Posted on June 6, 2008 at 8:10 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Outsourcing
Tagged: BPO , Bristol-Myers Squibb , EDS , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , outsourcing

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $13.9 billion deal for Electronic Data Systems Corp. catapulted business processing outsourcing back into the spotlight. A big driver behind the deal is HP's desire to take on industry leader IBM Corp. Competition for BPO contracts is stiff, with dozens of providers in the U.S. and abroad going...  Continue reading

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Posted on May 15, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Outsourcing
Tagged: EDS , HP , peter allen , tpi

Think a combined Hewlett-Packard / Electronic Data Systems will be positioned to take on IBM? Not quite, says Peter Allen, partner and managing director of the global outsourcing consultancy TPI Inc. On his Consider the Source blog, Allen says HP and EDS are each very good in their respective outsourcing...  Continue reading

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Posted on May 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Outsourcing
Tagged: business services , eds , electronic data systems , hewlett-packard , outsourcing

Business services outsourcing is the major driver of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $13.9 billion play for Electronic Data Systems Corp. Based on fiscal 2007 performance, the companies say their combined services business would post annual revenue of $38 billion, and presumably position them to better compete with industry leader IBM Corp. With...  Continue reading

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Posted on February 14, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Outsourcing
Tagged: boeing , tata

Boeing Co. and India's Tata Industries Ltd. unveiled plans Thursday for a joint venture to manufacture $500 million worth of defense and military-related components in the subcontinent. The plan is to leverage Tata's manufacturing capabilities...  Continue reading

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Posted on December 15, 2007 at 1:37 PM
Filed under: 2007 | Nov.-Dec. 2007 | Outsourcing | The Magazine | Thinkery
Tagged: deals , divestitures , due diligence , exit strategy , HR , IT , outsourcing , RFP , seller , transaction service agreements , transition , TSA

Nearly all deals require a transition services agreement. Looking to a qualified third party for those services can often be an effective tactic.  Continue reading

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Posted on December 10, 2007 at 1:20 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Law | Outsourcing

British cellular firm Vodafone, which grabbed a majority stake in India's Hutchison Essar Ltd. for $10.9 billion in cash in May, just announced they signed an outsourcing deal with Armonk, N.Y-based IBM Corp. IBM is to take over all of the Indian JV's (Vodafone Essar Ltd.) information technology-related work. Deal...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 12, 2007 at 2:27 PM
Filed under: Outsourcing

Pop quiz: Identify the source of this quote: “U.S. companies increasingly are sending jobs offshore to save money.” If you answered every mainstream media article or interview on the subject of outsourcing published or broadcast since the last presidential election, then give yourself a pat on the back. Now...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 5, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Filed under: Outsourcing

You're thinking of outsourcing. You want quality work. You haven't ever written down what constitutes "quality," but that's OK, because you know it when you see it. You're about to get in trouble. I can't tell you how many times we've started up an outsourcing evaluation — looking at...  Continue reading

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Posted on August 15, 2007 at 6:55 PM
Filed under: 2007 | July-Aug. 2007 | Outsourcing | The Magazine | Thinkery
Tagged: around-sourcing , deals , infrastructure , IT , M&A , outsourcing , paradigm , Thomas Friedman

A new paradigm for outsourcing - dubbed 'around sourcing' by Thomas Friedman - may really be taking hold. Get ready to manage multiple relationships around the globe.  Continue reading

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Posted on August 2, 2007 at 1:53 PM
Filed under: Outsourcing | Research and development | Trends

Everyone knows that offshoring is viable. But there's no consensus on how best to take a business process out of country. One of the questions my colleagues and I frequently encounter is: Are more companies offshoring to a company-controlled unit or outsourcing entirely to a third-party provider? My colleague...  Continue reading

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