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Sourcing Strategies for Telco IP Core Network |
| The rationale for layering MPLS into the IP network is to provide differentiated services. A myopic focus on MPLS however reduces the vision and the scope of opportunity to provide differentiated services to just the network and technology. |
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| The Offshore Outsourcing Debate - Examined |
| 2-Page IT Business Executive Insight: #1 August 2003. The offshore outsourcing debate in Australia is imbalanced because of the poor state of the IT industry. Let's escape the from emotions which distract from making progress and have the real debate. |
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| IIR Advanced IT Outsourcing Conference Presentation |
| Examine strategic sourcing and how to engage with the market to leverage your buying power - learn new insights into new organisational forms for outsourcing, and in-house offshore options. |
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| How to Understand the Business Model of Out-Tasking * |
| The company of the future is the networked virtual organization that retains work associated with its core competencies and out-tasks contextual work to trusted partners. But out-tasking is not outsourcing. Learn why John Chambers is excited about this. |
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| How Innovation can be built into Outsourcing |
| Typically, clients are disappointed by a lack of innovation from their IT outsourcer. Yet there is a process which can deliver innovation, and which works on collaboration between the client and the outsourcer - the Joint Technology Portfolio. |
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| When Will Outsourcing Grow Up? |
| 2-Page IT Business Executive Insight: #3 November 2003. There is little doubt that in order to improve IT sourcing performance, and to lift the rate of satisfaction, CEOs need to participate more actively, pay closer attention, and get more involved. |
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| The Traveller’s Guide to Offshore Insourcing |
| A short history of Offshore Sourcing for IT Services. The lessons learnt and the experience in offshore sourcing are now being applied to a new complementary alternative – inhouse offshore sourcing. |
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| How the CEO should Move the Monkey for Major IT Projects |
| By implementing Monkey-Moving Business-Benefit fast-track projects CEOs and senior managers can move the responsibility for identifying white space and integration issues to those closest to the action - and achieve better business outcomes. |
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| Why Telcos should become Intelligent Outsourcees, not Outsourcers |
| Telco executives commonly express the desire to 'move up' the value chain into outsourcing; A more productive endeavour would be to focus on making very intelligent and skillful use of outsourcing and out-tasking opportunities - as a client. |
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| Strategic Sourcing - Identifying Core Processes |
| One-Page IT Business Executive Insight: #4 February 2004. All strategic outsourcing models call for the identification of core business processes. This then, begs the question, what is the core? |
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| Why MPLS might be a Carriers Worst Friend |
| The rationale for layering MPLS into the IP network is to provide differentiated services. A myopic focus on MPLS however reduces the vision and the scope of opportunity to provide differentiated services to just the network and technology. |
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