence of the competitive value of BI and analytics solutions. An IDC study of North American and European organizations found that the median ROI of BI and analytics projects was 112%.
Posted: 04 Mar 2011 | Published: 04 Mar 2011

SAP America, Inc.

Cricket Communications Turns to Splunk for Assuring Automated Service Management
sponsored by Splunk
WHITE PAPER: Keeping up with a quickly expanding business is difficult if you do not have the right tools. Read on to learn how Cricket Communications handled their growing business's operations with a enterprise application, data and operational management system.
Posted: 10 Feb 2012 | Published: 10 Feb 2012

Splunk

Cut Coding for Faster Service Desk Deployments
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Learn an alternative to legacy service management solutions that is fast to deploy, easy to configure, and can help your organization realize faster time to value and lower total cost of ownership, both immediately and in the long term.
Posted: 04 Jan 2012 | Published: 04 Jan 2012

Nimsoft, Inc.

CW 500 Club – how organisations are sharing IT services to beat the downturn
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Businesses, charities and local authorities are looking to cut their overheads by sharing their IT infrastructure, CIOs at Computer Weekly’s 500 Club heard last week.
Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 25 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

CW+ Exclusive EquaTerra research: Taking the pulse of the European outsourcing market
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: EquaTerra is pleased to offer to Computer Weekly readers a custom, European focused edition of the results from its 2Q10 EquaTerra global business and information technology (IT) services Pulse survey.
Posted: 24 Oct 2011 | Published: 24 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

CW+: 500 Club case study: The Royal Mail approach to supplier relationship management
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Your IT department and your suppliers are at loggerheads. There is a culture of one-upmanship and awkwardness on both sides. It’s not quite war, but its getting there. What do you do?
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

CW+: PA Consulting: Customer-supplier relationships in the cloud
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: Organisations need to start getting to grips with imminent changes to the supplier landscape; that way, they will be ready to move if and when the time is right.
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com

CW+: Special report on Accenture
sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com
WHITE PAPER: When Bill Green spelled out his vision for Accenture in a rare interview shortly after taking over as chief executive six years ago, he said the company would “dream up and build services so powerful and so exceptional that they will be required to compete in any industry, from financial services to manufacturing”.
Posted: 21 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

ComputerWeekly.com
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OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING DEFINITION (continued): …  Offshore simply means "any country other than your own." The Internet and high-speed Internet connections make it possible for outsourcing to be carried out anywhere in the world, a business trend economists call globalization. In general, domestic companies interested in offshore outsourcing are not only trying to save money in order to be more price-competitive against each other, but also to enable them to compete with businesses in other countries.Critics of offshore outsourcing worry that if too much IT-related work is farmed out to other countries, home-grown IT talent will "dry up." They … 
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